Title 18, Criminal Code

As used in this article 8, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Government has the same meaning as described in section 18-1-901 (3)(i). (2) Governmental function has the same meaning as described in section 18-1-901 (3)(j). (2.5) Peace officer has the same meaning as descr…

(1) (a) A person commits obstructing government operations if the person intentionally obstructs, impairs, or hinders the performance of a governmental function by a public servant by using or threatening to use violence, force, or physical interference or obstacle. (b) A person …

(1) A person commits resisting arrest if he knowingly prevents or attempts to prevent a peace officer, acting under color of his official authority, from effecting an arrest of the actor or another, by: (a) Using or threatening to use physical force or violence against the peace …

(1) (a) A person commits obstructing a peace officer, firefighter, emergency medical service provider, rescue specialist, or volunteer when, by using or threatening to use violence, force, physical interference, or an obstacle, such person knowingly obstructs, impairs, or hinders…

(1) A person is an accessory to crime if, with intent to hinder, delay, or prevent the discovery, detection, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of another for the commission of a crime, he renders assistance to such person. (2) Render assistance means to: (a) Ha…

(1) A person commits a civil infraction if, knowing that a public servant is legally authorized to inspect property: (a) He refuses to produce or make available the property for inspection at a reasonable hour; or (b) If the property is available for inspection he refuses to perm…

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 456, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-8-107. L. 2021: (2) added by revision, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, pp. 3195, 3331, �� 275, 803. Editor's note: Subsections (1)(b)(II) and (1)(d)(II) provided for the repeal of subsections (1)(b) and (1)(d), respectively, effective Mar…

(1) A person commits compounding if he accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit as consideration for: (a) Refraining from seeking prosecution of an offender; or (b) Refraining from reporting to law enforcement authorities the commission or suspected commission of any cri…

Any person who conceals the death of another person and thereby prevents a determination of the cause or circumstances of death commits a class 1 misdemeanor. For the purpose of this section only, another person includes a fetus born dead. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 456, � 1. C.R.S.…

(1) Any person who reports to any other person that a bomb or other explosive, any chemical or biological agent, any poison or weapon, or any harmful radioactive substance has been placed in any public or private place or vehicle designed for the transportation of persons or prop…

(1) (a) A person commits false reporting to authorities if: (I) He or she knowingly: (A) Causes by any means, including but not limited to activation, a false alarm of fire or other emergency or a false emergency exit alarm to sound or to be transmitted to or within an official o…

(1) A person commits false reporting of identifying information if the person knowingly provides false identifying information to law enforcement authorities. (2) False reporting of identifying information is a class 2 misdemeanor; except that it is a class 6 felony if providing …

(1) A person who falsely pretends to be a peace officer and performs an act in that pretended capacity commits impersonating a peace officer. (2) Impersonating a peace officer is a class 5 felony. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 456, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-8-112. L. 2003: Entire section …

(1) A person commits impersonating a public servant if he falsely pretends to be a public servant other than a peace officer and performs any act in that pretended capacity. (2) It is no defense to a prosecution under this section that the office the actor pretended to hold did n…

(1) A person commits a class 2 misdemeanor if: (a) The person knowingly makes a false entry in or falsely alters any public record; or (b) Knowing the person lacks the authority to do so, the person knowingly destroys, mutilates, conceals, removes, or impairs the availability of …

It is the duty of every corporation or person who has reasonable grounds to believe that a crime has been committed to report promptly the suspected crime to law enforcement authorities. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, a corporation or person may d…

(1) A person commits disarming a peace officer if he or she knowingly, without justification and without consent, removes the firearm or self-defense electronic control device, direct-contact stun device, or other similar device of a peace officer who is acting under color of his…

(1) A person commits an unlawful sale of public services if the person does any of the following with respect to a government service or an appointment to receive a government service and if a government entity makes the service or appointment publicly available without charge: (…

(1) (a) A person who knowingly affiliates with a public safety radio network without authorization from the network’s authorizing entity commits unlawful affiliation with a public safety radio network. (b) Unlawful affiliation with a public safety radio network is a class 2 misde…

(1) Any person who knowingly aids, abets, or assists another person to escape or attempt to escape from custody or confinement commits the offense of aiding escape. (2) Escape is deemed to be a continuing activity commencing with the conception of the design to escape and continu…

Any person who knowingly aids the escape of a person who is an inmate of an institution for the care and treatment of persons with behavioral or mental health disorders and who knows the person aided is confined in such institution pursuant to a commitment pursuant to article 8 o…

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 458, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-8-202. L. 2021: (2) added by revision, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, pp. 3196, 3331, �� 283, 803. Editor's note: Subsection (2) provided for the repeal of this section, effective March 1, 2022. (See L. 2021, pp. 3196, 3331.)

