Colorado § 17-26-117 - Commitment box - successor.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 17-26-117 — Commitment box - successor., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 17-26-117. Commitment box - successor.
All instruments of every kind, or attested copies thereof duly certified, by which any person is committed to or liberated from the county jail shall be regularly endorsed and filed and kept in a suitable box in the jail by the sheriff, or by his deputy acting as jailer, and such box, together with its contents, shall be delivered to his successor in office.
Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 938, § 10, effective August 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 27-26-117 as it existed prior to 1977.
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Section 17-26-117 ("Commitment box - successor.") 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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