Title 18, Criminal Code
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-201 Bigamy
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(1) Any married person who, while still married, marries, enters into a civil union, or cohabits in this state with another person commits bigamy, unless as an affirmative defense it appears that at the time of the cohabitation, subsequent marriage, or subsequent civil union: (a)…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-202 Marrying a bigamist - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 448, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-6-202. L. 2021: (2) added by revision, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3191, 3331, �� 258, 803. Editor's note: Subsection (2) provided for the repeal of this section, effective March 1, 2022. (See L. 2021, pp. 3191, 3331.)
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-203 Definitions
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As used in section 18-6-201, cohabitation means to live together under the representation of being married. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 448, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-6-203. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3192, � 259, effective March 1, 2022.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-301 Incest
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(1) Any person who knowingly marries, inflicts sexual penetration or sexual intrusion on, or subjects to sexual contact, as defined in section 18-3-401, an ancestor or descendant, including a natural child, child by adoption, or stepchild twenty-one years of age or older, a broth…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-302 Aggravated incest
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(1) A person commits aggravated incest when he or she knowingly: (a) Marries his or her natural child or inflicts sexual penetration or sexual intrusion on or subjects to sexual contact, as defined in section 18-3-401, his or her natural child, stepchild, or child by adoption, bu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-303 Sentencing
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(1) The court may suspend a portion of the sentence of any person who is convicted of a violation committed prior to November 1, 1998, of any offense listed in this part 3 who is not a habitual sex offender against children, as described in section 18-3-412, if the offender recei…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-401 Child abuse - definition
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(1) (a) A person commits child abuse if such person causes an injury to a child's life or health, or permits a child to be unreasonably placed in a situation that poses a threat of injury to the child's life or health, or engages in a continued pattern of conduct that results in …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-401.1 Child abuse - limitation for commencing proceedings - evidence - statutory privilege
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(1) For the purposes of this section, “child abuse” means child abuse as defined in section 18-6-401 (1). (2) No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for an act of child abuse other than the misdemeanor offenses specified in section 18-6-401 (7)(a)(V), (7)(a)(VI), and (…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-401.2 Habitual child abusers - indictment or information - verdict of the jury
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(1) For the purposes of this section, “child abuse” means child abuse as defined in section 18-6-401 (1). (2) Every person convicted in this state of an act of child abuse who has been previously convicted upon charges prior to the commission of the present act, which were separa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-401.3 Video tape depositions - children - victims of child abuse
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(1) When a defendant has been charged with an act of child abuse, as defined in section 18-6-401 (1), and when the victim at the time of the commission of the act is a child less than fifteen years of age, the prosecution may apply to the court for an order that a deposition be t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-401.4 Payment of treatment costs for the victim or victims of an act of child abuse
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(1) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, the court may order any person who is convicted of an act of child abuse, as defined in section 18-6-401 (1), to meet all or any portion of the financial obligations of treatment prescribed for the victim or victims of his off…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-402 Trafficking in children. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 77: Entire section added, p. 981, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 1308, � 2, effective May 30. L. 2009: (2) and (3) amended, (HB 09-1123), ch. 306, p. 1652, � 1, effective May 21. L. 2010: Entire section repealed, (SB 10-140), ch. 156, p. 540…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-403 Sexual exploitation of a child - legislative declaration - definitions
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the sexual exploitation of children constitutes a wrongful invasion of the child’s right of privacy and results in social, developmental, and emotional injury to the child; that a child below the age of eighteen years is inc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-404 Procurement of a child for sexual exploitation
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Any person who intentionally gives, transports, provides, or makes available, or who offers to give, transport, provide, or make available, to another person a child for the purpose of sexual exploitation of a child commits procurement of a child for sexual exploitation, which is…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-405 Reports of convictions to department of education
