Colorado Code § 16-19-114

Arrest prior to requisition
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When any person within this state is charged on
the oath of any credible person before any judge of this state with the commission of any crime
in any other state and, except in cases arising under section 16-19-107, with having fled from
justice, or with having been convicted of a crime in that state and having escaped from
confinement, or having broken the terms of his bail, probation, or parole, or whenever complaint
has been made before any judge in this state setting forth on the affidavit of any credible person
in another state that a crime has been committed in the other state and that the accused has been
charged in such state with the commission of the crime, and, except in cases arising under
section 16-19-107, has fled from justice or with having been convicted of a crime in that state
and having escaped from confinement, or having broken the terms of his bail, probation, or
parole, and is believed to be in this state, the judge shall issue a warrant directed to any peace
officer commanding him to apprehend the person named therein, wherever he may be found in
this state, and to bring him before the same or any other judge or court which may be available
in or convenient of access to the place where the arrest may be made, to answer the charge or
complaint and affidavit, and a certified copy of the sworn charge or complaint and affidavit upon
which the warrant is issued shall be attached to the warrant.

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