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Home » US Law » 2022 Colorado Code » Title 18 - Criminal Code » Article 13 - Miscellaneous Offenses » § 18-13-104. Fighting by Agreement – Dueling
  1. [ Editor’s note: This version of subsection (1) is effective until March 1, 2022.] If two or more persons shall fight by agreement in a public place, except in a sporting event authorized by law, the persons so fighting commit a class 1 petty offense.

    (1) [ Editor’s note: This version of subsection (1) is effective March 1, 2022. ] If two or more persons shall fight by agreement in a public place, except in a sporting event authorized by law, the persons so fighting commit a petty offense.

  2. Persons who by agreement engage in a fight with deadly weapons, whether in a public or private place, commit dueling, which is a class 4 felony.

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 484, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-13-104. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3213, § 355, effective March 1, 2022.

Editor’s note: Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.