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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 18. Criminal Code § 18-23-102. Recruitment of juveniles for a criminal street gang

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(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.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 18. Criminal Code § 18-23-102. Recruitment of juveniles for a criminal street gang - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-18-criminal-code/co-rev-st-sect-18-23-102/

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