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Title 18, Criminal Code

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-903 Definitions
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As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Board" means the state board of parole. (2) "Conviction" means conviction after trial by court or jury or acceptance of a plea of guilty. (3) "Department" means the department of corrections. (4) "Sex offender" m…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-904 Indeterminate commitment
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The district court having jurisdiction may, subject to the requirements of this part 9, in lieu of the sentence otherwise provided by law, commit a sex offender to the custody of the department for an indeterminate term having a minimum of one day and a maximum of his or her natu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-905 Requirements before acceptance of a plea of guilty
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Before the district court may accept a plea of guilty from any person charged with a sex offense, the court shall, in addition to any other requirement of law, advise the defendant that he or she may be committed to the custody of the department, including any penal institution u…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-906 Commencement of proceedings

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Within twenty-one days after the conviction of a sex offense, upon the motion of the district attorney, the defendant, or the court, the court shall commence proceedings under this part 9 by ordering the district attorney to prepare a notice of the commencement of proceedings and…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-907 Defendant to be advised of rights

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(1) Upon the commencement of proceedings, the court shall advise the defendant, orally and in writing, that: (a) The defendant is to be examined in accordance with the provisions of section 18-1.3-908; (b) The defendant has a right to counsel, and, if the defendant is indigent, c…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-908 Psychiatric examination and report

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(1) (a) After advising the defendant of his or her rights, the court shall forthwith commit the defendant to the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo, the university of Colorado psychiatric hospital, or the county jail. (b) If committed to the Colorado mental health institu…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-909 Report of probation department

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(1) Upon the commencement of proceedings under this part 9, the court shall order an investigation and report to be made by the probation officer similar to the presentence report provided for in section 16-11-102, C.R.S. (2) The report shall be filed with the court within sevent…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-910 Termination of proceedings

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After reviewing the reports of the psychiatrists and the probation officer, the court may terminate proceedings under this part 9 and proceed with sentencing as otherwise provided by law. Source: L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1432, § 2, effective October 1.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-911 Evidentiary hearing

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(1) (a) The court shall set a hearing date at least fourteen days and no more than twenty-eight days after service upon the defendant and his or her counsel of the reports required by sections 18-1.3-908 and 18-1.3-909. (b) The court may, in its discretion, upon the motion of the…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-912 Findings of fact and conclusions of law

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(1) After the evidentiary hearing, the court shall, within seven days, make oral or written findings of fact and conclusions of law. (2) If the court finds beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant, if at large, constitutes a threat of bodily harm to members of the public, the…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-913 Appeal

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The defendant may appeal an adverse finding made pursuant to section 18-1.3-912 in the same manner as is provided by law for other criminal appeals. Source: L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1434, § 2, effective October 1.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-914 Time allowed on sentence

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If the proceedings under this part 9 are terminated by the court, as provided in section 18-1.3-910 or 18-1.3-912 (3), the court shall deduct the time from the commencement of proceedings to the termination of proceedings from the minimum sentence of the defendant. Source: L. 200…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-915 Costs

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The costs of the maintenance of the prisoner during the pendency of proceedings under this part 9 and the costs of the psychiatric examinations and reports shall be paid by the state of Colorado. Source: L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1434, § 2, effective Octo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-916 Diagnostic center as receiving center

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The diagnostic center, as defined in section 17-40-101 (1.5), C.R.S., shall be the receiving center for all persons committed pursuant to section 18-1.3-904. Source: L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1434, § 2, effective October 1.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-101 Abuse of a corpse - penalty - repeal

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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. § 18-13-104 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. § 18-13-106 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. § 18-13-111 Purchases of commodity metals, critical infrastructure material, 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…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-130 Bail bond - prohibited activities - penalties

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(1) It is unlawful for any person who engages in the business of writing bail bonds to engage in any of the following activities related to a bail bond transaction: (a) Specify, suggest, or advise the employment of a particular attorney to represent the licensee's principal; (b) …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-131 Misuse of gametes - definitions

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(1) A health care provider commits misuse of gametes if the health care provider knowingly treats or assists in the treatment of a patient through assisted reproduction by using gametes from a donor that the patient did not expressly consent to the use of that donor's gametes. (2…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-132 Furnishing kratom products to persons under twenty-one years of age - definition

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(1) (a) A person shall not give, sell, distribute, dispense, or offer for sale a kratom 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 kratom product, a person shall reques…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-13-133 Prohibition on prosecuting health-care providers - patient ingests abortifacient in another state

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A licensed health-care provider shall not be prosecuted, investigated, or subjected to any penalty if the health-care provider prescribes an abortifacient to a patient and the patient ingests the abortifacient in another state so long as the abortifacient was prescribed or admini…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.4-101 Applicability of procedure for the imposition of sentences in class 1 felony cases

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(1) It is the expressed intention of the general assembly that there be no hiatus in the imposition of the death penalty as a sentence for the commission of a class 1 felony in the state of Colorado as a result of the holding of the United States supreme court in Ring v. Arizona,…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.4-102 Imposition of sentence in class 1 felonies for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1995, and prior to July 12, 2002 - appellate review

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(1) (a) Upon conviction of guilt of a defendant of a class 1 felony, the trial court shall conduct a separate sentencing hearing to determine whether the defendant should be sentenced to death or life imprisonment, unless the defendant was under the age of eighteen years at the t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-14-101 Definitions

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"Hotel facility" means an establishment engaged in the business of furnishing overnight room accommodations primarily for transient persons. Source: L. 72: p. 593, § 70. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-14-101.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-14-102 Accommodations and rates posted

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(1) There shall be displayed at each hotel facility in its office or place of guest registration, in a conspicuous place, a sign which includes, in letters and figures of the same size and prominence, the following information: The number of apartments, rooms, or units in the hot…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-14-103 Advertising prohibited - when

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(1) No person shall display or cause to be displayed any sign which may be seen from a public highway or street, which sign includes in dollars and cents a statement relating to the rates charged at a hotel facility unless accommodations are available at the rates quoted at all t…