Colorado § 28-3.1-405 - Commitment under sentence of confinement.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 28-3.1-405 — Commitment under sentence of confinement., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 28-3.1-405. Commitment under sentence of confinement.
When a sentence of confinement is imposed to be served other than in a guardhouse, the convening authority shall issue a writ in the following or similar form:
STATE OF ________________________
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COUNTY OF______________________
To the Sheriff of __________ County, ___________, State of Colorado.
WHEREAS, __________ of __________ in the ___________ County of ___________, a member of the Colorado National Guard, was on the __________ day of __________, 20_____, tried by court-martial and found guilty of _______________ in violation of the Colorado Military Code and was sentenced to serve __________ days imprisonment; and
WHEREAS, as such sentence was approved and ordered executed by the convening authority, on the __________ day of __________, 20_____;
THEREFORE, you were commanded to take the body of the said _______________ and commit him or her to the keeper of the jail, who is hereby commanded to receive the body of the said _______________ and keep him or her safely for the term of ____________ days, after which he or she shall be released.
Fail not, but do as herein commanded and make a return within sixty (60) days from this date.
Dated at ___________, in the ____________ County of ___________ this ____________ day of ___________, 20_____.
Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1181, § 1, effective June 10. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 612, § 86, effective May 24.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 28-3.1-405 ("Commitment under sentence of confinement.") 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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