Title 18, Criminal Code
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-3-418 Unlawful electronic sexual communication - person in a position of trust - definitions
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(1) An actor commits unlawful electronic sexual communication if the actor knowingly importunes, invites, or entices through communication via a computer network or system, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message a person whom the actor knows or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-3-501 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) Human trafficking constitutes a serious problem in Colorado and across the nation; (b) Human trafficking is abhorrent to a civilized society and deserving of the most diligent response from the state; (c) Human traffick…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-3-502 Definitions
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As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Adult means a person eighteen years of age or older. (2) Coercing means inducing a person to act or to refrain from acting, if the inducement is accomplished by any one or more of the following means: (a) The use …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-3-503 Human trafficking for involuntary servitude - human trafficking of a minor for involuntary servitude
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(1) A person who knowingly sells, recruits, harbors, transports, transfers, isolates, entices, provides, receives, or obtains by any means another person for the purpose of coercing the other person to perform labor or services commits human trafficking for involuntary servitude.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-3-504 Human trafficking for sexual servitude - human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude
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(1) (a) A person commits human trafficking for sexual servitude if the person knowingly sells, recruits, harbors, transports, transfers, isolates, entices, provides, receives, or obtains by any means another person for the purpose of coercing the person to engage in commercial se…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-3-505 Human trafficking council - created - duties - repeal
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(1) (a) There is created in the department of public safety the Colorado human trafficking council, referred to within this section as the council. The purpose of the council is to bring together leadership from community-based and statewide anti-trafficking efforts, to build and…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-3-601 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) Stalking is a serious problem in this state and nationwide; (b) Although stalking often involves persons who have had an intimate relationship with one another, it can also involve persons who have little or no past rel…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-3-602 Stalking - penalty - definitions - Vonnie's law
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(1) A person commits stalking if directly, or indirectly through another person, the person knowingly: (a) Makes a credible threat to another person and, in connection with the threat, repeatedly follows, approaches, contacts, or places under surveillance that person, a member of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-101 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Building means a structure which has the capacity to contain, and is designed for the shelter of, man, animals, or property, and includes a ship, trailer, sleeping car, airplane, or other vehicle or place adapted…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-102 First degree arson
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(1) A person who knowingly sets fire to, burns, causes to be burned, or by the use of any explosive damages or destroys, or causes to be damaged or destroyed, any building or occupied structure of another without his consent commits first degree arson. (2) First degree arson is a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-103 Second degree arson
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(1) A person who knowingly sets fire to, burns, causes to be burned, or by the use of any explosive damages or destroys, or causes to be damaged or destroyed, any property of another without his consent, other than a building or occupied structure, commits second degree arson. (2…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-104 Third degree arson
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(1) A person who, by means of fire or explosives, intentionally damages any property with intent to defraud commits third degree arson. (2) Third degree arson is a class 5 felony. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 426, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-4-104. L. 2023: (2) amended, (HB 23-1293), ch. 2…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-105 Fourth degree arson
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(1) A person who knowingly or recklessly starts or maintains a fire or causes an explosion, on his own property or that of another, and by so doing places another in danger of death or serious bodily injury or places any building or occupied structure of another in danger of dama…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-201 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Premises means any real estate and all improvements erected thereon. (2) Separate building means each unit of a building consisting of two or more units separately secured or occupied. (3) A person enters unlawfu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-202 First degree burglary
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(1) A person commits first degree burglary if the person knowingly enters unlawfully, or remains unlawfully after a lawful or unlawful entry, in a building or occupied structure with intent to commit therein a crime, other than trespass as defined in this article, against another…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-202.1 Habitual burglary offenders - punishment - legislative declaration. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 18-4-202.1Statutes 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. § 18-4-203 Second degree burglary
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(1) A person commits second degree burglary, if the person knowingly breaks an entrance into, enters unlawfully in, or remains unlawfully after a lawful or unlawful entry in a building or occupied structure with intent to commit therein a crime against another person or property.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-204 Third degree burglary
