Colorado Code
Part 2 - Indictments and Informations
§ 16-5-207. Standards and Criteria Relating to Issuance of Summons in Lieu of Warrant

(1) [ Editor's note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (1) is effective March 1, 2022. ] A summons shall be issued instead of a warrant in all petty offenses and all unclassified offenses which are punishable by a maximum penalty of six months' imprisonment or less, except in those cases where the court finds that:










Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 216, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 39-5-207. L. 2013: IP(2) amended, (SB 13-250), ch. 333, p. 1928, § 39, effective October 1. L. 2021: IP(1) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3163, § 171, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.

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