Colorado Code
Part 1 - Purpose and Scope of Code - Classification of Offenses
§ 18-1-104. "Offense" Defined - Offenses Classified - Common-Law Crimes Abolished

(2) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Each offense falls into one of eleven classes, one of six drug offense levels, or one unclassified category. There are six classes of felonies as described in section 18-1.3-401 and four levels of drug felonies as described in section 18-1.3-401.5, two classes of misdemeanors as described in section 18-1.3-501 and two levels of drug misdemeanors as described in section 18-1.3-501, petty offenses as described in section 18-1.3-503, civil infractions as described in section 18-1.3-503, and the category of drug petty offense as described in section 18-1.3-501 (1)(e).


Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 389, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-1-104. L. 89: (2) amended, p. 829, § 39, effective July 1. L. 2002: (2) amended, p. 1510, § 177, effective October 1. L. 2014: (2) amended, (SB 14-163), ch. 391, p. 1969, § 5, effective June 6. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3166, § 177, 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.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending subsection (2), see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.

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