Colorado Code
Part 5 - Trespass, Tampering, and Criminal Mischief
§ 18-4-501. Criminal Mischief




(a) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (4)(a) is effective March 1, 2022. ] A petty offense when the aggregate damage to the real or personal property is less than three hundred dollars;

(b) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (4)(b) is effective March 1, 2022. ] A class 2 misdemeanor when the aggregate damage to the real or personal property is three hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand dollars;

(c) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (4)(c) is effective March 1, 2022. ] A class 1 misdemeanor when the aggregate damage to the real or personal property is one thousand dollars or more but less than two thousand dollars;

(d) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (4)(d) is effective March 1, 2022. ] A class 6 felony when the aggregate damage to the real or personal property is two thousand dollars or more but less than five thousand dollars;






Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 431, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-4-501. L. 77: entire section amended, p. 963, § 25, effective July 1. L. 81: entire section amended, p. 975, § 12, effective July 1. L. 84: entire section amended, p. 537, § 9, effective July 1, 1985. L. 92: entire section amended, p. 435, § 5, effective April 10. L. 98: entire section amended, p. 1438, § 14, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 795, § 5, effective July 1. L. 99: entire section amended, p. 391, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 1581, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 1904, § 3, effective July 1; (3) added, p. 1845, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 1693, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2009: (2) and (3) repealed, (HB 09-1266), ch. 347, p. 1814, § 1, effective August 5. L. 2014: (1) amended and (4) added, (HB 14-1266), ch. 155, p. 534, § 1, effective August 6. L. 2021: (4)(a), (4)(b),(4)(c), and (4)(d) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3178, § 210, 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 2007 act amending subsection (1), see section 1 of chapter 384, Session Laws of Colorado 2007.