Colorado legal term
Maintain in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Maintain” 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 “Maintain” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Maintain" means to provide sustenance or care for a minor and includes but is not limited to providing shelter, food, clothing, drugs, medical care, or communication services. (C.R.S. § 18-3-502)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Obstructing highway or other passageway
- Unlawful acts
- Fee paid to private employment agencies
- Keeping, maintaining, controlling, renting, or making available property for unlawful distribution or manufacture of controlled substances
- Medical use of marijuana by persons diagnosed with debilitating medical conditions
- Notice to appear or pay fine
- Operation of bicycles, electric scooters, and other human-powered vehicles
- Residential picketing
- Unlawful distribution or purchase of dextromethorphan
- Unlawful recording of a live performance
- When court to report convictions
- Splash guards
Related terms in the same statutes
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