Colorado legal term
Material in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Material” 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 “Material” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Material" means anything tangible that is capable of being used or adapted to arouse interest, whether through the medium of reading, observation, sound, or in any other manner, but does not include an actual three-dimensional obscene device. (C.R.S. § 18-7-101)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Theft
- Insurance fraud
- Introducing contraband in the second degree
- Invasion of privacy for sexual gratification
- Issuing a false financial statement
- Obscenity
- Offering a false instrument for recording
- Unlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing, or sale
- Violations of taxation provisions
- Assault in the third degree
- Bringing alcohol beverages, bottles, or cans into the major league baseball stadium
- Criminal invasion of privacy
Related terms in the same statutes
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