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2017 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure
Municipal Courts
Article 10 - Municipal Courts
§ 13-10-120. Bond - approval of sureties - forfeitures
Universal Citation: CO Rev Stat ยง 13-10-120 (2017)
(1) When an appellant desires to stay the judgment of the municipal court, he shall execute a bond to the municipality in which the municipal court is located, in such penal sum as may be fixed by the municipal court, and in such form and with sureties qualified as the municipality may, by ordinance, designate.
(2) Sureties shall be approved by a judge of the municipal court from which the appeal is taken.
(3) The amount of bond shall not exceed double the amount of the judgment for fines and costs, plus an amount commensurate with any jail sentence, which latter amount shall be not less than fifty dollars nor more than a sum equal to two dollars for each day of jail sentence imposed.
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