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 3 - PUBLIC INDECENCY (§§ 18-7-301 — 18-7-302)
Section 18-7-301 - Public indecency

• (1) Any person who performs any of the following in a public place or where the conduct may reasonably be expected to be viewed by members of the public commits public indecency:
  • (a) An act of sexual intercourse; or
  • (b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2010, (HB 10-1334), ch. 1707, p. 1707, § 1, effective August 11, 2010.)
  • (c) A lewd exposure of an intimate part as defined by section 18-3-401 (2) of the body, not including the genitals, done with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desire of any person; or
  • (d) A lewd fondling or caress of the body of another person; or
  • (e) A knowing exposure of the person's genitals to the view of a person under circumstances in which such conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm to the other person.

• (2) Public indecency is a petty offense.

• (3) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2010, (HB 10-1334), ch. 1707, p. 1707, § 1, effective August 11, 2010.)

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 269, eff. 3/1/2022.

L. 71: R&RE, p. 453, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-7-301. L. 2008: (1)(d) amended and (1)(e) and (3) added, p. 1716, §§ 1, 2, effective July 1. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (HB 10-1334), ch. 1707, p. 1707, § 1, effective August 11. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3194, p. 3194, § 269, 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).