Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 18-6-301 — Incest.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 3: INCEST, Colorado Revised Statutes.
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Full text of C.R.S. § 18-6-301
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) Any person who knowingly marries, inflicts sexual penetration or sexual intrusion on, or subjects to sexual contact, as defined in section 18-3-401, an ancestor or descendant, including a natural child, child by adoption, or stepchild twenty-one years of age or older, a brother or sister of the whole or half blood, or an uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece of the whole blood commits incest, which is a class 4 felony. For the purpose of this section only, "descendant" includes a child by adoption and a stepchild, but only if the person is not legally married to the child by adoption or the stepchild. (2) When a person is convicted of, pleads nolo contendere to, or receives a deferred sentence for a violation of the provisions of this section and the victim is a child who is under eighteen years of age and the court knows the person is a current or former employee of a school district or a charter school in this state or holds a license or authorization pursuant to the provisions of article 60.5 of title 22, C.R.S., the court shall report such fact to the department of education.
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Questions this section answers
Is incest a felony or a misdemeanor in Colorado?
Incest is a class 4 felony in Colorado under C.R.S. § 18-6-301.
Which Colorado statute covers incest?
Incest is governed by C.R.S. § 18-6-301 (Incest).
This reference is informational and is not legal advice.