Title 18, Criminal Code
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-201.7 Prostitution with knowledge of being infected with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 18-7-201.7Statutes 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. § 18-7-202 Soliciting for prostitution
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(1) A person commits soliciting for prostitution if he: (a) Solicits another for the purpose of prostitution; or (b) Arranges or offers to arrange a meeting of persons for the purpose of prostitution; or (c) Directs another to a place knowing such direction is for the purpose of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-203 Pandering
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(1) Any person who does any of the following for money or other thing of value commits pandering: (a) Inducing a person by menacing or criminal intimidation to commit prostitution; or (b) Knowingly arranging or offering to arrange a situation in which a person may practice prosti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-204 Keeping a place of prostitution
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-205 Patronizing a prostitute
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-205.5 Acquired immune deficiency syndrome testing for persons convicted of patronizing a prostitute. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 18-7-205.5Statutes 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. § 18-7-205.7 Patronizing a prostitute with knowledge of being infected with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 18-7-205.7Statutes 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. § 18-7-206 Pimping
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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.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-207 Prostitute making display
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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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-208 Promoting sexual immorality. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 452, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-7-208. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1166), ch. 59, p. 195, � 2, effective August 7. 18-7-209. Immunity from prostitution-related offenses - victims - human trafficking of a minor for involuntary servitude - human tra…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-209 Immunity from prostitution-related offenses - victims - human trafficking of a minor for involuntary servitude - human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude
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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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-301 Public indecency
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-302 Indecent exposure - definitions
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(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 …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-401 Definitions
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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Anal intercourse means contact between human beings of the genital organs of one and the anus of another. (2) Child means a person under the age of eighteen years. (3) Cunnilingus means any act of oral stimulation…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-402 Soliciting for child prostitution
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(1) A person commits soliciting for child prostitution if he: (a) Solicits another for the purpose of prostitution of a child or by a child; (b) Arranges or offers to arrange a meeting of persons for the purpose of prostitution of a child or by a child; or (c) Directs another to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-403 Pandering of a child
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(1) Any 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 commit prostitution; or (b) Knowingly arranging or offering to arrange a situation in which a child may practi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-403.5 Procurement of a child
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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 prostitution of the child commits procurement of a child, which is a class 3 felony. Source: L.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-404 Keeping a place of child prostitution
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(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 child prostitution if he: (a) Knowingly grants or permits the use …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-405 Pimping of a child
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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 a child through prostitution commits pimping of a child, which is a class 3 felony. Source: L. 79: Entire part RC&RE, p.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-405.5 Inducement of child prostitution
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(1) Any person who by word or action, other than conduct specified in section 18-7-403 (1)(a), induces a child to engage in an act which is prostitution by a child, as defined in section 18-7-401 (6), commits inducement of child prostitution. (2) Inducement of child prostitution …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-406 Patronizing a prostituted child
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(1) Any person who performs any of the following with a child not his spouse commits patronizing a prostituted child: (a) Engages in an act which is prostitution of a child or by a child, as defined in section 18-7-401 (6) or (7); or (b) Enters or remains in a place of prostituti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-407 Criminality of conduct
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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.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-408 Severability
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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 …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-409 Reports of convictions to department of education
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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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-501 Definitions
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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 exciteme…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-502 Unlawful acts
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-503 Applicability
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(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) …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-504 Severability
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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 …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-601 Dispensing violent films to minors - misdemeanors
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-701 Sexual conduct in a correctional institution
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-801 Criminal invasion of privacy
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-7-901 Unlawful distribution of a suicide recording - definitions - Lil’ Von Mercado’s Law
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-101 Definitions
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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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-102 Obstructing government operations
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(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 …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-103 Resisting arrest
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(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 …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-104 Obstructing a peace officer, firefighter, emergency medical service provider, rescue specialist, or volunteer
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-105 Accessory to crime
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-106 Refusal to permit inspections
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-107 Refusing to aid a peace officer - repeal. (Repealed)
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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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-108 Compounding
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-109 Concealing death
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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.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-110 False report of explosives, weapons, or harmful substances
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-111 False reporting to authorities - false reporting of an emergency - definition
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-111.5 False reporting of identifying information to law enforcement authorities - definition
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(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 …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-112 Impersonating a peace officer
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(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 …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-113 Impersonating a public servant
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-114 Abuse of public records
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(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 …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-115 Duty to report a crime - liability for disclosure
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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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-116 Disarming a peace officer
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-117 Unlawful sale of publicly provided services or appointments - definitions
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(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: (…