Colorado Code § 13-10-120

Bond - approval of sureties - forfeitures
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(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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