Colorado § 16-2-111 - Admission to bail pending appearance.
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§ 16-2-111. Admission to bail pending appearance.
Any person charged with a misdemeanor or petty offense by complaint filed in the county court shall be admitted to bail or pretrial release as provided in article 4 of this code. When the county judge or judges are not immediately available for purposes of admission to bail or pretrial release of persons arrested and brought to the county court or jail, on charges of committing a misdemeanor or petty offense, such persons may be admitted to bail or be given a pretrial release by an appropriate officer designated by court rule. Unless otherwise provided by statute or supreme court rule, the county court shall provide by rule for the conditions and circumstances under which an admission to bail or pretrial release will be granted pending appearance before the judge, but in no event shall any such rule require conditions or impose liabilities in excess of those required by this code for cases filed in the district court.
Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 194, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 39-2-111.
ANNOTATION
In addition to procedures under §§ 16-2-112 and 16-3-105, a county court acquires jurisdiction over a defendant when a warrantless arrest for a misdemeanor offense is made and the defendant is admitted to bail through execution of an appearance bond pursuant to this section and a misdemeanor complaint later is filed in the county court. Weld County Court v. Richards, 812 P.2d 650 (Colo. 1991).
The defendant's release upon admission to bail and the subsequent filing of the complaint complied with the requirements of § 16-2-112 when said section properly is read in conjunction with this section. Weld County Court v. Richards, 812 P.2d 650 (Colo. 1991).
By posting bail and executing an appearance bond the defendant waived service of the complaint on him until his appearance date and this procedure complied with § 16-2-112 and related rules, which do not require that a person charged with a misdemeanor be given a copy of the complaint until at or before the time he is arraigned. Weld County Court v. Richards, 812 P.2d 650 (Colo. 1991).
The statutes and procedural rules do not require that a person charged with a misdemeanor be given a copy of the complaint prior to being released on bail. Weld County Court v. Richards, 812 P.2d 650 (Colo. 1991).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 16-2-111 ("Admission to bail pending appearance.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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