(1) A person commits introducing contraband in the first degree if he or she knowingly and unlawfully: (a) Introduces or attempts to introduce a dangerous instrument into a detention facility or at any location where an inmate is or is likely to be located, while the inmate is in…

(1) A person commits introducing contraband in the second degree if he or she knowingly and unlawfully: (a) Introduces or attempts to introduce contraband into a detention facility; or (b) Being a person confined in a detention facility, makes any contraband, as defined in subsec…

(1) A person being confined in a detention facility commits the crime of possession of contraband in the first degree if the person knowingly obtains or has in the person's possession contraband as listed in section 18-8-203 (1)(a). (2) Repealed. (3) Possession of contraband in t…

(1) A person being confined in a detention facility commits the crime of possession of contraband in the second degree if he knowingly obtains or has in his possession contraband as defined in section 18-8-204 (2) unless possession is authorized by rule or regulation promulgated …

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 458, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-8-205. L. 2021: (2) added by revision, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, pp. 3198, 3331, �� 288, 803, effective March 1, 2022. Editor's note: Subsection (2) provided for the repeal of this section, effective March 1, 2022. (See L. 2021, pp.…

(1) Any person confined in any lawful place of confinement within the state who, while escaping or attempting to escape, commits an assault with intent to commit bodily injury upon the person of another with a deadly weapon, or by any means of force likely to produce serious bodi…

Any person in lawful custody or confinement within the state who, while escaping or attempting to escape, holds as hostage any person or by force or threat of force holds any person against his will commits a class 2 felony. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 458, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-8-2…

(1) A person commits a class 2 felony if, while being in custody or confinement following conviction of a class 1 or class 2 felony, he knowingly escapes from said custody or confinement. (2) A person commits a class 3 felony if, while being in custody or confinement following co…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (1.5) of this section, if a person, while in custody or confinement following conviction of a felony, knowingly attempts to escape from said custody or confinement, he or she commits a class 4 felony. The sentence imposed pursuant to…

(1) A person who is serving a direct sentence to a community corrections program pursuant to section 18-1.3-301; transitioning from the department of corrections to a community corrections program or placed in an intensive supervision program pursuant to section 17-27.5-101; part…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, any sentence imposed following conviction of an offense under sections 18-8-201 to 18-8-208 or section 18-8-211 shall run consecutively and not concurrently with any sentence which the offender was serving at the…

C.R.S. 18-8-210Statutes 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 …

For the purposes of this part 2, any reference to custody, confinement, charged with, held for, convicted of, a felony, misdemeanor, or petty offense includes a juvenile who is detained or committed for the commission of an act that would constitute such a felony, misdemeanor, or…

For the purposes of this part 2, any reference to custody, confinement, charged with, held for, or convicted of, a felony, misdemeanor, or petty offense shall be deemed to include any felony, misdemeanor, or petty offense under the laws of this state and any felony, misdemeanor, …

(1) A person confined in any detention facility within the state commits active participation in a riot when he, with two or more other persons, actively participates in violent conduct that creates grave danger of, or does cause, damage to property or injury to persons and subst…

(1) A person who is charged with any felony and is released on bond commits a class 6 felony if the person knowingly fails to appear in the felony case for which the person is on bond with the intent to avoid prosecution. (2) A person who is released on bond and is charged with a…

(1) A person commits the crime of unauthorized residency by an adult offender if the person, in order to stay in the state, is required to have the permission of the compact administrator or a designated deputy of the compact administrator of the interstate compact for adult offe…

The definitions contained in section 18-8-101 are applicable to this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires, and, in addition to those definitions: (1) Benefit means any gain or advantage to the beneficiary, including any gain or advantage to a third person pursuant to the…

(1) A person commits the crime of bribery, if: (a) He offers, confers, or agrees to confer any pecuniary benefit upon a public servant with the intent to influence the public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, exercise of discretion, or other action in his official capacity; or (…

(1) A person commits a class 4 felony if the person: (a) Solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit as compensation for having, as a public servant, given a decision, opinion, recommendation, or vote favorable to another or for having otherwise exercised a discr…

A public servant commits a class 1 misdemeanor if the public servant requests a pecuniary benefit for the performance of an official action knowing that the public servant was required to perform that action without compensation or at a level of compensation lower than that reque…

(1) A person commits trading in public office if: (a) He offers, confers, or agrees to confer any pecuniary benefit upon a public servant or party officer upon an agreement or understanding that he or a particular person will or may be appointed to a public office or designated o…

Any person who attempts to influence any public servant by means of deceit or by threat of violence or economic reprisal against any person or property, with the intent thereby to alter or affect the public servant's decision, vote, opinion, or action concerning any matter which …

(1) No public servant shall require or direct a bidder or contractor to deal with a particular person in procuring any goods or service required in submitting a bid to or fulfilling a contract with any government. (2) Any provision in invitations to bid or any contract documents …

(1) A public servant commits failing to disclose a conflict of interest if he exercises any substantial discretionary function in connection with a government contract, purchase, payment, or other pecuniary transaction without having given seventy-two hours' actual advance writte…

The definitions contained in sections 18-8-101 and 18-8-301 are applicable to this part 4, unless a different meaning is plainly required. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 461, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-8-401.

(1) Any public servant, in contemplation of official action by himself or by a governmental unit with which he is associated or in reliance on information to which he has access in his official capacity and which has not been made public, commits misuse of official information if…

(1) A public servant, while acting or purporting to act in an official capacity or taking advantage of such actual or purported capacity, commits official oppression if, with actual knowledge that his conduct is illegal, he: (a) Subjects another to arrest, detention, search, seiz…