Colo. R. Cnty. Ct. Traffic Violations Bur. 8

(a) Every traffic case shall be filed and indexed in the county court in the same manner,

whether eligible or ineligible for processing in the traffic violations bureau.

(b) A traffic violations bureau shall accept guilty pleas and no others.

(c) A traffic violations bureau shall accept pleas of guilty only to the offense or

offenses charged in the notice or summons and complaint and to no other offense. Such

pleas may be entered in person, by counsel, or by mail.

(d) Every plea entered at a traffic violations bureau shall be in writing. The clerk shall

not accept such plea or payment of fines and costs unless and until the defendant, or

defendant’s counsel, has executed an acknowledgment and waiver of rights as provided in

Rule 7.

(e) Every county court shall post in a conspicuous place in the clerk’s office a schedule

of the fines and costs and the penalty points as provided by law for the offenses eligible for

processing in the traffic violations bureau.

(f) After accepting a plea of guilty, the clerk shall assess and collect the appropriate

fines as provided in Rule 9, together with costs as provided in Rule 10, and shall enter the

plea and the amount of the fines and costs on the register of actions. After completing the

foregoing, the clerk shall sign the register of actions. The completed entries and collections

as set forth above shall constitute a judgment of conviction.

(g) The clerk shall provide a written receipt to each defendant, or defendant’s attorney,

who pays any fine or costs in person, or who provides a stamped, self-addressed envelope

for such purpose when making payment by mail.

(h) The clerk shall account for moneys received in the traffic violations bureau in the

same manner as in other traffic cases.

(i) The clerk shall report each conviction in the traffic violations bureau to the motor

vehicle division of the department of revenue pursuant to section 42-2-124, C.R.S., as

amended.