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Colorado Criminal Charges
448 offenses defined by Colorado statute, each with its classification and penalty table.
- Abandonment of a motor vehiclepetty offense
- Abuse of a corpseclass 6 felony
- Abuse of property insurancepetty offense
- Abuse of public recordsclass 2 misdemeanor
- Abuse of public trust by an educatorclass 1 misdemeanor
- Abuse of telephone and telegraph servicecivil infraction
- Abusing toxic vaporslevel 2 drug misdemeanor
- Accident involving damageclass 2 misdemeanor traffic offense
- Advertisement of drug paraphernalialevel 2 drug misdemeanor
- Advocating overthrow of governmentclass 5 felony
- Aggravated incestclass 3 felony
- Aggravated intimidation of a witness or victimclass 3 felony
- Aggravated retaliation against a witness or victimclass 3 felony
- Aggravated robberyclass 3 felony
- Aggravated vehicular unlawful termination of pregnancyclass 4 felony
- Aiding escape
- Aiding escape from an institution for the care and treatment of persons with behavioral or mental health disordersclass 5 felony
- Ammunition sales
- Animal fightingclass 5 felony
- Arming riotersclass 4 felony
- Assault during escape
- Assault in the first degree
- Assault in the second degree
- Assault in the third degreeclass 1 misdemeanor
- Attempt to escape
- Attempt to influence a public servantclass 4 felony
- Authorized possession of controlled substancesdrug petty offense
- Automated dialing systems prohibitedpetty offense
- Background checks at gun showsclass 1 misdemeanor
- Bail bondclass 2 misdemeanor
- Bait advertisingclass 2 misdemeanor
- Bias-motivated crimes
- Bigamyclass 2 misdemeanor
- Bribe-receiving by a jurorclass 4 felony
- Bribe-receiving by a witnessclass 4 felony
- Briberyclass 3 felony
- Bribery in sportsclass 6 felony
- Bribing a jurorclass 4 felony
- Bribing a witness or victimclass 4 felony
- Bringing alcohol beverages, bottles, or cans into the major league baseball stadiumcivil infraction
- Careless driving
- Careless driving resulting in unlawful termination of pregnancyclass 1 misdemeanor traffic offense
- Cheating
- Cheating game and devices
- Child abuse
- Chop shop activity
- Collection of extensions of credit by extortionate meansclass 4 felony
- Commercial bribery and breach of duty to act disinterestedlyclass 6 felony
- Compensation for past official behaviorclass 4 felony
- Compoundingclass 2 misdemeanor
- Compulsory insuranceclass 1 misdemeanor traffic offense
- Concealing deathclass 1 misdemeanor
- Concealment or removal of secured property
- Conspiracy
- Contributing to the delinquency of a minor
- Controlled substancesclass 4 felony
- Controlled substanceslevel 3 drug felony
- Counterfeit substances prohibitedlevel 3 drug felony
- Crime of violation of a protection order
- Crimes against at-risk persons
- Criminal attempt
- Criminal extortion
- Criminal impersonation
- Criminal invasion of privacyclass 2 misdemeanor
- Criminal mischief
- Criminal operation of a device in motion picture theatercivil infraction
- Criminal penaltiesclass 2 felony
- Criminal possession of a financial device
- Criminal possession of a forged instrumentclass 6 felony
- Criminal possession of an identification document
- Criminal possession of forgery devices
- Criminal possession of forgery devicesclass 5 felony
- Criminal possession of second degree forged instrumentpetty offense
- Criminal possession or sale of a blank financial transaction device
- Criminal simulationclass 2 misdemeanor
- Criminal use of a noxious substancecivil infraction
- Criminally negligent homicideclass 5 felony
- Crossing fire hosetraffic infraction
- Cruelty and aggravated cruelty to animals, service animals, and law enforcement animals
- Cybercrime
- Dealing in unlawfully packaged recorded articlespetty offense
- Defacing a caveclass 2 misdemeanor
- Defacing a firearmclass 1 misdemeanor
- Defacing or destruction of written instrumentsclass 2 misdemeanor
- Defacing posted noticecivil infraction
- Defacing, destroying, or removing landmarks, monuments, or accessoriesclass 2 misdemeanor
- Delivery of goods without receiptclass 2 misdemeanor
- Desecration of venerated objectsclass 2 misdemeanor
- Designation of insurer prohibitedcivil infraction
- Designation of supplier prohibitedclass 5 felony
- Disarming a peace officerclass 5 felony
- Disclosing a private intimate image or intimate digital depiction for harassment
- Disclosing a private intimate image or intimate digital depiction for pecuniary gain
