Colorado § 18-4-501 Criminal mischief

Colorado Statutes

§ 18-4-501 — Criminal mischief

Colorado § 18-4-501

Title 18Criminal

Art.Offenses Against Property

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-501 (2026).

Text

(1)A person commits criminal mischief when he or she knowingly damages the real or personal property of one or more other persons, including property owned by the person jointly with another person or property owned by the person in which another person has a possessory or proprietary interest, in the course of a single criminal episode.

(2)and (3) Repealed.

(4)Criminal mischief is:

(a)A petty offense when the aggregate damage to the real or personal property is less than three hundred dollars;

(b)A class 2 misdemeanor when the aggregate damage to the real or personal property is three hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand dollars;

(c)A class 1 misdemeanor when the aggregate damage to the real or personal property is one thousand dollars or more but less tha

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(1) A person commits criminal mischief when
he or she knowingly damages the real or personal property of one or more other
persons, including property owned by the person jointly with another person or
property owned by the person in which another person has a possessory or
proprietary interest, in the course of a single criminal episode.

(2) and (3) Repealed.

(4) Criminal mischief is:

(a) A petty offense when the aggregate damage to the real or personal
property is less than three hundred dollars;

(b) A class 2 misdemeanor when the aggregate damage to the real or
personal property is three hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand
dollars;

(c) A class 1 misdemeanor when the aggregate damage to the real or
personal property is one thousand dollars or more but less than two thousand
dollars;

(d) A class 6 felony when the aggregate damage to the real or personal
property is two thousand dollars or more but less than five thousand dollars;

(e) A class 5 felony when the aggregate damage to the real or personal
property is five thousand dollars or more but less than twenty thousand dollars;

(f) A class 4 felony when the aggregate damage to the real or personal
property is twenty thousand dollars or more but less than one hundred thousand
dollars;

(g) A class 3 felony when the aggregate damage to the real or personal
property is one hundred thousand dollars or more but less than one million dollars;
and

(h) A class 2 felony when the aggregate damage to the real or personal
property is one million dollars or more.

Legislative History

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 431, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-4-501. L. 77: entire section amended, p. 963, � 25, effective July 1. L. 81: entire section amended, p. 975, � 12, effective July 1. L. 84: entire section amended, p. 537, � 9, effective July 1, 1985. L. 92: entire section amended, p. 435, � 5, effective April 10. L. 98: entire section amended, p. 1438, � 14, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 795, � 5, effective July 1. L. 99: entire section amended, p. 391, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 1581, � 7, effective July 1. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 1904, � 3, effective July 1; (3) added, p. 1845, � 2, effective July 1. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 1693, � 7, effective July 1. L. 2009: (2) and (3) repealed, (HB 09-1266), ch. 347, p. 1814, � 1, effective August 5. L. 2014: (1) amended and (4) added, (HB 14-1266), ch. 155, p. 534, � 1, effective August 6. L. 2021: (4)(a), (4)(b),(4)(c), and (4)(d) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3178, � 210, effective March 1, 2022.