Colorado § 30-10-503 Sheriff assumes duties - when

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§ 30-10-503 — Sheriff assumes duties - when

Colorado § 30-10-503

Title 30Government

Art.County Officers

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-503 (2026).

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When the term of office of any
sheriff expires and the sheriff-elect qualifies according to law, the county clerk and
recorder shall issue a notice setting forth that said sheriff-elect has qualified
according to law, which notice shall be served by the new sheriff on the former
sheriff, whereupon such former sheriff shall immediately transfer and deliver to the
new sheriff all the writs, processes, books, and papers belonging to the office,
except as otherwise excepted in this part 5, and also the possession of the
courthouse and jail of the county, and shall take from the new sheriff a receipt
specifying the papers so delivered over and the prisoners in custody, if any, which
receipt shall be sufficient indemnity to the person taking the same.

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When the term of office of any
sheriff expires and the sheriff-elect qualifies according to law, the county clerk and
recorder shall issue a notice setting forth that said sheriff-elect has qualified
according to law, which notice shall be served by the new sheriff on the former
sheriff, whereupon such former sheriff shall immediately transfer and deliver to the
new sheriff all the writs, processes, books, and papers belonging to the office,
except as otherwise excepted in this part 5, and also the possession of the
courthouse and jail of the county, and shall take from the new sheriff a receipt
specifying the papers so delivered over and the prisoners in custody, if any, which
receipt shall be sufficient indemnity to the person taking the same.

Legislative History

Source: G.L. � 498. G.S. � 602. R.S. 08: � 1285. C.L. � 8760. CSA: C. 45, � 107. CRS 53: � 35-5-3. C.R.S. 1963: � 35-5-3. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (HB 10-1062), ch. 161, p. 561, � 17, effective August 11.