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 18-7-203 - Pandering

Universal Citation:
CO Rev Stat § 18-7-203 (2023)
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  • (1) Any person who does any of the following for money or other thing of value commits pandering:
    • (a) Inducing a person by menacing or criminal intimidation to commit prostitution; or
    • (b) Knowingly arranging or offering to arrange a situation in which a person may practice prostitution.
  • (2)
    • (a) Pandering under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section is a class 5 felony. A person who is convicted of pandering under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section shall be required to pay a fine of not less than five thousand dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars in addition to any penalty imposed by the court pursuant to section 18-1.3-401, which additional fine shall be transferred to the state treasurer, who shall transfer the same to the prostitution enforcement cash fund created in section 24-33.5-513, C.R.S.
    • (b) Pandering pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor. A person who is convicted of pandering shall be required to pay a fine of not less than five thousand dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars in addition to any penalty imposed by the court pursuant to section 18-1.3-501, which additional fine shall be transferred to the state treasurer, who shall transfer the same to the prostitution enforcement cash fund created in section 24-33.5-513.

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 266, eff. 3/1/2022.

L. 71: R&RE, p. 452, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-7-203. L. 73: p. 535, § 3. L. 2011: (2) amended, (SB 11-085), ch. 1128, p. 1128, § 4, effective August 10. L. 2021: (2)(b) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3193, p. 3193, § 266, 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).

For the legislative declaration in the 2011 act amending subsection (2), see section 1 of chapter 257, Session Laws of Colorado 2011.


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