A person commits criminal mischief when he or she knowingly damages the real or personal property of one or more other persons, including property owned by the person jointly with another person or property owned by the person in which another person has a possessory or proprietary interest, in the course of a single criminal […]
[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] A person commits the crime of first degree criminal trespass if such person knowingly and unlawfully enters or remains in a dwelling of another or if such person enters any motor vehicle with intent to commit a crime therein. First […]
A person commits the crime of second degree criminal trespass if such person: Unlawfully enters or remains in or upon the premises of another which are enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders or are fenced; or Knowingly and unlawfully enters or remains in or upon the common areas of a hotel, motel, condominium, […]
A person commits the crime of third degree criminal trespass if such person unlawfully enters or remains in or upon premises of another. [ Editor’s note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (2) is effective until March 1, 2022.] Third degree criminal trespass is a class 1 petty offense, but: (2) [ Editor’s […]
As used in sections 18-4-503 and 18-4-504, “premises” means real property, buildings, and other improvements thereon, and the stream banks and beds of any nonnavigable fresh water streams flowing through such real property. Source: L. 77: Entire section added, p. 977, § 1, effective June 10.
[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] Except as provided in sections 18-4-506.3 and 18-4-506.5, a person commits the crime of first degree criminal tampering if, with intent to cause interruption or impairment of a service rendered to the public by a utility or by an institution […]
Except as provided in sections 18-4-506.3 and 18-4-506.5, a person commits the crime of second degree criminal tampering if he tampers with property of another with intent to cause injury, inconvenience, or annoyance to that person or to another or if he knowingly makes an unauthorized connection with property of a utility. Second degree criminal […]
Any person who in any manner knowingly destroys, breaks, removes, or otherwise tampers with or attempts to destroy, break, remove, or otherwise tamper with any equipment associated with oil or gas gathering operations commits a class 2 misdemeanor. Any person who in any manner, without the consent of the owner or operator, knowingly alters, obstructs, […]
Any person who connects any pipe, tube, stopcock, wire, cord, socket, motor, or other instrument or contrivance with any main, service pipe, or other medium conducting or supplying gas, water, or electricity to any building without the knowledge and consent of the person supplying such gas, water, or electricity commits a class 2 misdemeanor. Any […]
[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] Every person who defaces or destroys any written instrument evidencing a property right, whether vested or contingent, with the intent to defraud commits a class 1 misdemeanor.
Any person who knowingly cuts, fells, alters, or removes any certain boundary tree knowing such is a boundary tree, monument, or other allowed landmark, to the damage of any person, or any person who intentionally defaces, removes, pulls down, injures, or destroys any location stake, side post, corner post, landmark, or monument, or any other […]
Any person who destroys, defaces, removes, or damages any historical monument commits the crime of defacing property. (1) (a) (I) Any person who destroys, defaces, removes, or damages any historical monument commits the crime of defacing property. This subsection (1)(a) is repealed, effective March 1, 2022. Any person who defaces or causes, aids in, or […]
[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] Any person who knowingly mars, destroys, or removes any posted notice authorized by law commits a class 1 petty offense.
Any person who deposits, throws, or leaves any litter on any public or private property or in any waters commits littering. It shall be an affirmative defense that: Such property is an area designated by law for the disposal of such material and the person is authorized by the proper public authority to so use […]
Any person who abandons any motor vehicle upon a street, highway, right-of-way, or any other public property, or upon any private property without the express consent of the owner or person in lawful charge of that private property commits abandonment of a motor vehicle. To “abandon” means to leave a thing with the intention not […]
[ Editor’s note: This version of subsection (1) is effective until March 1, 2022.] Any person who deposits on the land or in the building or vehicle of another, without his consent, any stink bomb or device, irritant, or offensive-smelling substance with the intent to interfere with another’s use or enjoyment of the land, building, […]
Pursuant to section 13-25-130, C.R.S., photographs, video tapes, or films of property over which a person is alleged to have exerted unauthorized control or otherwise to have obtained unlawfully are competent evidence if the photographs, video tapes, or films are admissible into evidence under the rules of law governing the admissibility of photographs, video tapes, […]
Effective July 1, 1992, no person shall be in violation of the trespass laws of this part 5 if the requirements of this section are met. The provisions of this section provide an exception to the trespass laws only and do not affect or supersede the provisions and requirements of articles 1 to 7 of […]
A person who, while within a motion picture theater, knowingly operates an audiovisual recording function of a device for the purpose of recording a motion picture, while a motion picture is being exhibited, without the consent of the owner or lessee of the motion picture theater, commits the offense of criminal operation of a device […]
