Colorado § 18-4-202 First degree burglary

Colorado Statutes

§ 18-4-202 — First degree burglary

Colorado § 18-4-202

Title 18Criminal

Art.Offenses Against Property

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-202 (2026).

Text

(1)A person commits first degree burglary if the person knowingly enters unlawfully, or remains unlawfully after a lawful or unlawful entry, in a building or occupied structure with intent to commit therein a crime, other than trespass as defined in this article, against another person or property, and if in effecting entry or while in the building or occupied structure or in immediate flight therefrom, the person or another participant in the crime assaults or menaces any person, the person or another participant is armed with explosives, or the person or another participant uses a deadly weapon or possesses and threatens the use of a deadly weapon.

(2)First degree burglary is a class 3 felony.

(3)Repealed.

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(1) A person commits first degree burglary
if the person knowingly enters unlawfully, or remains unlawfully after a lawful or
unlawful entry, in a building or occupied structure with intent to commit therein a
crime, other than trespass as defined in this article, against another person or
property, and if in effecting entry or while in the building or occupied structure or in
immediate flight therefrom, the person or another participant in the crime assaults
or menaces any person, the person or another participant is armed with explosives,
or the person or another participant uses a deadly weapon or possesses and
threatens the use of a deadly weapon.

(2) First degree burglary is a class 3 felony.

(3) Repealed.

Legislative History

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 427, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-4-202. L. 73: p. 572, � 10. L. 81: (3) amended, p. 737, � 20, effective July 1. L. 99: (1) amended, p. 327, � 2, effective July 1. L. 2012: (3) amended, (HB 12-1311), ch. 281, p. 1618, � 40, effective July 1. L. 2013: (1) amended, (SB 13-229), ch. 272, p. 1429, � 8, effective July 1. L. 2023: (3) repealed, (HB 23-1293), ch. 298, p. 1784, � 9, effective October 1.