Colorado Statutes

§ 16-13-901 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 16-13-901
JurisdictionColorado
Title 16Criminal
Art.Special Proceedings

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 16-13-901 (2026).

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The general assembly hereby finds that persons who are convicted of offenses involving unlawful sexual behavior and who are identified as sexually violent predators pose a high enough level of risk to the community that persons in the community should receive notification concerning the identity of these sexually violent predators. The general assembly also recognizes the high potential for vigilantism that often results from community notification and the dangerous potential that the fear of such vigilantism will drive a sex offender to disappear and attempt to live without supervision. The general assembly therefore finds that sex offender notification should only occur in cases involving a high degree of risk to the community and should only occur under carefully controlled ci

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Legislative History

Source: L. 99: Entire part added, p. 1151, � 17, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 1311, � 1, effective May 30.

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