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2024 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102)
Article 4 - Offenses Against Property (§§ 18-4-101 — 18-4-801)
Part 5 - TRESPASS, TAMPERING, AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF (§§ 18-4-501 — 18-4-516)
Section 18-4-503 - Second degree criminal trespass

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CO Rev Stat § 18-4-503 (2024)
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  • (1) A person commits the crime of second degree criminal trespass if such person:
    • (a) Unlawfully enters or remains in or upon the premises of another which are enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders or are fenced; or
    • (b) Knowingly and unlawfully enters or remains in or upon the common areas of a hotel, motel, condominium, or apartment building; or
    • (c) Knowingly and unlawfully enters or remains in a motor vehicle of another.
  • (2)
    • (a) Second degree criminal trespass in violation of subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b) of this section is a petty offense, but it is a class 5 felony if the person trespasses on premises so classified as agricultural land with the intent to commit a felony thereon.
    • (b) Second degree criminal trespass in violation of subsection (1)(c) of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor.
  • (3) Repealed.

Amended by 2023 Ch. 298,§ 14, eff. 10/1/2023.

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 212, eff. 3/1/2022.

Amended by 2021 Ch. 460, § 10, eff. 1/1/2022.

L. 71: R&RE, p. 431, § 1.C.R.S. 1963:§ 40-4-503. L. 81:Entire section amended, p. 990, § 1, effective June 4. L. 83:Entire section amended, p. 666, § 8, effective July 1. L. 84:(2)(a) amended, p. 1119, § 14, effective June 7. L. 93:(1) amended, p. 1732, § 18, effective July 1. L. 94:(1) amended, p. 1718, § 11, effective July 1. L. 2002:(1) amended, p. 1582, § 11, effective July 1. L. 2003:(3) added, p. 1846, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2021:(2) amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3178, § 212, effective 3/1/2022; (3)(b) added on revision,(HB 21-1314), ch. 460, pp. 3099, 3104, §§ 10, 22. L. 2023:(2)(a) amended,(HB 23-1293), ch. 298, p. 1785, § 14, effective October 1.

Subsection (3)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (3), effective January 1, 2022. (See L. 2021, pp. 3099, 3104.)

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