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Forgery


18-5-102

(1) A person commits forgery, if, with intent to defraud, such person falsely makes, completes, alters, or utters a written instrument which is or purports to be, or which is calculated to become or to represent if completed:



(a) Part of an issue of money, stamps, securities, or other valuable instruments issued by a government or government agency



(b) part of an issue of stock, bonds, or other instruments representing interest in or claims against a corporate or other organization or its property



(c) a deed, will, codicil, contract, assignment, commercial instrument, promissory note, check, or other instrument which does or may evidence, create, transfer, terminate, or otherwise affect a legal right, interest, obligation, or status



(2) Forgery is a class 5 felony

2nd Degree Forgery


18-5-104

(1) A person commits second degree forgery if, with intent to defraud, such person falsely makes, completes, alters, or utters a written instrument of a kind not described in section 18-5-102 or 18-5-104.5



(2) Second degree forgery is a class 1 misdemeanor

Criminal Possession of a Forged Document


18-5-105

A person commits a class 6 felony when, with knowledge that it is forged and with intent to use to defraud, such person possesses any forged instrument of a kind described in section 18-5-102

Merger of Offenses


18-5-108

A person may not be convicted of both forgery and criminal possession of a forged instrument with respect to the same written instrument

Criminal Possession of Forgery Devices


18-5-109

(1) A person commits criminal possession of forgery devices when:



(a) such person makes or possesses with knowledge of its character any plate, die or other device, apparatus, equipment, or article specifically designed for use in counterfeiting, unfulfilling simulating, or otherwise forging written instruments or counterfeit marks;



(b) such person makes or possesses any device, apparatus, equipment, or article capable of or adaptable to use specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) with intent to use it, or to aid permit another to use it, for purposes of forgery or the production of counterfeit marks;



(2) Criminal possession of forgery devices is a class 6 felony

Criminal Simulation


18-5-110

(1) A person commits a criminal simulation, when:



(a) with intent to defraud, he makes, alters, or represents any objects in such fashion that it appears to have an antiquity, rarity, source of authorship, ingredient, or composition which it does not in fact have;



(b) with knowledge of its true character and with intent to use to defraud, he utters, misrepresents, or possesses any object made or altered as specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1)



(2) criminal simulation is a class 1 misdemeanor

Criminal Impersonation


18-5-113

(1) A person commits criminal impersonation if he or she knowingly:



(a) assumes a false or fictionist Identity or legal capacity, and in such Identity or capacity he or she:



(I) marries, or pretends to marry, or to sustain the marriage relation toward another without the connivance of the latter;


(II) becomes bail or is surety for a party in an action or proceeding, civil or criminal, before a court or officer authorized to take the bail or surety;


(III) confesses a judgment, or subscribes, verifies, publishes, acknowledges, or proves a written instrument which by law may be recorded, with the intent that the same may be delivered as true;



(b) assumes a false or fictionist Identity or capacity, legal or other, and in such Identity or capacity he or she:



(I) performs an act that, if done by the person falsely impersonated, might subject such person to an action or special proceeding, civil or criminal, or to liability, charge, forfeiture, or penalty;


(II) performs any act other with intent to unlawfully gain a benefit for himself, herself, or another or to injure or defraud another



(2) Criminal impersonation is a class 6 felony

Defrauding a secured creditor or debtor


18-5-206

(1) if a person, with intent to defraud a creditor by defeating, impairing, or rendering worthless or unenforceable any security interest, cells, assigns, transfers, conveys, pledges, encumbers, conceals, destroys, or disposes of any collateral subject to a security interest, the person commits


(b) a class one Petty offense if the value of the collateral is less than $50


(c) a class three misdemeanor if the value of the collateral is $50 or more but less than $300


(d) a class too misdemeanor if the value of the collateral is $300 or more but less than $750


(e) a class one misdemeanor if the value of the collateral is $750 or more but less than $2,000


(f) a class six felony if the value of the collateral is $2,000 or more but less than $5,000


(g) a class five felony if the value of the collateral is $5,000 or more but less than $20,000


(h) a class four felony if the value of the collateral is $20,000 or more but less than $100,000


(i) a class three felony if the value of the collateral is $100,000 or more but less than $1 million dollars


(j) a class two felony if the value of the collateral is $1 million or more

Unauthorized use of a financial transaction device


18-5-702

(1) A person commits unauthorized use of a financial transaction device if he uses such device for the purpose of obtaining cash, credit, property, or services or for making financial payment, with intent to defraud, and with notice that either:



