Any officer failing or refusing to pay over to the county treasurer or to the state treasurer the fees of the treasurer's office, as provided in section 30-1-112, commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: L. 1891: p. 314, § 24. R.S. 08: § 2555. C.L. § 7903. CSA: C. 66, § 42. CRS 53: § 56-4-20. L. 58: pp. 248, 249, §§ 17, 19, 20. C.R.S. 1963: § 56-4-21. L. 69: p. 386, § 2. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3247, § 498, effective March 1, 2022.
ANNOTATION
This section attaches severe penalties to the failure of the officers to pay over the fees. Bd. of Comm'rs v. Davis, 27 Colo. App. 501, 150 P. 324 (1915).
It provides a penalty of imprisonment in the county jail, or fine, or both such fine and imprisonment, for failure of the district clerk to pay over to the county treasurer the fees of his office. Adams v. People, 25 Colo. 532, 55 P. 806 (1898).
It had no application whatever to jury fees and witness fees which the clerk collected and disbursed. Adams v. People, 25 Colo. 532, 55 P. 806 (1898).