Colorado Revised Statutes Title 13. Courts and Court Procedure § 13-6-106. Original criminal jurisdiction

(a) Criminal actions for the violation of state laws which constitute misdemeanors or petty offenses, except those actions involving children over which the juvenile court of the city and county of Denver or the district courts of the state, other than in Denver, have exclusive jurisdiction;

(b) The issuance of warrants, the conduct of preliminary examinations, the conduct of dispositional hearings pursuant to section 16-5-301(1), C.R.S., and section 18-1-404(1), C.R.S., the issuance of bindover orders, and the admission to bail in felonies and misdemeanors.