(3)(b) a class one petty offense if the value of the cash, credit, property, or services obtained or of the financial payments made is less than $50


(e) a class one misdemeanor if the value of cash, credit, property, or services obtained or of the financial payments made is $750 or more but less than $2,000


(j) a class too felony if the value of the cash, credit, property, or services obtained or of the financial payments made is $1 million or more

Criminal possession or sale of a blank financial transaction device


18-5-705

(1) A person commits criminal possession or sale of a blank financial transaction device if, without the authorization of the issuer or manufacturer, he has in his possession or under his control or receives from another person, with intend to use, deliver, circulate, or sell it or with intent to cause the use, delivery, circulation, or sale of it, or sells any financial transaction device which has not been imposed or magnetically encoded with the name of the account holder, personal identification code, expiration date, or other proprietary institutional information

Criminal possession of a forgery device


18-5-706

(1) a person commits possession of forgery devices if he possesses any tools, photographic equipment, printing equipment, or any other device adapted, designed, or commonly used for committing or facilitating the commission of an offense involving the unauthorized manufacturer, printing, embossing, or magnetic encoding of a financial transaction device or the altering or addition of any uniform product codes, optical characters, or holographic images to a financial transaction device, and intends to use the things possessed, or knows that some person intends to use the thing possessed, in the commission of such an offense.



(2) possession of a forgery device is a class 6 felony

Unlawful manufacture of a financial transaction device


18-5-707

(1) a person commits unlawful manufacture of a financial transaction device if, with intent to defraud, he:



(a) falsely makes or manufacturers by printing, embossing, or magnetically encoding, a financial transaction device;



(b) falsely alters or ads uniform product codes, optical characters, or holographic images to a device which is or purports to be, or which is calculated to become or to represent if completed a financial transaction device;



(3) unlawful manufacture of a financial transaction device is a class 5 felony

Issuance of a bad check


18-5-512

(2) Insufficient funds means not having a sufficient balance and account with a bank or other drawee for the payment ofa check or order when the check or order is presented for payment and it remains unpaid 30 days after such presentment



(3) except as provided in section 18-5-205, a person commits a class 3 misdemeanor if he issues or passes a check or similar site order for the payment of money, knowing that the issuer does not have sufficient funds in or on deposit with the bank or other drawee for the payment in full of the check or order as well as all other checks or orders outstanding at the time of issuance.

Incest

(1) any person who knowingly marries, inflicts sexual penetration or sexual intrusion on, or subjects to sexual contact, as defined in section 18-3-401, and ancestor or descendant including a natural child, child by adoption, or stepchild 21 years of age or older, a brother or sister of the whole or half blood, or an uncle, aunts, nephew, or niece of the whole blood commits incest, which is a class 4 felony.

Aggravated incest


18-6-302

(1) the person come with aggravated incest when he or she knowingly:



(a) Marries his or her natural child or inflicts sexual penetration or sexual intrusion on or subjects to sexual contact as defined in section 18 dash 3 – 401, his or her natural child, stepchild, or child by adoption, but this paragraph (a) shall not apply when the person is legally married to the subchild or child by adoption period for the purpose of this paragraph (a) only, "child" means a person under 21 years of age.



(b) mary's, inflict sexual penetration or sexual intrusion on, or subjects to sexual contact, as define infection 18-3-401, a descendant, a brotheror sister of the whole or half blood, or an uncle, and, nephew, or niece of the whole blood who is under 10 years of age



(2) aggravated incest is a class 3 felony

Child abuse


18-6-401

(1)(a) a person commits child abuse if such person causes an injury to a child's life or health, or permits a child to be unreasonably placed in a situation that poses a threat of injury to the child's life or health, or engages in a continued pattern of conduct that results in malnourishment, lack of proper medical care, cruel punishment, mistreatment, or an accumulation of injuries that ultimately results in the death of a child or serious bodily injury to a child

Procurement of a child for sexual exploitation


18-6-404

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 sexual exploitation of a child commits procurement of a child for sexual exploitation, which is a class 3 felony.

