Colorado Code
Part 5 - Misdemeanor and Petty Offense Sentencing
§ 18-1.3-506. Payment and Collection of Fines for Class 1 or 2 Misdemeanors, Petty Offenses, and Civil Infractions - Release From Incarceration

(1) [ Editor's note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (1) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Whenever the court imposes a fine for a nonviolent class 1 or 2 misdemeanor, a petty offense, or civil infraction, if the person who committed the offense is unable to pay the fine at the time of the court hearing or if he or she fails to pay any fine imposed for the commission of such offense, in order to guarantee the payment of such fine, the court may:




(2) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is effective March 1, 2022. ] The state or a political subdivision may appear before a court of record in this state and request that the court order the release from a county jail or a correctional facility of a person who has been incarcerated as a result of the failure to pay a fine or the failure to appear in court in connection with the commission of a nonviolent class 1 or 2 misdemeanor or a petty offense upon the condition that the fine and any costs of collection are collected from the person incarcerated by the use of one of the methods set forth in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective March 1, 2022. ] For the purposes of this section, "nonviolent class 1 or 2 misdemeanor" means a class 1 or 2 misdemeanor that does not involve cruelty to an animal, as described in section 18-9-202 (1)(a), or the use or threat of physical force on or to a person in the commission of the misdemeanor.

Source: L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1417, § 2, effective October 1. L. 2021: IP(1), (2), and (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3171, § 188, effective March 1, 2022.

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