Title 18, Criminal Code
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-215 Immunity
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(1) The bureau and a local law enforcement agency and an individual employed by the bureau or a local law enforcement agency shall not be liable for any damages that may result from good faith compliance with the provisions of this part 2. (2) A law enforcement officer or agency,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-216 Permits issued prior to May 17, 2003. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2003: Entire part added, p. 648, � 1, effective May 17. L. 2018: Entire section repealed, (HB 18-1375), ch. 274, p. 1703, � 28, effective May 29.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-301 Definitions
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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Bureau means the Colorado bureau of investigation created and existing pursuant to section 24-33.5-401, C.R.S. (2) (a) Large-capacity magazine means: (I) A fixed or detachable magazine, box, drum, feed strip, or s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-302 Large-capacity magazines prohibited - penalties - exceptions
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(1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who sells, transfers, or possesses a large-capacity magazine commits a class 1 misdemeanor. (b) Repealed. (c) Any person who violates this subsection (1) commits a class 6 felony if the person possessed a large-capaci…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-303 Identification markings for large-capacity magazines - rules
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(1) A large-capacity magazine that is manufactured in Colorado on or after July 1, 2013, must include a permanent stamp or marking indicating that the large-capacity magazine was manufactured or assembled after July 1, 2013. The stamp or marking must be legibly and conspicuously …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-401 Definitions
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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Dealer means a federally licensed firearm dealer as defined in section 18-12-101 and any other federal firearms licensee who, within the scope of the licensee's license, sells firearms at retail to the public. (2)…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-401.5 Permit required - issuing agency - cash fund - inspections - penalty - report - rules - repeal
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(1) (a) Beginning July 1, 2025, every dealer must obtain a state permit in order to engage in the business of dealing in firearms other than destructive devices in this state. (b) A state permit issued pursuant to this section is not transferrable. (c) (I) A person who engages in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-402 Retail dealers - record - inspection
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Every individual, firm, or corporation engaged, within this state, in the retail sale, rental, or exchange of firearms, pistols, or revolvers shall keep a record of each pistol or revolver sold, rented, or exchanged at retail. The record must be made at the time of the transactio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-403 Record - failure to make - penalty
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Every individual, firm, or corporation who fails to keep the record required pursuant to section 18-12-402 or section 18-12-111.5 (7)(b), or who refuses to exhibit the record when requested by a police officer, and any purchaser, lessee, or exchanger of a pistol or revolver who, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-404 Jurisdiction - county courts
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County courts, within their respective counties, have jurisdiction to hear and determine all cases arising under the provisions of this part 4, and appeal from judgment is to the district courts in the respective counties in the same manner as is now provided by law for appeals f…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-405 Locking device required - penalty
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(1) (a) Every licensed gun dealer, as defined in section 18-12-506, shall provide with each firearm sold or otherwise transferred a locking device capable of securing the firearm. (b) This subsection (1) does not apply to the transfer of an antique firearm, as defined in 18 U.S.C…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-406 Requirements for firearms dealers - training - securing firearms - sale outside of business hours prohibited - rules - penalty
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(1) (a) The department shall develop training or approve training courses provided by other entities for dealers and dealers’ employees. The training must be available in an online format and include an examination with at least twenty questions derived from the course material a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-407 Dealer employee requirements - background check - penalty - repeal
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(1) A dealer shall not employ a person who, in the course of the person’s duties, handles firearms, processes the sale, loan, or transfer of firearms, or otherwise has access to firearms, who: (a) Has been convicted of an offense that prohibits the person from possessing a weapon…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-501 Definitions
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[Editor's note: This version of this part is effective January 1, 2026.] As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Collection means a trade, barter, or in-kind exchange for one or more firearms. (2) Gun collectors show means an event or function that is s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-502 Gun show promoters - requirements - penalties
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[Editor's note: This version of this part is effective January 1, 2026.] (1) (a) For each gun show organized and operated by a gun show promoter, the promoter shall prepare a security plan. The security plan must include: (I) A list of gun show vendors who will participate in the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-503 Gun show vendors - federal firearms license and state firearms dealer permit required - penalty
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(1) (a) A gun show vendor must be a federal firearms licensee and hold a valid state firearms dealer permit. A person who is not a federal firearms licensee and does not hold a valid state firearms dealer permit shall not participate in a gun show as a gun show vendor.(b) A perso…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-504 Gun show vendor certification
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[Editor's note: This version of this part is effective January 1, 2026.] (1) A gun show vendor shall certify the following to a gun show promoter, in a form determined by the gun show promoter: Gun Show Vendor Certification of Compliance As a vendor of firearms or firearm compone…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-505 Gun show vendors - requirements - penalties
