Colorado § 16-3-501 - Warrants issued for persons illegally in the country.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 16-3-501 — Warrants issued for persons illegally in the country., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16-3-501. Warrants issued for persons illegally in the country.
(1) If a person has posted a bond in a criminal case, at any stage of a criminal proceeding, and the person is released to the United States immigration and customs enforcement agency, the court shall issue a warrant commanding the arrest of the person when contacted anywhere within the United States and shall set the amount of the bond on the warrant. The warrant shall be entered in the Colorado crime information center and the national crime information center databases. The criminal case shall remain active for an indefinite period of time; except that the case may be dismissed upon a motion by the district attorney.
(2) A bond issued pursuant to this section shall include all known aliases for the person and the person's date of birth.
Source: L. 2007: Entire part added, p. 1770, § 2, effective June 1.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 16-3-501 ("Warrants issued for persons illegally in the country.") 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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