Harboring a minor


18-6-601

(1)(a) A person commits the crime of harboring a minor if the person knowingly provides shelter to a minor without the consent of a parent, guardian, custodian of the minor, or the person with whom the child resides the majority of the time pursuant to a court order allocating parental responsibilities and if the person intentionally



(I) fails to release the minor to a law enforcement officer after being requested to do so by the officer


(II) feels to disclose the location of the minor to a law enforcement officer when requested to do so, if the person knows the location of the minor and had either taken the minor to that location or had assisted the minor in reaching that location



(2) Harboring a minor is a class 2 misdemeanor

Contributing to the delinquency of a minor


18-6-701

(1) any person who induces, aids, or encourages a child to violate any federal or state law, municipal or county ordinance, or court order commits contributing to the delinquency of a minor. For the purposes of this section, the term "child" means any person under the age of 18 years.



(2) contributing to the delinquency of a minor is a class 4 felony

Domestic Violence


18-6-800.3

(1) means an act or threatened act of violence upon a person with whom the actor is or has been involved in an intimate relationship. Domestic violence also includes any other crime against a person, or against property, including an animal, or any municipal ordinance violation against a person, or against property, including an animal, when used as a method of coercion, control, punishment, intimidation, or revenge directed against a person with whom the actor is or has been involved in an intimate relationship.



Domestic violence is a class 1 misdemeanor and can turn into a class 3 felony.

Intimate relationship


18-6-800.3

means a relationship between spouses, former spouses, past or present and married couples, or persons who are both the parents of the same child regardless of whether the persons have been married or have lived together at any time.

Similar transactions


18-6-801.5

(1) the general assembly hereby signs that domestic violence is a frequently cyclical in nature, involves patterns of abuse, and can consist of harm with escalating levels of seriousness. The general assembly therefore declares that evidence of similar transactions can be helpful and is necessary in some situations in prosecuting crimes involving domestic violence.

Protection orders - peace officer duties


18-6-803.5

(1) a person commits the crime of violation of a protection order if, after the person has been personally served with the protection order that identifies the person as a restrained person or otherwise has acquired from the court or law enforcement personnel actual knowledge of the contents maybe protection order that identifies the person as a restrained person.

Preservation of evidence in a DV – duties of a peace officer

(1) when a peace officer determines that there is probable cause to believe that a crime or offense involving domestic violence, as defined in section 18-6-800.3 (1), has been committed, the officer shall, without undue delay, arrested person suspected of its commission pursuant to the provisions

At risk adults


18-6.5-102

(2) at risk adult means any person who is 70 years of age or older or any person who is 18 years of age or older and is a person with a disability as said term is defined in subsection (11) of this section

Crimes against at-risk persons


18-6.5-103

(2) any person whose conduct amounts to criminal negligence, as defined in section 18-1-501 (3) commits:



(a) A class 4 felony and such negligence results in the death of an at-risk person;


(b) a class 5 felony if such negligence results in serious bodily injury to an at-risk person; and


(c) a class 6 felony if such negligence results in bodily injury to an at-risk person

Prostitution


18-7-201

(1) Any person who performs or offers or agrees to perform any act of sexual intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus, masturbation or anal intercourse with any person not his spouse in exchange for money or other thing of value commits prostitution.



(2)(a) Fellatio, as using the section, means any act of oral stimulation of the penis



(b) Cunnilingus, as using this section, means any act of oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris



(c) Masturbation, as using this section, means simulation of the genital organs by manual or other bodily contact exclusive of sexual intercourse



(d) Anal intercourse, as using this section, means contact between human beings of the general organs of one and the anus of another

Solicitation for prostitution


18-7-202

(1) a person commits soliciting for prostitution if he:


(a) solicits another for the purpose of prostitution;


(b) ranges are offers to arrange a meeting of persons for the purpose of prostitution;


(c) directs another to take a place knowing such direction is for the purpose of prostitution


(2) soliciting for prostitution is a class 3 misdemeanor

Pandering


18-7-203

(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;


(b) knowingly arranging or offering to arrange a situation in which a person may practice prostitution

Keeping a place of prostitution


18-7-204

(1) any person who has her exercises control over the use of any place which offers seclusion or shelter for the practice of prostitution and who performs anyone or more of the following commits keeping a place of prostitution if he:



(a) knowingly grants or permits the use of such place for the purpose of;


(b) permits the continued use of such place for the purpose of prostitution after becoming aware of facts or circumstances from which he should reasonably know that the place is being used for purposes of prostitution.

