C.R.S. Section 17-26-116
Commitment

  • copy to sheriff
  • return endorsed

When a prisoner is committed to any jail by virtue of any process which the sheriff is required to return to the court from which it issued, it is the duty of the court, clerk, or officer issuing such process to issue the same in duplicate, and the sheriff shall keep one copy of the same, together with a copy of his return thereto, endorsed thereon, which duplicate copy of such process retained by the sheriff shall be sufficient prima facie authority to retain such prisoner in custody.

Source: Section 17-26-116 — Commitment - copy to sheriff - return endorsed, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-17.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

17‑26‑101
Jail in each county
17‑26‑102
Keeper of jail - expenses
17‑26‑103
Duties of keeper
17‑26‑104
Feeding prisoners
17‑26‑104.3
Menstrual hygiene products for a person in custody - definitions
17‑26‑104.4
Incarceration of a person with the capacity for pregnancy - report - definition
17‑26‑104.5
Medical visits - charge to persons in custody - provider charges - state hospital in Pueblo
17‑26‑104.7
Prohibition against the use of restraints on pregnant persons in custody
17‑26‑104.9
Opioid treatment for a person in custody - definitions
17‑26‑105
Separation of prisoners
17‑26‑106
Male and female prisoners
17‑26‑107
Prisoners to work - work outside of jail - expenses
17‑26‑108
County to support spouse - when
17‑26‑109
Deductions of time - record keeping - forfeitures - definition
17‑26‑111
Separate sentences continuous
17‑26‑116
Commitment - copy to sheriff - return endorsed
17‑26‑117
Commitment box - successor
17‑26‑118
Criminal justice data collection - definitions
17‑26‑118.5
Prevention of erroneous payments to prisoners - identifying information reporting system
17‑26‑119
Jail in another county - costs
17‑26‑120
Keeping of fugitives - charges
17‑26‑121
Juveniles - confinement - when
17‑26‑122
Guards - compensation
17‑26‑123
Federal prisoners - expense
17‑26‑124
Charges for foreign prisoners
17‑26‑125
Account of moneys - report
17‑26‑126
Commissioners to examine jail
17‑26‑127
Escape - duty of sheriff - expenses
17‑26‑129
Applicability of provisions
17‑26‑140
Continuity of care for persons released from jail
17‑26‑301
Legislative declaration
17‑26‑302
Definitions
17‑26‑303
Placement in restrictive housing in a local jail
17‑26‑304
Screening in jails
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 17-26-116’s source at colorado​.gov