Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-26-116
Current through Acts effective through 6/7/2024 of the 2024 Legislative Session
When a prisoner is committed to any jail by virtue of any process which the sheriff is required to return to the court from which it issued, it is the duty of the court, clerk, or officer issuing such process to issue the same in duplicate, and the sheriff shall keep one copy of the same, together with a copy of his return thereto, endorsed thereon, which duplicate copy of such process retained by the sheriff shall be sufficient prima facie authority to retain such prisoner in custody.
C.R.S. § 17-26-116
This section is similar to former § 27-26-116 as it existed prior to 1977.