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[Editor's note: This version of this part is effective January 1, 2026.] (1) While participating in a gun show, a gun show vendor shall: (a) Prominently display a copy of the vendor's federal firearms license and a copy of the vendor's state firearms dealer permit at the vendor's…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-506 Background checks at gun shows - records - fees - notice posted by promoter - penalties - definition
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(1) (a) Before a gun show vendor transfers or attempts to transfer a firearm at a gun show, the vendor shall:(I) Require that a background check, in accordance with section 24-33.5-424, be conducted of the prospective transferee; and(II) Obtain approval of a transfer from the Col…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-101 Abuse of a corpse
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(1) A person commits abuse of a corpse if, without statutory or court-ordered authority, the person: (a) Removes the body or remains of any person from a grave or other place of sepulcher without the consent of the person who has the right to dispose of the remains pursuant to se…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-102 Endurance contests. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 483, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-13-102. L. 85: Entire section repealed, p. 624, � 11, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-103 Endangering the welfare of an incompetent person. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 483, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-13-103. L. 91: Entire section repealed, p. 1784, � 16, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-104 Fighting by agreement - dueling
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(1) If two or more persons shall fight by agreement in a public place, except in a sporting event authorized by law, the persons so fighting commit a petty offense. (2) Persons who by agreement engage in a fight with deadly weapons, whether in a public or private place, commit du…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-105 Criminal libel. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 484, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-13-105. L. 73: p. 540, � 14. L. 77: (1) amended, p. 971, � 65, effective July 1. L. 89: (3) amended, p. 842, � 102, effective July 1. L. 2012: Entire section repealed, (SB 12-102), ch. 113, p. 391, � 1, effective September 1. 18…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-106 Unlawful to discard or abandon iceboxes or motor vehicles and similar items
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Any person abandoning or discarding, in any public or private place accessible to children, any chest, closet, piece of furniture, refrigerator, icebox, motor vehicle, or other article, having a compartment of a capacity of one and one-half cubic feet or more and having a door or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-107 Interference with persons with disabilities
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(1) A person shall not falsely impersonate an individual with a disability, as that term is defined in section 24-34-301. (2) Repealed. (3) A person shall not knowingly deny an individual with a disability, as defined in section 24-34-301, any right or privilege protected in sect…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-107.3 Intentional misrepresentation of entitlement to an assistance animal - penalty - definitions
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(1) A person commits intentional misrepresentation of entitlement to an assistance animal if: (a) The person intentionally misrepresents entitlement to an animal in his or her possession as an assistance animal for the purpose of obtaining any of the rights or privileges set fort…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-107.7 Intentional misrepresentation of a service animal for a person with a disability - penalty - definitions
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(1) A person commits intentional misrepresentation of a service animal if: (a) The person intentionally misrepresents an animal in his or her possession as his or her service animal or service-animal-in-training for the purpose of obtaining any of the rights or privileges set for…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-108 Removal of timber from state lands
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Any person who cuts or removes any timber from any state land without lawful authority commits a petty offense. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 484, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-13-108. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3214, � 360, effective March 1, 2022.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-109 Firing woods or prairie
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(1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, any person who, without lawful authority and knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence, sets on fire, or causes to be set on fire, any woods, prairie, or grounds of any description, other than his or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-109.5 Intentionally setting wildfire
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(1) A person commits the crime of intentionally setting a wildfire if he or she: (a) (I) Intentionally and without lawful authority sets on fire, or causes to be set on fire, any woods, prairie, or grounds of any description, other than his or her own; or (II) Intentionally permi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-110 Air pollution violations. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 73: p. 744, � 5. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-13-110. L. 79: Entire section R&RE, p. 1552, � 16, effective June 20; (1)(a)(I) to (1)(a)(III), (1)(b), and (2)(a) amended, p. 1057, � 2, effective June 20. L. 81: (4)(a) and (4)(b) amended, p. 2025, � 19, effective July 14. L. 84: (2…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-111 Purchases of commodity metals or detached catalytic converters - violations - creation - composition - reports - legislative declaration - definitions
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(1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, every owner, keeper, or proprietor of a junk shop, junk store, salvage yard, or junk cart or other vehicle and every collector of or dealer in junk, salvage, or other secondhand property shall keep a book or …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-112 Hazardous waste violations
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(1) No person shall abandon any vehicle containing any hazardous waste or intentionally spill hazardous waste upon a street, highway, right-of-way, or any other public property or upon any private property without the express consent of the owner or person in lawful charge of tha…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-113 Unlawful to sell metal beverage containers with detachable opening devices
