Colorado legal term
Collateral sanction in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Collateral sanction” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Colorado criminal code.
What does “Collateral sanction” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Collateral sanction" means a penalty, prohibition, bar, or disadvantage, however denominated, imposed on an individual as a result of the individual's conviction of an offense, which penalty, prohibition, bar, or disadvantage applies by operation of law regardless of whether the penalty, prohibition, bar, or disadvantage is included in the judgment or sentence. (C.R.S. § 18-1.3-107)
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