Colorado Code § 16-20-104

Executive authority - procedure
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(1) When the executive authority of any
state demands of the executive authority of this state any fugitive pursuant to this article and
produces a copy of commitment, decree, or other process and proceedings certified as authentic
by the executive authority of the state from which the person so charged has fled, with an
affidavit made before a proper officer showing the person to be such fugitive, it is the duty of the
executive authority of this state to cause immediate notice of the apprehension to be given to the
executive authority making such demand or to the agent of such executive authority appointed to
receive the fugitive and to cause the fugitive to be delivered to such agent when he appears. If no
such agent appears within thirty days from the time of the apprehension, the fugitive may be
discharged. Any agent so appointed who receives the fugitive into his custody shall transmit him
to the state from which he has fled.
(2) All costs and expenses incurred in apprehending, securing, maintaining, and
transmitting such fugitive to the state making such demand shall be paid by such state.
(3) The executive authority of this state has the power, on the application of any person
interested, to demand the return of any fugitive from this state in accordance with this article.

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