The municipal governing body of each city or town shall create a municipal court to hear and try all alleged violations of ordinance provisions of such city or town.
Source: L. 69: p. 273, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-22-2.
ANNOTATION
Limitation on power of courts. This section does not give municipal courts the power to provide relief similar to that provided by remedial or original writs. City of Englewood v. Parkinson, 703 P.2d 626 (Colo. App. 1985).
Prerequisites of a written demand and $25 fee for a jury trial pursuant to C.R.M.P. 223 and this section do not violate defendant's right to a jury trial or deprive him of equal protection of the laws under the federal constitution. Christie v. People, 837 P.2d 1237 (Colo. 1992).