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C.R.S. § 18-23-102 — Recruitment of juveniles for a criminal street gang.

Current through 2025 Regular Session

Part of Article 23: Gang Recruitment Act, Colorado Revised Statutes.

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Full text of C.R.S. § 18-23-102

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.

C.R.S. § 18-23-102Primary source, current through the 2025 Regular Session
(1) A person commits recruitment of a juvenile for a criminal street gang if he or she is eighteen years of age or older and: (a) Knowingly solicits, invites, recruits, encourages, coerces, or otherwise causes a person younger than eighteen years of age to actively participate in or become a member of a criminal street gang; or (b) By use of force, threat, or intimidation directed at any person, or by the infliction of bodily injury upon any person, knowingly prevents a person younger than eighteen years of age from leaving a criminal street gang. (2) Recruitment of a juvenile for a criminal street gang in violation of subsection (1)(b) of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor, and recruitment of a juvenile for a criminal street gang in violation of subsection (1)(a) of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor. (3) Nothing in this section shall affect the ability to charge criminal offenses under article 17 of this title.

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Is recruitment of juveniles for a criminal street gang a felony or a misdemeanor in Colorado?

It depends on the circumstances: recruitment of juveniles for a criminal street gang ranges from a class 2 misdemeanor to a class 1 misdemeanor in Colorado under C.R.S. § 18-23-102.

Recruitment by solicitation/recruitment/encouragement: class 2 misdemeanor (C.R.S. § 18-23-102(2)) · Recruitment by force/threat/intimidation to prevent leaving gang: class 1 misdemeanor (C.R.S. § 18-23-102(2))

Which Colorado statute covers recruitment of juveniles for a criminal street gang?

Recruitment of juveniles for a criminal street gang is governed by C.R.S. § 18-23-102 (Recruitment of juveniles for a criminal street gang).

This reference is informational and is not legal advice.