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2022 Colorado Code
Title 18 - Criminal Code
Article 11 - Offenses Involving Disloyalty
Part 2 - Anarchy - Sedition
§ 18-11-204. Mutilation - Contempt of Flag - Penalty
Universal Citation: CO Code § 18-11-204 (2022)
- It is unlawful for any person to mutilate, deface, defile, trample upon, burn, cut, or tear any flag in public:
- With intent to cast contempt or ridicule upon the flag; or
- With intent to outrage the sensibilities of persons liable to observe or discover the action or its results; or
- With intent to cause a breach of the peace or incitement to riot; or
- Under such circumstances that it may cause a breach of the peace or incitement to riot.
- "Flag", as used in this section, means any flag, ensign, banner, standard, colors, or replica or representation thereof which is an official or commonly recognized symbol of the United States of America or the state of Colorado.
- [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective until March 1, 2022.] Any person violating the provisions of this section commits a class 3 misdemeanor.
(3) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Any person violating the provisions of this section commits a petty offense.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 480, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-11-204. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3208, § 342, 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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