2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 16 - Criminal Proceedings

Editor's note: Articles 1 to 13 of this title (excluding articles 2.5, 2.7, 8.5, 11.3, 11.5, 11.7, 11.8, and 11.9) were numbered as articles 1 to 13 of chapter 39, C.R.S. 1963. The provisions of those articles were repealed and reenacted in 1972, resulting in the addition, relocation, and elimination of sections as well as subject matter. For amendments to those articles prior to 1972, consult the Colorado statutory research explanatory note beginning on page vii in the front of this volume. For a detailed comparison of those articles, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index.

• Article 1. General Provisions
• Article 2. County Court Provisions
• Article 2.5. Peace Officers
• Article 2.7. Missing Person Reports - Unidentified Human Remains
• Article 3. Arrest - Searches and Seizures
• Article 4. Release from Custody Pending Final Adjudication
• Article 5. Commencement of Criminal Action
• Article 6. Change of Venue and Disqualification of Judge
• Article 7. Separate Trial - Arraignment - Plea Agreements Deferred Prosecution and Deferred Sentencing
• Article 8. Insanity - Release
• Article 8.5. Competency to Proceed
• Article 9. Preparation for Trial
• Article 10. Jury Trials
• Article 11. Imposition of Sentence
• Article 11.3. Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice
• Article 11.5. Substance Abuse in the Criminal Justice System
• Article 11.7. Standardized Treatment Program for Sex Offenders
• Article 11.8. Management of Domestic Violence Offenders
• Article 11.9. Persons with Behavioral or Mental Health Disorders in the Criminal Justice System
• Article 12. Review of Judgments in Criminal Cases
• Article 13. Special Proceedings

• Article 14. Uniform Mandatory Disposition of Detainers Act

• Article 15. Wiretapping and Eavesdropping

• Article 15.5. Formal Requests for Criminal Activity Information from Public Utilities
• Article 15.7. Crime Stopper Organizations
• Article 15.8. Safe2tell Program

• Article 16. Criminal Sentencing Act of 1967
• Article 17. Commutation of Sentence

• Article 18. Costs in Criminal Actions
• Article 18.5. Restitution in Criminal Actions

• Article 19. Fugitives and Extradition
• Article 20. Extradition of Persons of Unsound Mind

• Article 20.5. Integrated Criminal Justice Information System
• Article 21. Offender-based Tracking System
• Article 22. Colorado Sex Offender Registration Act
• Article 23. DNA Crime Prevention and Exoneration of the Innocent Act