Colorado § 18-23-102 Recruitment of juveniles for a criminal street gang

Colorado Statutes

§ 18-23-102 — Recruitment of juveniles for a criminal street gang

Colorado § 18-23-102

Title 18Criminal

Art.Gang Recruitment Act

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-23-102 (2026).

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(1)A person commits recruitment of a juvenile for a criminal street gang if he or she is eighteen years of age or older and:

(a)Knowingly solicits, invites, recruits, encourages, coerces, or otherwise causes a person younger than eighteen years of age to actively participate in or become a member of a criminal street gang; or

(b)By use of force, threat, or intimidation directed at any person, or by the infliction of bodily injury upon any person, knowingly prevents a person younger than eighteen years of age from leaving a criminal street gang.

(2)Recruitment of a juvenile for a criminal street gang in violation of subsection (1)(b) of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor, and recruitment of a juvenile for a criminal street gang in violation of subsection (1)(a) of this sec

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(1) A person
commits recruitment of a juvenile for a criminal street gang if he or she is eighteen
years of age or older and:

(a) Knowingly solicits, invites, recruits, encourages, coerces, or otherwise
causes a person younger than eighteen years of age to actively participate in or
become a member of a criminal street gang; or

(b) By use of force, threat, or intimidation directed at any person, or by the
infliction of bodily injury upon any person, knowingly prevents a person younger
than eighteen years of age from leaving a criminal street gang.

(2) Recruitment of a juvenile for a criminal street gang in violation of
subsection (1)(b) of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor, and recruitment of a
juvenile for a criminal street gang in violation of subsection (1)(a) of this section is a
class 2 misdemeanor.

(3) Nothing in this section shall affect the ability to charge criminal offenses
under article 17 of this title.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2001: Entire article added, p. 987, � 1, effective March 1, 2002. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3219, � 385, effective March 1, 2022.