Colorado § 19-2.5-608 - Fingerprinting - ordered by court - definition.
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§ 19-2.5-608. Fingerprinting - ordered by court - definition.
(1) For purposes of this section, "juvenile" means any juvenile who is charged with committing, summoned, or held in detention for committing a delinquent act that constitutes a felony, a class 1 misdemeanor, or a misdemeanor pursuant to section 42-4-1301 or a crime, the underlying factual basis of which included an act of domestic violence, as defined in section 18-6-800.3 (1), as if committed by an adult.
(2) If a juvenile has not been fingerprinted prior to the juvenile's first appearance before the court, the court shall order the juvenile to report to an entity authorized by the court or the local law enforcement agency for fingerprinting, except for juvenile detention centers and alternative service programs, otherwise known as "SB 91-94 programs", described in section 19-2.5-606. The authorized entity or local law enforcement agency shall endorse upon a copy of the order the completion of the fingerprinting and return the same to the court. The authorized entity or local law enforcement agency shall forward a set of fingerprints ordered pursuant to this subsection (2) to the Colorado bureau of investigation in the form and manner prescribed by the bureau.
(3) Any fingerprints required by this section to be forwarded to the Colorado bureau of investigation must be forwarded within twenty-four hours after completion of the fingerprinting, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays.
Source: L. 2021: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 605, § 2, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 19-2-503.5 (1), (3), and (4) as it existed prior to 2021.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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