2023 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102)
Article 7 - OFFENSES RELATING TO MORALS (§§ 18-7-101 — 18-7-901)
Part 2 - PROSTITUTION (§§ 18-7-201 — 18-7-209)
Section 18-7-201 - Prostitution prohibited

Universal Citation:
CO Code § 18-7-201 (2023)
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  • (1) Any person who performs or offers or agrees to perform any act of sexual intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus, masturbation, or anal intercourse with any person not his spouse in exchange for money or other thing of value commits prostitution.
  • (2)
    • (a) "Fellatio", as used in this section, means any act of oral stimulation of the penis.
    • (b) "Cunnilingus", as used in this section, means any act of oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris.
    • (c) "Masturbation", as used in this section, means stimulation of the genital organs by manual or other bodily contact exclusive of sexual intercourse.
    • (d) "Anal intercourse", as used in this section, means contact between human beings of the genital organs of one and the anus of another.
  • (3) Prostitution is a petty offense.

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 264, eff. 3/1/2022.

L. 71: R&RE, p. 451, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-7-201. L. 77: Entire section R&RE, p. 987, § 1, effective May 27. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3193, p. 3193, § 264, effective 3/1/2022.

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.

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


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