Legal Question in Criminal Law in Colorado

Statue of limitations

What is the statue of limitations for prosecuting different classes of felonies and misdemeanors if you have a warrant for a crime does the statue of limitaions apply to the warrant or does the warrant run forever.A example being if you committed a f3 4 years ago and there has been a warrant out for that length of time does that warrant run forever or do they only have a certain amount of time to find and convict u.This inquiry is for colorado law thank you


Asked on 5/06/03, 1:27 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jason Savela The Savela Law Firm, PC

Re: Statue of limitations

The statute depends on the level of crime and the type of crime. Unless it fits in one of the other categories, an F3 has a 3 year statute of limitations. But, this applies to the time from the date of the crime to the filing of charges/information. If the prosecutor filed charges within the 3 years, then they have met the statute. The warrant means they have likely filed the charges. Some warrants have expiration dates and some do not - typically, a felony warrant does not have an expiration date.

There may be other problems with timing and filing etc. It is difficult or impossible to give much more information without lots more information.

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Answered on 5/06/03, 2:55 pm


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