Except in the case of offices for which a recount is required, immediately after the final abstract of votes cast for county officers has been prepared and certified, the county clerk and recorder shall make a certificate of election, or a certificate of nomination in the case of a primary election, for each person declared to be elected or nominated to each office and shall deliver the certificates to that person.
C.R.S. § 1-11-104
This section is similar to former § 1-10-201 as it existed prior to 1992.