Colorado Code
Part 2 - Escape and Offenses Relating to Custody
§ 18-8-203. Introducing Contraband in the First Degree

(1) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective March 1, 2022. ] A person commits introducing contraband in the first degree if he or she knowingly and unlawfully:
(a) Introduces or attempts to introduce a dangerous instrument into a detention facility or at any location where an inmate is or is likely to be located, while the inmate is in the custody and under the jurisdiction of a political subdivision of the state of Colorado or the department of corrections, but not on parole; or
(b) Being a person confined in a detention facility, makes any dangerous instrument.





Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 458, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-8-203. L. 72: p. 275, § 5. L. 76, Ex. Sess.: (1)(a), (1)(b), and (2) amended and (4) added, p. 12, § 1, effective September 18. L. 77: (2) amended, p. 878, § 45, effective July 1, 1979. L. 81: (1)(a) and (1)(b) amended, p. 738, § 23, effective July 1. L. 82: (1)(a) and (1)(b) amended, p. 319, § 3, effective March 11. L. 2002: IP(1), (1)(a), and (3) amended, p. 810, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2010: (1) amended, (HB 10-1352), ch. 259, p. 1173, § 17, effective August 11. L. 2012: (1)(a) amended, (HB 12-1311), ch. 281, p. 1619, § 46, effective July 1. L. 2018: (1)(a) amended, (HB 18-1025), ch. 152, p. 1078, § 8, effective October 1. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3196, § 284, effective March 1, 2022.

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