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(1) As used in this section: (a) “Beverage” means each of the following forms of liquid refreshment intended for human consumption: (I) Fermented malt beverages, malt liquors, beers, or any beverages obtained by the fermentation of any infusion or decoction of barley, malt, hops,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-114 Sale of secondhand property - record - inspection - false information - penalties - definitions
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(1) Every secondhand dealer, as defined in subsection (5) of this section, shall make a record, as provided in subsection (2) of this section, of each sale or trade of secondhand property made by him, his agent, or any person acting on his behalf, which sale or trade equals or ex…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-114.5 Sale of secondhand property - proof of ownership required - penalty - definitions
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(1) A person who is a secondhand dealer or a dealer and retailer of new goods and who sells goods at a flea market or similar facility shall not sell or offer for sale any of the following property items without proof of ownership: (a) Baby food of a type usually consumed by chil…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-115 Secondhand dealers - notice posting required - penalty
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(1) Except in the case of flea markets and similar facilities as provided in this subsection (1), every secondhand dealer shall conspicuously post a notice in a place clearly visible to all buyers and traders which sets forth the provisions of this section and of sections 18-13-1…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-116 Secondhand dealers - sales tax license - penalty
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(1) Every secondhand dealer shall obtain a sales tax license as provided in section 39-26-103, C.R.S.; except that secondhand dealers and other persons operating at a flea market or similar facility shall not be required to obtain a sales tax license, but they shall be required t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-117 Sales at nonpermanent locations - secondhand dealers - record of sales - penalty
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(1) (a) Every secondhand dealer or any person who is a dealer of new goods who is a retailer and sells such goods at a flea market or similar facility or any nonpermanent location shall keep and preserve suitable records of sales made by him or her and such other books or account…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-118 Secondhand dealers - local regulation
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Any city, municipality, city and county, or county may enact ordinances or resolutions regulating secondhand dealers, including license requirements and assessment of fees to cover costs of administration and enforcement of such regulation; however, such ordinances may not be les…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-119 Health-care providers - abuse of health insurance
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that: (a) Business practices that have the effect of eliminating the need for actual payment by the recipient of health care of required copayments and deductibles in health benefit plans interfere with contractual o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-119.5 Abuse of property insurance
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that: (a) (I) Business practices that have the effect of reducing or eliminating the need for actual payment of required copayments and deductibles by an insured for property damages interfere with contractual obliga…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-120 Use, transportation, and storage of drip gasoline
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(1) As used in this section, drip gasoline means a combustible hydrocarbon liquid formed as a product of condensation from either associated or nonassociated natural or casing-head gas which remains a liquid at the existing atmospheric temperature and pressure. (2) Every person, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-121 Furnishing cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products to persons under twenty-one years of age
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(1) (a) A person shall not give, sell, distribute, dispense, or offer for sale a cigarette, tobacco product, or nicotine product to any person who is under twenty-one years of age. (b) Before giving, selling, distributing, dispensing, or offering to sell to an individual any ciga…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-122 Illegal possession or consumption of ethyl alcohol or marijuana by an underage person - illegal possession of marijuana paraphernalia by an underage person - adolescent substance abuse prevention and treatment fund - legislative declaration - definitions
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(1) (a) The general assembly finds and declares that it is necessary for the state of Colorado to educate Colorado youth about the dangers of early use of alcohol and marijuana, to actively promote programs that prevent the illegal use of alcohol and marijuana, and to teach Color…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-123 Unlawful administration of gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) or ketamine
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(1) and (2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2001, p. 858, § 4, effective July 1, 2001.) (3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly cause or attempt to cause any other person to unknowingly consume or receive the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-124 Dissemination of false information to obtain hospital admittance or care
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(1) Any person commits the offense of dissemination of false information to obtain hospital admittance or care where such person knowingly provides false identifying information for the purpose of either obtaining admittance to, or health services from, a hospital or evading an o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-125 Telephone records - sale or purchase
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(1) A person commits unauthorized trading in telephone records if the person, without lawful authorization: (a) Knowingly procures or attempts to procure a telephone record; (b) Knowingly sells, buys, offers to sell, or offers to buy a telephone record; (c) Possesses a telephone …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-126 Locating protected persons
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(1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), a person shall not accept money or other form of compensation to assist a restrained person from discovering the location of a protected person when the person knows or reasonably should know that the r…