Colorado § 18-1.3-509 - Credit for time served on misdemeanor sentences.
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§ 18-1.3-509. Credit for time served on misdemeanor sentences.
A person who is confined for a misdemeanor offense prior to the imposition of a sentence for the misdemeanor offense shall be entitled to credit against the term of his or her sentence for the entire period of the confinement. At the time of sentencing, the court shall make a finding of the amount of presentence confinement to which the offender is entitled and shall include the finding in the mittimus. The period of confinement shall be deducted from the offender's sentence by the county jail.
Source: L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 558, § 5, effective April 16.
ANNOTATION
The interpretation of this section should be the same as the interpretation of § 18-1.3-405 regarding presentence confinement credit for time served. Therefore, the provision in § 18-1.3-405 that precludes presentence confinement credit for time served while on parole also applies to misdemeanors. People v. Carrillo, 2013 COA 3, 297 P.3d 1028.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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