Colorado legal term
Sexual intercourse in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Sexual intercourse” 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 “Sexual intercourse” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Sexual intercourse" means real or simulated intercourse, whether genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, between persons of the same or opposite sex, or between a human and an animal, or with an artificial genital. (C.R.S. § 18-6-403)
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