2024 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102)
Article 1.3 - Sentencing in Criminal Cases (§§ 18-1.3-101 — 18-1.3-1407)
Part 5 - MISDEMEANOR AND PETTY OFFENSE SENTENCING (§§ 18-1.3-501 — 18-1.3-510)
Section 18-1.3-503 - Petty offense and civil infraction classified - penalties

• (1) For offenses committed prior to March 1, 2022, a violation of a statute of this state is a petty offense if specifically classified as a class 1 or class 2 petty offense. The penalty for commission of a class 1 petty offense, upon conviction, is a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more than six months other than in state correctional facilities, or both. The penalty for commission of a class 2 petty offense is a fine specified in the section defining the offense. The penalty assessment procedure of section 16-2-201 is available for the payment of fines in class 2 petty offense cases.

• (1.5) For offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022, a violation of a statute of this state is a petty offense if specifically classified as a petty offense. The penalty for commission of a petty offense, upon conviction, is a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, imprisonment for not more than ten days in a county jail, or both.

• (1.6)
  • (a) For offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022, a violation of a statute of this state is a civil infraction if specifically classified as a civil infraction. The penalty for commission of a civil infraction, upon conviction, is a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, unless otherwise provided by statute. A civil infraction constitutes a civil matter.
  • (b) A peace officer may apply the penalty assessment notice procedure in section 16-2.3-102 for the payment of a fine in a civil infraction case.

• (2) Every sentence entered under this section shall include consideration of restitution as required by part 6 of this article and by article 18.5 of title 16, C.R.S.

Amended by 2022 Ch. 68, § 18, eff. 3/1/2022.

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 187, eff. 3/1/2022.

L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1416, § 2, effective October 1. L. 2021: (1) amended and (1.5) and (1.6) added, (SB 21-271), ch. 3170, p. 3170, § 187, effective 3/1/2022.

(1) This section is similar to former § 18-1-107 as it existed prior to 2002.

(2) Section 47 of chapter 68 (HB 22-1229), Session Laws of Colorado 2022, provides that the act amending subsection (1.6) is effective March 1, 2022, but the governor did not approve the act until April 7, 2022.

2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).