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(1) A person commits third degree burglary if with intent to commit a crime he enters or breaks into any vault, safe, cash register, coin vending machine, product dispenser, money depository, safety deposit box, coin telephone, coin box, or other apparatus or equipment whether or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-205 Possession of burglary tools
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(1) A person commits possession of burglary tools if he possesses any explosive, tool, instrument, or other article adapted, designed, or commonly used for committing or facilitating the commission of an offense involving forcible entry into premises or theft by a physical taking…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-301 Robbery
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(1) A person who knowingly takes anything of value from the person or presence of another by the use of force, threats, or intimidation commits robbery. (2) Robbery is a class 4 felony. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 427, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-4-301. L. 77: (1) amended, p. 963, � 22, e…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-302 Aggravated robbery
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(1) A person who commits robbery is guilty of aggravated robbery if during the act of robbery or immediate flight therefrom: (a) He is armed with a deadly weapon with intent, if resisted, to kill, maim, or wound the person robbed or any other person; or (b) He knowingly wounds or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-303 Aggravated robbery of controlled substances. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 73: p. 572, � 11. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-4-303. L. 81: (1) and (2) amended, pp. 737, 974, �� 21, 11, effective July 1. L. 2012: (1) amended, (HB 12-1311), ch. 281, p. 1619, � 43, effective July 1. L. 2023: Entire section repealed, (HB 23-1293), ch. 298, p. 1785, � 11, effec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-304 Robbery of the elderly or disabled - legislative declaration. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 18-4-304Statutes 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. § 18-4-305 Use of photographs, video tapes, or films of property
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Pursuant to section 13-25-130, C.R.S., photographs, video tapes, or films of property over which a person is alleged to have exerted unauthorized control or otherwise to have obtained unlawfully are competent evidence if the photographs, video tapes, or films are admissible into …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-401 Theft
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(1) A person commits theft when he or she knowingly obtains, retains, or exercises control over anything of value of another without authorization or by threat or deception; receives, loans money by pawn or pledge on, or disposes of anything of value or belonging to another that …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-402 Theft of rental property. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 429, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-4-402. L. 75: (2) and (3) amended and (4) added, p. 619, � 11, effective July 21. L. 77: (1)(b) amended, p. 963, � 24, effective July 1; (2) and (4) amended and (5) added, p. 973, � 3, effective July 1. L. 84: (3) and (4) amende…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-403 Statutory intent
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If any law of this state refers to or mentions larceny, stealing, embezzlement (except embezzlement of public moneys), false pretenses, confidence games, or shoplifting, that law shall be interpreted as if the word theft were substituted therefor; and in the enactment of sections…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-404 Obtaining control over any stolen thing of value - conviction
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Every person who obtains control over any stolen thing of value, knowing the thing of value to have been stolen by another, may be tried, convicted, and punished whether or not the principal is charged, tried, or convicted. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 429, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-4-40…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-405 Rights in stolen property
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All property obtained by theft, robbery, or burglary shall be restored to the owner, and no sale, whether in good faith on the part of the purchaser or not, shall divest the owner of his right to such property. The owner may maintain an action not only against the taker thereof b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-406 Concealment of goods
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If any person willfully conceals unpurchased goods, wares, or merchandise owned or held by and offered or displayed for sale by any store or other mercantile establishment, whether the concealment be on his own person or otherwise and whether on or off the premises of said store …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-407 Questioning of person suspected of theft without liability
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If any person triggers an alarm or a theft detection device as defined in section 18-4-417 (2) or conceals upon his person or otherwise carries away any unpurchased goods, wares, or merchandise held or owned by any store or mercantile establishment, the merchant or any employee t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-408 Theft of trade secrets - penalty
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(1) Any person who, with intent to deprive or withhold from the owner thereof the control of a trade secret, or with an intent to appropriate a trade secret to his own use or to the use of another, steals or discloses to an unauthorized person a trade secret, or, without authorit…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-409 Motor vehicle theft - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) Motor vehicle means any self-propelled vehicle that is designed primarily for travel on public highways and that is generally and commonly used to transport persons and property over the public highways. (b) …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-409.5 Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle - definition
