Colorado legal term
License in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “License” 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 “License” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"License" includes driving privilege. (C.R.S. § 42-2-126)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Ammunition sales
- Cheating
- Contributing to the delinquency of a minor
- Criminal possession of an identification document
- False reporting of identifying information to law enforcement authorities
- Fraudulent acts
- Insurance fraud
- Possession of handguns by juveniles
- Sale of secondhand property
- Unlawful conduct involving an unserialized firearm, frame, or receiver
- Unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, marking, altering, or modification of equipment and devices related to limited gaming
- Unlawful possession or use of license
Related terms in the same statutes
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