Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 18-11-201 — Advocating overthrow of government.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 2: ANARCHY - SEDITION, Colorado Revised Statutes.
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Full text of C.R.S. § 18-11-201
Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.
(1) Every person who, in this state, either orally or by writing, printing, exhibiting, or circulating written or printed words or pictures, or otherwise, shall advocate, teach, incite, propose, aid, abet, encourage, or advise resistance by physical force to, or the destruction or overthrow by physical force of, constituted government in general, or of the government or laws of the United States, or of this state, under circumstances constituting a clear and present danger that violent action will result therefrom, commits sedition. (2) Sedition is a class 5 felony.
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Is advocating overthrow of government a felony or a misdemeanor in Colorado?
Advocating overthrow of government is a class 5 felony in Colorado under C.R.S. § 18-11-201.
Which Colorado statute covers advocating overthrow of government?
Advocating overthrow of government is governed by C.R.S. § 18-11-201 (Advocating overthrow of government).
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