Patronizing a prostitute


18-7-205

(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 contact with a prostitute



(b) answers or remains in a place of prostitution with intent to engage in an act of sexual intercourse or deviate sexual conduct

Public indecency


18-7-301

(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;



(c) a lewd exposure of an intimate part is fine in section 18-3-401 (2) of the body, not including the genitals, done with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desire of any person



(d) a lewd fondling or caress of the body of another person



(e) a knowing exposure of the person's genitals to the view of a person under circumstances in which such conduct is likely to cause a front or alarm to the other person



Public indecency is a class one Petty offense


(b) public indecency as described in paragraph (e) of section (1) of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor if the violation is committed subsequent to a conviction for evaluation of paragraph (e)

Indecent exposure


18-7-302

(1) a person commits indecent exposure:



(a) if he or she's no English 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 any person



(b) if he or she knowingly performs an act of masturbation in a manner which exposes the act to the view of any person under circumstances in which such conduct is likely to cause affront to alarm to the other person.



Indecent exposure is a class 1 misdemeanor



Indecent exposure is a class 6 felony if the violation is committed subsequent to two prior convictions of a violation of this section or of a violation of a comparable offense in any other state or in the United States.

Sexual conduct in correctional facility


18-7-701

(a) correctional institution means a correctional facility, as defined in section 17-1-102 a local jail, as defined in section 17-1-102 operated by or under contract with the department of corrections, a jail, a facility operated by or under contract with the department of human services in which juveniles are or may be lawfully held for detention or commitment for the commission of a crime, or a facility of a community corrections program



(b) sexual conduct means sexual contact as defined in section 18-3-401 (4), sexual intrusion has defined in section 18-3-401 (5), or sexual penetration as defined in section 18-3-401 (6). Sexual conduct does not include acts of an employee of a correctional institution or a person who has custody of another person that are performed to carry out the necessary duties of the employee or the person with custody.



(3) sexual conduct in a correctional institution is a class 5 felony

Obstructing governmental operations


18-8-102

(1)a person commits obstructing government operations if he intentionally obstructs, and paris, 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.



(3) obstructing government operations is a class 3 misdemeanor

Resisting arrest


18-8-103

(1) a person commits resisting arrest if he knowingly prevents or attempts to prevent any peace officer, acting under color of his official authority, from affecting an arrest of the actor or another by:



(a) using or threatening to use physical force or violence against the peace officer or another;



(b) using any other means which creates a substantial risk of causing bodily injury to the peace officer or another



(4) resisting arrest is a class 2 misdemeanor

Obstructing peace officer/firefighter/ems/rescue personnel


18-8-104

(1)(a) a person commits obstructing a police 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, in paris, or hinders the enforcement of the penal law or the preservation of the peace by a peace officer, acting under color of his or her official authority;



(4) Obstructing a peace officer, firefighter, emergency medical service provider, rescue specialist, or volunteer is a class 2 misdemeanor

Accessory to crime


18-8-105

(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.



(4) being an accessory to crime is a class 5 felony if the offender knows that the person being assisted is suspected of or wanted for a crime, and if that crime is designed by this code as a class 1 or class 2 felony.

Refusing to aid a peace officer


18-8-107

a person, 18 years of age or older, commits a class 1 Petty offense when, upon command by a person known to him to be a police officer, he unreasonably refuses or fails to aid the peace officer in affecting or securing an arrest or preventing the commission by another of any offense.

Compounding


18-8-108

(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;



(b) refraining from reporting to law enforcement authorities the commission or suspected commission of any crime or information relating to a crime.

False reporting


18-8-111

(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 or fire or other emergency or a false emergency exit alarm to sound or to be transmitted to or within an official or volunteer fire department, ambulance service, law enforcement agency, or any other government agency which deals with emergencies involving danger to life or property;



(b) false reporting to authorities is a class 3 misdemeanor; except that, if it is committed in violation of subsection (1)(a)(I) of this section and committed during the commission of another criminal offense it is a class 2 misdemeanor

Impersonating a peace officer


18-8-112

(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 6 felony

Impersonating a public servant


18-8-113

(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 not in fact exist



(3) impersonating a public servant is a class 3 misdemeanor

Disarming a peace officer


18-8-116

(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 send device, or other similar device of a peace officer who is acting under color of his or her official authority.



(2) disarming a piece officer is a class 5 felony

Aiding escape


18-8-201

(1) any person who knowingly aids, abets, or assist another person to escape or attempt to escape from custody or confinement commits the offense of aiding escape.

