Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 19-2.5-209 — Taking juvenile into custody.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 2: INVESTIGATIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, Colorado Revised Statutes.
Full text of C.R.S. § 19-2.5-209
Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.
(1) A juvenile may be taken into temporary custody by a law enforcement officer without order of the court when there are reasonable grounds to believe that the juvenile has committed a delinquent act. (2) A juvenile may be taken into temporary custody by a law enforcement officer executing a lawful warrant taking a juvenile into custody issued pursuant to section 19-2.5-204. (3) A juvenile probation officer may take a juvenile into temporary custody: (a) Under the circumstances stated in subsection (1) of this section; or (b) If the juvenile has violated the conditions of probation and is under the continuing jurisdiction of the juvenile court. (4) A juvenile may be detained temporarily by an adult other than a law enforcement officer if the juvenile has committed or is committing a delinquent act in the presence of such adult. Any person detaining a juvenile shall notify, without unnecessary delay, a law enforcement officer, who shall assume custody of said juvenile. (5) The taking of a juvenile into temporary custody pursuant to this section is not an arrest, nor does it constitute a police record.
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