Colorado Code § 31-16-110

County officers may serve process
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Any sheriff of any county or city and
county of this state may serve, within such sheriff's county, any process issued from any court or
may make any arrest within such sheriff's county, authorized by law to be made by any
municipal officers; but the only process or warrant for the arrest of any person charged with a
violation of a municipal ordinance which shall be valid and executed outside the municipality
where said violation occurred is that for the violation of an ordinance of any municipality in this
state which is a criminal or quasi-criminal offense. For the purposes of this section, traffic
offenses shall not be considered to be criminal or quasi-criminal offenses unless penalty points
may be assessed under section 42-2-127 (5)(a) to (5)(r), (5)(w), and (5)(x), C.R.S.

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