Colorado Revised Statutes Title 13. Courts and Court Procedure § 13-6-212. Duties of clerk

(a) Issue bench warrants, misdemeanor or felony warrants, and writs of restitution upon written or oral order of a judge;

(b) Advise defendants in criminal cases of their procedural and constitutional rights;

(c) Accept pleas of not guilty in all criminal cases and set dates for hearings or trials in such cases;

(d) Subject to the requirements of the Colorado rules of civil procedure, enter default and default judgments and issue process for the enforcement of said judgments;

(e) Under the direction of a judge, grant continuances, set motions for hearing, and set cases for trial; and

(f) With the consent of the defendant, accept pleas of guilty and admissions of liability and impose penalties pursuant to a schedule approved by the presiding judge in misdemeanor cases involving violations of wildlife and parks and outdoor recreation laws for which the maximum penalty in each case is a fine of not more than one thousand dollars; and in misdemeanor traffic and traffic infraction cases involving the regulation of vehicles and traffic for which the penalty specified in section 42-4-1701, or elsewhere in articles 2 to 4 of title 42, in each case is less than three hundred dollars; and in civil infraction cases. A clerk shall not levy a fine greater than these amounts nor sentence any person to jail. If, in the judgment of the clerk, a fine greater than these amounts or a jail sentence is justified, the case must be certified to the judge of the county court for rearraignment and trial de novo.