Introduction of contraband 1st degree


18-8-203

(1) a person commits introducing contraband in the first degree if he or she knowingly and unlawfully:


(a) introduces or attempts to introduce a dangerous instrument; malt, vinous, or spiritous liquor, into a detention facility or at any location where an inmate is or is likely to be located, while the inmate is in the custody and under the jurisdiction of a political subdivision of the state of Colorado or the department of corrections, but not on parole.



(4) dangerous instrument means a firearm, explosive device or substance (including ammunition) knife or sharpen instrument, poison, acid, bludgeon, or projective device, or any other device, instrument, material, or substance which is readily capable of causing or inducing fear of death or bodily injury, the use of which is not specifically authorized.

Introduction of contraband 2nd degree


18-8-204

(2) contraband as using the section means any of the following, but does not include any article or thing referred to in section 18-8-203


(a) any key, key pattern, key replica, or lock pick


(b) any tool or instrument that could be used to cut fence or wire, dig or file

Bribery


18-8-302

(1) a person commits the crime of bribery, if;



(a) he offers, confers, or agrees to confer any pecuniary benefit upon a public servant with the intend to influence the public servants vote, opinion, judgment, exercise of discretion, or other action in his official capacity



(3) bribery is a class 3 felony

1st degree official misconduct


18-8-404

(1) a public servant commits first degree official misconduct if, with intent to obtain a benefit for the public servant or another or maliciously to cause harm to another, he or she knowingly:



(a) commits an act relating to his office but constituting an unauthorized exercise of his official function;



(b) refrains from performing a duty imposed upon him by law;



(c) violates any statue or lawfully adopted rule or regulation relating to his office



(2) 1st degree official misconduct is a class 2 misdemeanor

2nd degree official misconduct


18-8-405

(1) a public servant commits second degree official misconduct if he knowingly, arbitrarily, and capriciously:



(a) refrains from performing a duty imposed upon him by law;



(b) violates any statue or lawfully adopted rule or regulation relating to his office



(2) 2nd degree official misconduct is a class 1 Petty offense

Tampering with evidence


18-8-610

(1) a person commits tampering with physical evidence if, believing that an official proceeding is pending or about to be instituted and acting without legal right or authority, he:



(a) destroys, mutilates, conceals, removes, or altered physical evidence within 10 to impair is verity or availability in the pending or prospective official proceeding;



(b) knowingly makes, presents, or offers any false or altered physical evidence with intent that it be introduced in the pending or perspective official proceeding



(2) physical evidence as using this section, includes any article, objects, document, record, or other thing of physical substance; except that physical evidence does not include a human body, part of a human body or human remains subject to a violation of section 18-8-610.5

Intimidating a witness or victim


18-8-704

(1) a person commits intimidating a witness or victim if, by use of a threat, act of harassment as defined in section 18-9-111, or act of harm or injury to any person or property directed to or committed upon a witness in any criminal or civil proceeding;



(2) intimidating and witness her victim is a class 4 felony

Tampering with a witness or victim


18-8-707

(1) a person commits tampering with a witness or victim if he intentionally attempts without bribery or threats to induce a witness or victim or a person he believes is to be called to testify as a witness or victim in any official proceeding or who may be called to testify as a witness to or victim of any crime to:



(a) testify falsely or unlawfully withhold any testimony;


(b) absent himself from any official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned;


(c) avoid legal process summoning him to testify



(2) tampering with a witness or victim is a class 4 felony

Disorderly conduct


18-9-106

(1) a person commits disorderly conduct if he or she intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly:


(a) makes a coarse and obviously offensive utterance, gesture, or display in a public place and the utterance, chester, or display tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace.

Harassment


18-9-111

(1) a person commits harassment if, with intent to harass, annoy, or alarm another person, he or she;



(a) strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise touches a person or subjects him to physical contact;


(b) in a public place directs obscene language or makes an obscene gesture to or at another person

Vehicular eluding


18-9-116.5

(1)a person who, while operating a motor vehicle, knowingly eludes or attempts to elude a police officer also operating a motor vehicle, and who knows or reasonably should know that he or she is being pursued by said peace officer, and who operates his or her vehicle in a reckless manner, commits vehicular eluding

Unlawful conduct on public property


18-9-117

Someone harassing people for not wearing a mask on public property falls under subsection (1) (d) necessary sanitation, health, and safety measures consistent with section 25 - 13 - 113