Colorado § 13-45-114 Avoiding writ - penalty

Colorado Statutes

§ 13-45-114 — Avoiding writ - penalty

Colorado § 13-45-114

Title 13Courts

Art.Habeas Corpus - General

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-114 (2026).

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Anyone having a person in his or her
custody or under his or her restraint, power, or control for whose relief a writ of
habeas corpus is issued who, with the intent to avoid the effect of such writ,
transfers such person to the custody, or places him or her under the control, of
another or conceals him or her or changes the place of his or her confinement with
intent to avoid the operation of such a writ or with intent to remove him or her out of
this state commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S. In any prosecution for the penalty incurred under this section, it shall
not be necessary to show that the writ of habeas corpus had issued at the time of
the removal, transfer, or concealment therein mentioned if it is proved that the acts

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Anyone having a person in his or her
custody or under his or her restraint, power, or control for whose relief a writ of
habeas corpus is issued who, with the intent to avoid the effect of such writ,
transfers such person to the custody, or places him or her under the control, of
another or conceals him or her or changes the place of his or her confinement with
intent to avoid the operation of such a writ or with intent to remove him or her out of
this state commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S. In any prosecution for the penalty incurred under this section, it shall
not be necessary to show that the writ of habeas corpus had issued at the time of
the removal, transfer, or concealment therein mentioned if it is proved that the acts
therein forbidden were done with the intent to avoid the operation of such writ.

Legislative History

Source: R.S. p. 357, � 13. G.L. � 1335. G.S. � 1621. R.S. 08: � 2931. C.L. � 6499. CSA: C. 77, � 14. CRS 53: � 65-1-14. L. 62: p. 170, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 65-1-14. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 877, � 43, effective July 1, 1979. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 827, � 32, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1488, � 123, effective October 1.