§ 16-3-501 — Warrants issued for persons illegally in the country

Colorado § 16-3-501

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 16: Criminal
• Art.: Arrest - Searches and Seizures

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(1) If a
person has posted a bond in a criminal case, at any stage of a criminal proceeding,
and the person is released to the United States immigration and customs
enforcement agency, the court shall issue a warrant commanding the arrest of the
person when contacted anywhere within the United States and shall set the amount
of the bond on the warrant. The warrant shall be entered in the Colorado crime
information center and the national crime information center databases. The
criminal case shall remain active for an indefinite period of time; except that the
case may be dismissed upon a motion by the district attorney.

(2) A bond issued pursuant to this section shall include all known aliases for
the person and the person's date of birth.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2007: Entire part added, p. 1770, � 2, effective June 1.