2023 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102)
Article 13 - MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES (§§ 18-13-101 — 18-13-133)
Section 18-13-101 - Abuse of a corpse

• (1) A person commits abuse of a corpse if, without statutory or court-ordered authority, the person:
  • (a) Removes the body or remains of any person from a grave or other place of sepulcher without the consent of the person who has the right to dispose of the remains pursuant to section 15-19-106; or
  • (b) Treats the body or remains of any person in a way that would outrage normal family sensibilities.

• (2) Abuse of a corpse is a class 6 felony.

• (3)
  • (a) A defendant may not be convicted of both abuse of a corpse, as described in subsection (1) of this section, and tampering with a deceased human body, as described in section 18-8-610.5(1), if the act arises out of a single incident.
  • (b) If a defendant is charged with both abuse of a corpse, as described in subsection (1) of this section, and tampering with a deceased human body, as described in section 18-8-610.5(1), the court shall proceed pursuant to section 18-1-408.

Amended by 2020 Ch. 100,§ 2, eff. 9/14/2020.

L. 71: R&RE, p. 483, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-13-101. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 206, § 1, effective July 1.