Colorado Code
Part 2 - Escape and Offenses Relating to Custody
§ 18-8-208.2. Unauthorized Absence

(b) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (2)(b) is effective March 1, 2022. ] If a person commits unauthorized absence for a crime other than the crimes listed in section 24-4.1-302 (1) and the crime is not a crime of violence as described in section 18-1.3-406, unauthorized absence is a class 2 misdemeanor and an attempt thereof is a class 2 misdemeanor.




Source: L. 2020: Entire section added, (HB 20-1019), ch. 9, p. 27, § 10, effective March 6. L. 2021: IP(1) amended, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 724, § 53, effective October 1; (2)(b) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3199, § 291, 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.

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