Colorado § 13-45-113 - Failure to obey writ - penalty.
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§ 13-45-113. Failure to obey writ - penalty.
If any officer, sheriff, jailer, keeper, or other person to whom any such writ is directed neglects or refuses to make the returns or to bring the body of the prisoner according to the command of said writ within the time required by this article, such officer, sheriff, jailer, keeper, or other person is guilty of contempt of the court which issued said writ; whereupon the court shall issue an attachment against such officer, sheriff, jailer, keeper, or other person and cause him to be committed to the jail of the county, there to remain without bail, until he obeys the writ. Such officer, sheriff, jailer, keeper, or other person shall also forfeit to the prisoner or aggrieved party a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars and shall be incapable of holding or executing his said office.
Source: R.S. p. 357, § 12. G.L. § 1334. G.S. § 1620. R.S. 08: § 2930. C.L. § 6498. CSA: C. 77, § 13. CRS 53: § 65-1-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 65-1-13.
ANNOTATION
For evidence of custody being insufficient to justify holding in contempt, see Atchel v. Lanphere, 170 Colo. 545, 463 P.2d 457 (1970).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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