- Disclosure, possession, or exchange of a private intimate image or intimate digital depiction by a juvenile
- Disobedience of public safety orders under riot conditionsclass 2 misdemeanor
- Disorderly conduct
- Dispensing violent films to minorscivil infraction
- Disrupting lawful assembly
- Dissemination of false information to obtain hospital admittance or carepetty offense
- Division of motor vehicles official product protectioncivil infraction
- Driving under restraint
- Driving under the influence
- Duplicate receipt not markedclass 2 misdemeanor
- Duty to report accidentsclass 2 misdemeanor traffic offense
- Duty to report use of force by peace officers or law enforcement animals
- Duty upon striking highway fixtures or traffic control devicesclass 2 misdemeanor traffic offense
- Duty upon striking unattended vehicle or other propertyclass 2 misdemeanor traffic offense
- Eavesdropping prohibitedclass 2 misdemeanor
- Electronic mail fraudclass 2 misdemeanor
- Eluding or attempting to elude a police officerclass 2 misdemeanor traffic offense
- Embezzlement of public propertyclass 5 felony
- Endangering public transportation and utility transmissionclass 3 felony
- Enforcement of large-capacity magazine ban by regulating the manufacture, distribution, transfer, sale, and purchase of specified semiautomatic firearms
- Engaging in a riot
- Engaging in criminal usuryclass 6 felony
- Enticement of a child
- Equity skimming of a vehicle
- Equity skimming of real propertyclass 5 felony
- Escapes
- Extortionate extension of creditclass 4 felony
- Extraction of marijuana concentratelevel 2 drug felony
- Failing to disclose a conflict of interestclass 2 misdemeanor
- Failure or refusal to leave premises or property upon request of a peace officer
- Failure to obey a juror summonspetty offense
- Failure to pay over assigned accounts
- Failure to pay over proceeds unlawful
- Failure to present a valid transit pass or coupontraffic infraction
- Failure to register as a sex offender
- Failure to report a lost or stolen firearmcivil infraction
- Failure to verify location as a sex offenderclass 2 misdemeanor
- False affidavitclass 2 misdemeanor traffic offense
- False imprisonment
- False or misleading informationclass 5 felony
- False report of explosives, weapons, or harmful substances
- False reporting of identifying information to law enforcement authorities
- False reporting to authorities
- False statement in receiptclass 2 misdemeanor
- False statement on applicationclass 5 felony
- False swearingpetty offense
- Fee paid to private employment agenciesclass 2 misdemeanor
- Felonies classified
- Financing criminal usuryclass 6 felony
- Financing extortionate extensions of creditclass 5 felony
- Firearms transfers by licensed dealers
- Firearms, explosives, or incendiary devices in facilities of public transportationclass 6 felony
- Firing woods or prairie
- First degree arson
- First degree burglaryclass 3 felony
- First degree criminal tamperingclass 2 misdemeanor
- First degree criminal trespass
- First degree kidnapping
- First degree official misconductclass 1 misdemeanor
- Following fire apparatus prohibitedtraffic infraction
- Foreign matter on highway prohibited
- Forgeryclass 5 felony
- Fourth degree arson
- Fraud by check
- Fraud in effecting salesclass 2 misdemeanor
- Fraudulent acts
- Fraudulent receiptclass 2 misdemeanor
- Furnishing cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products to persons under twenty-one years of agecivil infraction
- Furnishing kratom products to persons under twenty-one years of agecivil infraction
- Gambling
- Gambling informationclass 2 misdemeanor
- Gambling premises
- Gathering identity information by deceptionclass 5 felony
- Harassment
- Harboring a minorclass 2 misdemeanor
- Hazardous waste violations
- Hazingclass 2 misdemeanor
- Health-care providerspetty offense
- Hindering transportationpetty offense
- Holding hostagesclass 2 felony
- Human trafficking for involuntary servitude
- Human trafficking for sexual servitude
- Identification markings for large-capacity magazinesclass 2 misdemeanor
- Identification numberclass 2 misdemeanor
- Identity theft
- Illegal discharge of a firearmclass 5 felony
- Illegal possession or consumption of ethyl alcohol or marijuana by an underage personpetty offense
- Imitation controlled substances
- Immunity for reporting cruelty to animalscivil infraction
- Impersonating a peace officerclass 5 felony
- Impersonating a public servantclass 2 misdemeanor
- Imposition of sentence in class 1 feloniesclass 1 felony
