Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-204

Current through 11/5/2024 election
Section 19-2.5-204 - Issuance of a lawful warrant taking a juvenile into custody
(1) A lawful warrant taking a juvenile into custody may be issued pursuant to this section by any judge of a court of record or by a juvenile magistrate upon receipt of an affidavit relating facts sufficient to establish probable cause to believe that a delinquent act has been committed and probable cause to believe that a particular juvenile committed that act. Upon receipt of such affidavit, the judge or magistrate shall issue a lawful warrant commanding any peace officer to take the juvenile named in the affidavit into custody and to take the juvenile without unnecessary delay before the nearest judge of the juvenile court or magistrate pursuant to section 19-2.5-305 (4)(e)(I).
(2) Upon filing of a petition in the juvenile court, the district attorney may request a warrant to issue that authorizes the taking of a juvenile into temporary custody. If a warrant is requested, the petition must be accompanied by a verified affidavit relating facts sufficient to establish probable cause that the juvenile has committed the delinquent act set forth in the petition.
(3) A warrant for the arrest of a juvenile for violation of the conditions of probation or of a bond may be issued by any judge of a court of record or juvenile magistrate upon the report of a juvenile probation officer or upon the verified complaint of any person, establishing to the satisfaction of the judge or juvenile magistrate probable cause to believe that a condition of probation or of a bond has been violated and that the arrest of the juvenile is reasonably necessary. The warrant may be executed by any juvenile probation officer or by a peace officer authorized to execute warrants in the county in which the juvenile is found. If the warrant is for a juvenile found in contempt of court in a truancy proceeding, the court shall follow the procedures set forth in section 22-33-108 (7).

C.R.S. § 19-2.5-204

Renumbered from C.R.S. § 19-2-503 and amended by 2021 Ch. 136, § 2, eff. 10/1/2021.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 463, § 1, eff. 7/6/2021.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 294, § 25, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 378, § 7, eff. 8/8/2018.
L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-071), ch. 3333, p. 3333, § 1, effective July 6; entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 569, p. 569, § 2, effective October 1.

(1) This section is similar to former § 19-2-503 as it existed prior to 2021.

(2) Subsection (3) was numbered as 19-2-503(3) in SB 21-071 (see L. 2021, p. 3333). That provision was harmonized with subsection (3) of this section as it appears in SB 21-059.

For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1156, see section 1 of chapter 378, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.