Colorado Statutes
§ 18-8-207 — Holding hostages
Colorado § 18-8-207
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Bluebook
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-207 (2026).
Text
Any person in lawful custody or confinement
within the state who, while escaping or attempting to escape, holds as hostage any
person or by force or threat of force holds any person against his will commits a
class 2 felony.
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Legislative History
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 458, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-8-207. L. 83: Entire section
amended, p. 708, � 2, effective July 1.
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Colorado § 18-8-207, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/co/18/18-8-207.