- Imposition of sentence in class 1 felonies for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1995, and prior to July 12, 2002class 1 felony
- Imposition of sentences in class 1 felonies for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1988, and prior to September 20, 1991class 1 felony
- In camera reviewclass 1 misdemeanor
- Incestclass 4 felony
- Inciting destruction of life or propertyclass 6 felony
- Inciting riot
- Indecent exposure
- Indeterminate sentence
- Inducement of child prostitutionclass 3 felony
- Instruction permits and temporary licensestraffic infraction
- Insurance fraud
- Insurrectionclass 5 felony
- Intentional misrepresentation of a service animal for a person with a disabilitypetty offense
- Intentional misrepresentation of entitlement to an assistance animalcivil infraction
- Intentionally setting wildfireclass 3 felony
- Interference with a funeralclass 2 misdemeanor
- Interference with lawful distribution of newspaperscivil infraction
- Interference with staff, faculty, or students of educational institutions
- Internet luring of a child
- Internet sexual exploitation of a childclass 4 felony
- Intimidating a jurorclass 4 felony
- Intimidating a witness or victimclass 4 felony
- Introducing contraband in the first degreeclass 4 felony
- Introducing contraband in the second degree
- Invasion of privacy for sexual gratification
- Issuance of bad checkpetty offense
- Issuing a false certificateclass 6 felony
- Issuing a false financial statement
- Jury-tamperingclass 4 felony
- Keeping a place of child prostitutionclass 3 felony
- Keeping a place of prostitutionclass 2 misdemeanor
- Keeping, maintaining, controlling, renting, or making available property for unlawful distribution or manufacture of controlled substanceslevel 1 drug misdemeanor
- Large-capacity magazines prohibited
- License, permit, or identification card to be exhibited on demandtraffic infraction
- Licenses for drivers requiredtraffic infraction
- Littering of public or private propertycivil infraction
- Loan finderpetty offense
- Loiteringpetty offense
- Mandatory and voluntary restricted licenses following alcohol convictionsclass 2 misdemeanor
- Mandatory reports of mistreatment of at-risk elders and at-risk adults with IDDclass 2 misdemeanor
- Mandatory surrender of license or permit for driving under the influence or with excessive alcoholic contentclass 2 misdemeanor traffic offense
- Manslaughterclass 4 felony
- Manufacture, sale, or delivery of drug paraphernalialevel 2 drug misdemeanor
- Medical use of marijuana by persons diagnosed with debilitating medical conditionsclass 2 misdemeanor
- Membership in anarchistic and seditious associationsclass 5 felony
- Misuse of gametesclass 6 felony
- Misuse of official informationclass 5 felony
- Money launderingclass 3 felony
- Mortgaged goods receiptclass 2 misdemeanor
- Motor vehicle theft
- Murder in the first degreeclass 1 felony
- Murder in the second degree
- Mutilationpetty offense
- Notice to appear or pay fine
- Noticestraffic infraction
- Obscenity
- Obstructing a peace officer, firefighter, emergency medical service provider, rescue specialist, or volunteerclass 2 misdemeanor
- Obstructing government operationsclass 2 misdemeanor
- Obstructing highway or other passageway
- Obstruction of telephone or telegraph serviceclass 1 misdemeanor
- Obtaining signature by deceptionclass 2 misdemeanor
- Offenses by persons controlling vehiclesclass 2 misdemeanor traffic offense
- Offenses relating to marijuana and marijuana concentrate
- Offenses relating to natural medicine and natural medicine product
- Offering a false instrument for recording
- Official oppressionclass 1 misdemeanor
- Open alcoholic beverage containertraffic infraction
- Open marijuana containertraffic infraction
- Operation of bicycles, electric scooters, and other human-powered vehiclesclass 2 misdemeanor traffic offense
- Operation of motor vehicles on property under control of or owned by parks and recreation districtstraffic infraction
- Pandering
- Pandering of a child
- Parties to a crimecivil infraction
- Parties to a crimetraffic infraction
- Patronizing a prostitutepetty offense
- Patronizing a prostituted childclass 3 felony
- Penaltyclass 6 felony
- Penalty assessment notice for traffic infractionstraffic infraction
- Penalty for noncomplianceclass 2 misdemeanor
- Period of suspension or revocationclass 2 misdemeanor traffic offense
- Perjury in the first degreeclass 4 felony
- Perjury in the second degreeclass 2 misdemeanor
