Colorado § 18-8-404 First degree official misconduct

Colorado Statutes

§ 18-8-404 — First degree official misconduct

Colorado § 18-8-404

Title 18Criminal

Art.Offenses - Governmental Operations

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-404 (2026).

Text

(1)A public servant commits first degree official misconduct if, with intent to obtain a benefit for the public servant or another or maliciously to cause harm to another, he or she knowingly:

(a)Commits an act relating to his office but constituting an unauthorized exercise of his official function; or

(b)Refrains from performing a duty imposed upon him by law; or

(c)Violates any statute or lawfully adopted rule or regulation relating to his office.

(2)First degree official misconduct is a class 1 misdemeanor.

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(1) A public servant commits
first degree official misconduct if, with intent to obtain a benefit for the public
servant or another or maliciously to cause harm to another, he or she knowingly:

(a) Commits an act relating to his office but constituting an unauthorized
exercise of his official function; or

(b) Refrains from performing a duty imposed upon him by law; or

(c) Violates any statute or lawfully adopted rule or regulation relating to his
office.

(2) First degree official misconduct is a class 1 misdemeanor.

Legislative History

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 462, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-8-404. L. 83: (1)(b) amended, p. 710, � 1, effective June 10. L. 2000: IP(1) amended, p. 709, � 41, effective July 1. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3200, � 297, effective March 1, 2022.