Title 18, Criminal Code

(1) Any person who has or exercises control over the use of any place which offers seclusion or shelter for the practice of prostitution and who performs any one or more of the following commits keeping a place of prostitution if he: (a) Knowingly grants or permits the use of suc…

(1) Any person who performs any of the following with a person not his spouse commits patronizing a prostitute: (a) Engages in an act of sexual intercourse or of deviate sexual conduct with a prostitute; or (b) Enters or remains in a place of prostitution with intent to engage in…

Any person who knowingly lives on or is supported or maintained in whole or in part by money or other thing of value earned, received, procured, or realized by any other person through prostitution commits pimping, which is a class 3 felony. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 452, § 1. C.R.…

Any person who by word, gesture, or action endeavors to further the practice of prostitution in any public place or within public view commits a petty offense. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 452, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-7-207. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 319…

If probable cause exists to believe that a minor charged with a prostitution-related activity pursuant to section 18-7-201, 18-7-202, 18-7-204, or 18-7-207 or a prostitution-related offense pursuant to a county or municipal ordinance was a victim of human trafficking of a minor f…

(1) Any person who performs any of the following in a public place or where the conduct may reasonably be expected to be viewed by members of the public commits public indecency: (a) An act of sexual intercourse; or (b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2010, (HB 10-1334), ch. 359, p. 17…

(1) A person commits indecent exposure: (a) If he or she knowingly exposes his or her genitals to the view of any person under circumstances in which such conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm to the other person with the intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desire of …

As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Child" means a person who is under eighteen years of age. (2) "Commercial sexual activity" means sexual activity for which anything of value is given to, promised to, or received by a person. (3) "Sexual activity…

(1) A person commits soliciting for commercial sexual activity with a child if the person: (a) Knowingly solicits a child for commercial sexual activity; (b) Knowingly solicits another for commercial sexual activity with a child; (c) Arranges or offers to arrange a meeting of per…

(1) A person who does any of the following for money or other thing of value commits pandering of a child: (a) Inducing a child by menacing or criminal intimidation to engage in commercial sexual activity; or (b) Knowingly arranging or offering to arrange a situation in which a c…

(1) A 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 commercial sexual activity commits procurement of a child. (2) Procurement of a child is a class 3 felony. T…

(1) A person who has or exercises control over the use of any place which offers seclusion or shelter for commercial sexual activity with a child commits keeping a place of commercial sexual activity with a child if the person: (a) Knowingly grants or permits the use of the place…

(1) A person who knowingly lives on or is supported or maintained in whole or in part by money or other thing of value earned, received, procured, or realized by a child through commercial sexual activity commits pimping of a child. (2) Pimping of a child is a class 3 felony. The…

(1) A person who by word or action, other than conduct specified in section 18-7-403 (1)(a), induces a child to engage in commercial sexual activity commits inducement of commercial sexual activity with a child. (2) Inducement of commercial sexual activity with a child is a class…

(1) A person who performs any of the following with a child commits engaging in commercial sexual activity with a child: (a) Engages in commercial sexual activity with a child; or (b) Enters or remains in a place for commercial sexual activity with a child with intent to engage i…

In any criminal prosecution under sections 18-7-402 to 18-7-407, it shall be no defense that the defendant did not know the child's age or that he reasonably believed the child to be eighteen years of age or older. Source: L. 79: Entire part RC&RE, p. 742, § 1, effective May 31. …

If any provision of this part 4 or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions of this part 4 which may be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and, to this end, the provisions of …

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 to t…

As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Child" means a person under the age of eighteen years. (2) "Harmful to children" means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of sexually explicit nudity, sexual conduct, sexual exci…

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to sell or loan for monetary consideration to a child: (a) Any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, or similar visual representation or image of a person or portion of the human body which depicts sexually…

(1) Nothing contained in this part 5 shall be construed to apply to: (a) The purchase, distribution, exhibition, or loan of any work of art, book, magazine, or other printed or manuscript material by any accredited museum, library, school, or institution of higher education; (b) …

If any provision of this part 5 or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions of this part 5 which may be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and, to this end, the provisions of …

(1) No person shall sell, rent, or otherwise furnish to a minor any video tape, video disc, film representation, or other form of motion picture if: (a) The average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, predominantly appeal…

(1) An employee, contract employee, or volunteer of a correctional institution or an individual who performs work or volunteer functions in a correctional institution who engages in sexual conduct with a person who is in lawful custody in a correctional institution commits the of…

(1) A person who knowingly observes or takes a photograph of another person's intimate parts, as defined in section 18-3-401 (2), without that person's consent, in a situation where the person observed or photographed has a reasonable expectation of privacy, commits criminal inva…

(1) A person commits the offense of posting an image of suicide of a minor if the person intentionally posts or distributes through the use of social media or any website, or disseminates through other means, an image of a minor attempting suicide, dying by suicide, or having die…

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…

(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) …

(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…

(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.…

(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 conti…

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…