- Permitting unauthorized minor to drivetraffic infraction
- Permitting unauthorized person to drivetraffic infraction
- Personal information on the internetclass 1 misdemeanor
- Personal information on the internetclass 1 misdemeanor
- Personal pecuniary gain or conflict of interestclass 3 felony
- Pimpingclass 3 felony
- Pimping of a childclass 3 felony
- Possessing a dangerous or illegal weapon
- Possession of a defaced firearmclass 1 misdemeanor
- Possession of a gambling device or recordclass 2 misdemeanor
- Possession of burglary tools
- Possession of contraband in the first degreeclass 4 felony
- Possession of contraband in the second degree
- Possession of drug paraphernaliadrug petty offense
- Possession of handguns by juveniles
- Possession of identity theft toolsclass 5 felony
- Possession of weapons by previous offendersclass 5 felony
- Possession or concealment of records of criminal usuryclass 6 felony
- Possession, use, or removal of explosives or incendiary devices
- Posted noticeclass 2 misdemeanor
- Preventing passage to and from a health-care facilitypetty offense
- Private firearms transfersclass 2 misdemeanor
- Procurement of a childclass 3 felony
- Procurement of a child for sexual exploitationclass 3 felony
- Prohibited use of weapons
- Prohibitionclass 2 misdemeanor
- Prohibition on using or directing administration of ketamineclass 1 misdemeanor
- Prostitute making displaypetty offense
- Prostitution prohibitedpetty offense
- Providing false evidence of proof of motor vehicle insurancetraffic infraction
- Public buildings
- Public indecencypetty offense
- Purchase on credit to defraudclass 2 misdemeanor
- Receiving deposits in a failing financial institutionclass 6 felony
- Reckless drivingclass 2 misdemeanor traffic offense
- Reckless endangermentclass 2 misdemeanor
- Recordclass 2 misdemeanor
- Recordsclass 1 misdemeanor
- Recruitment of juveniles for a criminal street gang
- Refusal to permit inspectionscivil infraction
- Removal of timber from state landspetty offense
- Residential picketingpetty offense
- Resisting arrestclass 2 misdemeanor
- Restricted licensetraffic infraction
- Restrictions on minor drivers under eighteen years of agetraffic infraction
- Retail sale of methamphetamine precursor drugslevel 2 drug misdemeanor
- Retaliation against a judge or an elected official
- Retaliation against a jurorclass 3 felony
- Retaliation against a prosecutorclass 4 felony
- Retaliation against a witness or victimclass 4 felony
- Riding in trailerstraffic infraction
- Rigging publicly exhibited contestscivil infraction
- Riots in detention facilities
- Robberyclass 4 felony
- Sale of secondhand property
- Sales at nonpermanent locationspetty offense
- Second degree arson
- Second degree burglary
- Second degree criminal tamperingclass 2 misdemeanor
- Second degree criminal trespass
- Second degree forgeryclass 2 misdemeanor
- Second degree kidnapping
- Second degree official misconductpetty offense
- Secondhand dealerspetty offense
- Secondhand dealerspetty offense
- Secure firearm storage in a vehiclecivil infraction
- Secure firearm storage requiredclass 2 misdemeanor
- Sentencing
- Sexual assault
- Sexual assault on a child
- Sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust
- Sexual assault on a client by a psychotherapist
- Sexual conduct in a correctional institution
- Sexual exploitation of a child
- Simulating legal processclass 2 misdemeanor
- Slot machinesclass 5 felony
- Soliciting for child prostitutionclass 3 felony
- Soliciting for prostitutionpetty offense
- Soliciting unlawful compensationclass 1 misdemeanor
- Special offenderlevel 1 drug felony
- Special restrictions on certain driverstraffic infraction
- Spilling loads on highways prohibited
- Splash guardstraffic infraction
- Stalking
- Strip searchespetty offense
- Summons and complaint or penalty assessment notice for misdemeanors, petty offenses, and misdemeanor traffic offensespetty offense
- Tampering or drugging of livestockclass 2 misdemeanor
- Tampering with a deceased human bodyclass 3 felony
- Tampering with a utility meterclass 2 misdemeanor
- Tampering with a witness or victimclass 4 felony
- Tampering with equipment associated with oil or gas gathering operationsclass 2 misdemeanor
- Tampering with physical evidence
- Telecommunications crime
- Telephone recordspetty offense
- Terrorist training activitiesclass 5 felony
- Theft
- Theft by resale of a lift ticket or couponcivil infraction
- Theft of cable servicepetty offense
- Theft of medical records or medical information
