Colorado legal term
Agent in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Agent” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Colorado criminal code.
What does “Agent” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Agent" means any director, officer, or employee of a business entity, or any other person who is authorized to act in behalf of the business entity, and "high managerial agent" means an officer of a business entity or any other agent in a position of comparable authority with respect to the formulation of the business entity's policy or the supervision in a managerial capacity of subordinate employees. (C.R.S. § 18-1-606)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Gambling premises
- Sale of secondhand property
- Unlawful conduct on public property
- Abuse of property insurance
- Abuse of telephone and telegraph service
- Bail bond
- Chop shop activity
- Commercial bribery and breach of duty to act disinterestedly
- Criminal operation of a device in motion picture theater
- Delivery of goods without receipt
- Designation of insurer prohibited
- Division of motor vehicles official product protection
Related terms in the same statutes
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