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(1) When a person is convicted, pleads nolo contendere, or receives a deferred sentence for a violation of the provisions of this part 4 and the court knows the person is a current or former employee of a school district in this state or holds a license or authorization pursuant …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-501 Adultery. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 449, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-6-501. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1166), ch. 59, p. 195, � 1, effective August 7.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-601 Harboring a minor
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(1) (a) A person commits the crime of harboring a minor if the person knowingly provides shelter to a minor without the consent of a parent, guardian, custodian of the minor, or the person with whom the child resides the majority of the time pursuant to a court order allocating p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-701 Contributing to the delinquency of a minor
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(1) (a) Any person who induces, aids, or encourages a child to violate any state law that is a felony victims rights act crime as defined in section 24-4.1-302 (1) commits first degree contributing to the delinquency of a minor. (b) Any person who induces, aids, or encourages a c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-800.3 Definitions
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As used in this part 8, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Domestic violence means an act or threatened act of violence upon a person with whom the actor is or has been involved in an intimate relationship. Domestic violence also includes any other crime against a person,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-801 Domestic violence - sentencing
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(1) (a) In addition to any sentence that is imposed upon a person for violation of any criminal law under this title 18, any person who is convicted of any crime, the underlying factual basis of which has been found by the court on the record to include an act of domestic violenc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-801.5 Domestic violence - evidence of similar transactions
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds that domestic violence is frequently cyclical in nature, involves patterns of abuse, and can consist of harm with escalating levels of seriousness. The general assembly therefore declares that evidence of similar transactions can be helpful a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-801.6 Domestic violence - summons and complaint
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Any person completing or preparing a summons, complaint, summons and complaint, indictment, information, or application for an arrest warrant shall indicate on the face of such document whether the facts forming the basis of the alleged criminal act, if proven, could constitute d…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-802 Domestic violence - local board - treatment programs - liability immunity - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 18-6-802Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-802.5 Domestic violence - treatment programs
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Any defendant who is sentenced to a treatment program pursuant to section 18-6-801 or who is ordered to complete an evaluation pursuant to section 18-6-801 (1) shall pay for the evaluation and treatment programs on a sliding fee basis, as provided in the standardized procedures f…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-803 Commission - manual of standards for treatment of domestic violence perpetrators - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 18-6-803Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-803.5 Crime of violation of a protection order - penalty - peace officers’ duties - definitions
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(1) A person commits the crime of violation of a protection order if, after the person has been personally served with a protection order that identifies the person as a restrained person or otherwise has acquired from the court or law enforcement personnel actual knowledge of th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-803.6 Duties of peace officers and prosecuting agencies - preservation of evidence
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(1) When a peace officer determines that there is probable cause to believe that a crime or offense involving domestic violence, as defined in section 18-6-800.3 (1), has been committed, the officer shall, without undue delay, arrest the person suspected of its commission pursuan…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-803.7 Central registry of protection orders - creation
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(1) As used in this section: (a) Bureau means the Colorado bureau of investigation. (b) Protected person means the person or persons identified in the protection order as the person or persons for whose benefit the protection order was issued. (b.5) (I) Protection order means any…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-803.8 Foreign protection orders. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 98: Entire section added, p. 1233, � 5, effective July 1. L. 2003: (4) amended, p. 1009, � 8, effective July 1. L. 2004: Entire section repealed, p. 554, � 5, effective July 1. 18-6-803.9. Assaults and deaths related to domestic violence - report. (Repealed) Source: L.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-803.9 Assaults and deaths related to domestic violence - report. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 18-6-803.9Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Service…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-804 Repeal of part. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 88: Entire part added, p. 734, � 1, effective July 1. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 399, � 1, effective March 27. L. 95: Entire section repealed, p. 569, � 9, effective July 1; entire section repealed, p. 1254, � 13, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6-805 Repeal of sections. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 95: Entire section added, p. 569, � 10, effective July 1. L. 96: (1) amended, p. 1470, � 12, effective June 1. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 771, � 1, effective May 22. L. 99: (1) amended, p. 623, � 20, effective August 4. L. 2000: Entire section repealed, p. 914, …