- Theft of trade secretsclass 2 misdemeanor
- Third degree arsonclass 5 felony
- Third degree burglary
- Third degree criminal trespass
- Throwing missiles at vehicles
- Trademark counterfeiting
- Trading in public officeclass 1 misdemeanor
- Traffic offenses and infractions classified
- Trafficking in unlawfully recorded live performanceclass 2 misdemeanor
- Treasonclass 1 felony
- Unauthorized absence
- Unauthorized release of an animalclass 2 misdemeanor
- Unauthorized residency by an adult offender from another stateclass 5 felony
- Unauthorized use of a financial transaction device
- Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle
- Unlawful activity concerning the selling of land
- Unlawful acts
- Unlawful actsclass 2 misdemeanor
- Unlawful advertising of marijuanalevel 2 drug misdemeanor
- Unlawful affiliation with a public safety radio networkclass 2 misdemeanor
- Unlawful carrying of a firearm in government buildingsclass 1 misdemeanor
- Unlawful conduct involving an unserialized firearm, frame, or receiver
- Unlawful conduct on public property
- Unlawful distribution of a suicide recording
- Unlawful distribution or purchase of dextromethorphanpetty offense
- Unlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing, or sale
- Unlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing, sale, or cultivation of synthetic cannabinoids or salvia divinorum
- Unlawful electronic sexual communication
- Unlawful entry by excluded and ejected persons
- Unlawful manufacture of a financial transaction deviceclass 5 felony
- Unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, marking, altering, or modification of equipment and devices related to limited gaming
- Unlawful ownership of dangerous dog
- Unlawful possession of a controlled substance
- Unlawful possession of materials to make methamphetamine and amphetaminelevel 2 drug felony
- Unlawful possession or use of license
- Unlawful purchase of firearms
- Unlawful recording of a live performancepetty offense
- Unlawful sale of publicly provided services or appointmentsclass 2 misdemeanor
- Unlawful sexual conduct by a peace officer
- Unlawful sexual contact
- Unlawful termination of pregnancy in the first degree
- Unlawful termination of pregnancy in the fourth degree
- Unlawful termination of pregnancy in the second degree
- Unlawful termination of pregnancy in the third degreeclass 5 felony
- Unlawful to discard or abandon iceboxes or motor vehicles and similar itemspetty offense
- Unlawful to display flagpetty offense
- Unlawful to sell metal beverage containers with detachable opening devicescivil infraction
- Unlawful trafficking in unlawfully transferred articlespetty offense
- Unlawful transfer for saleclass 6 felony
- Unlawful use of a controlled substancelevel 2 drug misdemeanor
- Unlawful use of informationclass 6 felony
- Unlawful use of marijuana in a detention facilitylevel 1 drug misdemeanor
- Unlawful use or possession of synthetic cannabinoids or salvia divinorumlevel 2 drug misdemeanor
- Unlawfully aiming a laser device at an aircraftclass 6 felony
- Unlawfully carrying a concealed weaponclass 1 misdemeanor
- Unlawfully carrying a weapon
- Unlawfully providing or permitting a juvenile to possess a handgun
- Unlawfully using slugspetty offense
- Use of counterfeit or unapproved chips or tokens or unlawful coins or devicesclass 6 felony
- Use of device for calculating probabilities
- Use of dyed fuel on highways prohibitedtraffic infraction
- Use of earphones while drivingtraffic infraction
- Use of forged academic recordclass 2 misdemeanor
- Use of stun gunsclass 5 felony
- Use, transportation, and storage of drip gasolinepetty offense
- Vehicular assault
- Vehicular eluding
- Vehicular homicide
- Vehicular unlawful termination of pregnancyclass 5 felony
- Violationtraffic infraction
- Violation of bail bond conditions
- Violation of custody order or order relating to parental responsibilities
- Violationscivil infraction
- Violations of taxation provisions
- Waiting period for firearms salescivil infraction
- Warehouse's goods mingledclass 2 misdemeanor
- When court to report convictionsclass 2 misdemeanor traffic offense
- When driver unable to give notice or make written reportclass 2 misdemeanor traffic offense
- Willful harassment of juror by employerclass 2 misdemeanor
- Willful misrepresentation of material fact on juror questionnaireclass 2 misdemeanor
- Wiretapping and eavesdropping devices prohibitedpetty offense
- Wiretapping prohibitedclass 2 misdemeanor