Colorado § 16-20-102 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 16-20-102 — Definitions

Colorado § 16-20-102

Title 16Criminal

Art.Extradition of Persons of Unsound Mind

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 16-20-102 (2026).

Text

As used in this article 20, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Executive authority means the executive authority of any state; and, when used in connection with a request to return any person, pursuant to the provisions of this article, to or from the District of Columbia, executive authority includes a justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia and any other authority.

(2)Flight or fled means any voluntary or involuntary departure from the jurisdiction of the court where proceedings for determination as a person of unsound mind have been instituted and are still pending with the effect of avoiding, impeding, or delaying the action of the court in which such proceedings have been instituted or are pending or any such departure from the state where the pers

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As used in this article 20, unless the context
otherwise requires:

(1) Executive authority means the executive authority of any state; and,
when used in connection with a request to return any person, pursuant to the
provisions of this article, to or from the District of Columbia, executive authority
includes a justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia and any other
authority.

(2) Flight or fled means any voluntary or involuntary departure from the
jurisdiction of the court where proceedings for determination as a person of
unsound mind have been instituted and are still pending with the effect of avoiding,
impeding, or delaying the action of the court in which such proceedings have been
instituted or are pending or any such departure from the state where the person
demanded then was, if he was then under detention by law as a person of unsound
mind and subject to detention.

(3) Person of unsound mind includes the terms insane person, mentally
ill person, person with a mental illness, person with a mental health disorder,
and mentally incompetent person.

Legislative History

Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 639, � 2, effective June 29. L. 2006: (3) amended, p. 1397, � 43, effective August 7. L. 2017: IP and (3) amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1301, � 127, effective May 25.