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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102)
Article 3 - OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 18-3-101 — 18-3-602)
Part 4 - UNLAWFUL SEXUAL BEHAVIOR (§§ 18-3-401 — 18-3-418)
Section 18-3-405.4 - Internet sexual exploitation of a child
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CO Rev Stat § 18-3-405.4 (2023)
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- (1) An actor commits internet sexual exploitation of a child if the actor knowingly importunes, invites, or entices through communication via a computer network or system, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message, a person whom the actor knows or believes to be under fifteen years of age and at least four years younger than the actor, to:
- (a) Expose or touch the person's own or another person's intimate parts while communicating with the actor via a computer network or system, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message; or
- (b) Observe the actor's intimate parts via a computer network or system, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message.
- (2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (HB 09-1163), ch. 1797, p. 1797, § 1, effective July 1, 2009.)
- (3) Internet sexual exploitation of a child is a class 4 felony.
L. 2006: Entire section added, p. 2056, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (HB 09 -1163), ch. 343, p. 1797, § 1, effective July 1; (1) amended, (HB 09 -1132), ch. 341, p. 1793, § 3, effective July 1.
Amendments to subsection (1) by House Bill 09-1163 and House Bill 09-1132 were harmonized.
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