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(1) A person commits unauthorized use of a motor vehicle if the person obtains or exercises control over the motor vehicle of another person without authorization of the owner and: (a) The person does not commit a criminal offense other than a misdemeanor traffic offense except e…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-410 Theft by receiving. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire section added, p. 619, � 12, effective July 21. L. 77: Entire section R&RE, p. 975, � 5, effective July 1. L. 84: (3), (4), and (6) amended, p. 537, � 8, effective July 1, 1985. L. 87: (6) amended, p. 607, � 14, effective July 1. L. 92: (2) to (6) amended, p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-411 Transactions for profit in stolen goods
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If any person obtains control over stolen property knowing or believing the property to have been stolen, and such offense involves two or more separate stolen things of value each of which is the property of a separate owner, such commission of theft constitutes prima facie evid…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-411.5 Interagency task force on organized retail theft - legislative declaration - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 18-4-411.5Statutes 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. § 18-4-412 Theft of medical records or medical information - penalty - definitions
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(1) Any person who, without proper authorization, knowingly obtains a medical record or medical information with the intent to appropriate the medical record or medical information to his own use or to the use of another, who steals or discloses to an unauthorized person a medica…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-413 Mandatory sentencing for repeated felony theft from a store - store defined
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(1) For purposes of this section and section 18-4-414, “store” means any establishment primarily engaged in the sale of goods at retail. (2) Any person convicted of felony theft, which felony theft was from a store, who within the immediately preceding four years was twice convic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-414 Evidence of value
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(1) For purposes of this part 4, when theft occurs from a store, evidence of the retail value of the thing involved shall be prima facie evidence of the value of the thing involved. Evidence offered to prove retail value may include, but shall not be limited to, affixed labels an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-415 Use of photographs, video tapes, or films of property
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Pursuant to section 13-25-130, C.R.S., photographs, video tapes, or films of property over which a person is alleged to have exerted unauthorized control or otherwise to have obtained unlawfully are competent evidence if the photographs, video tapes, or films are admissible into …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-416 Theft by resale of a lift ticket or coupon
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Any unauthorized person who, with the intent to profit therefrom, resells or offers to resell any ticket, pass, badge, pin, coupon, or other device that then entitles the bearer to the use, benefit, or enjoyment of any skiing service or skiing facility commits a civil infraction.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-417 Unlawful acts - theft detection devices
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(1) (a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly manufacture, distribute, or sell a theft detection shielding device or a theft detection deactivating device with the knowledge that some person intends to use the device in the commission of an offense involving theft. (b) It is…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-418 Fuel piracy. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2002: Entire section added, p. 1131, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1160), ch. 373, p. 2198, � 5, effective June 5.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-419 Newspaper theft. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2004: Entire section added, p. 445, � 2, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1160), ch. 373, p. 2198, � 6, effective June 5; entire section repealed, (HB 13-1014), ch. 7, p. 17, � 1, effective August 7. 18-4-420. Chop shop activity - ownership or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-420 Chop shop activity - ownership or operation of a chop shop - altered or removed identification number - penalties - definitions
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(1) A person commits ownership or operation of a chop shop if he or she knowingly: (a) Owns or operates a chop shop, knowing that it is a chop shop, or conspires with another person to own or operate a chop shop, knowing that it is a chop shop; (b) Transports an unlawfully obtain…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-501 Criminal mischief
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(1) A person commits criminal mischief when he or she knowingly damages the real or personal property of one or more other persons, including property owned by the person jointly with another person or property owned by the person in which another person has a possessory or propr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-502 First degree criminal trespass
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(1) A person commits the crime of first degree criminal trespass if such person: (a) Knowingly and unlawfully enters or remains in a dwelling of another; or (b) Enters any motor vehicle with intent to commit a crime therein. (2) (a) First degree criminal trespass committed pursua…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-503 Second degree criminal trespass
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(1) A person commits the crime of second degree criminal trespass if such person: (a) Unlawfully enters or remains in or upon the premises of another which are enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders or are fenced; or (b) Knowingly and unlawfully enters or remains in o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-504 Third degree criminal trespass
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(1) A person commits the crime of third degree criminal trespass if such person unlawfully enters or remains in or upon premises of another. (2) Third degree criminal trespass is a petty offense, but: (a) Repealed. (b) It is a class 5 felony if the person trespasses on premises c…