Colorado legal term
Motor vehicle in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Motor vehicle” 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 “Motor vehicle” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Motor vehicle" includes any self-propelled device by which persons or property may be moved, carried, or transported from one place to another by land, water, or air, except devices operated on rails, tracks, or cables fixed to the ground or supported by pylons, towers, or other structures. (C.R.S. § 18-1-901)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Second degree criminal trespass
- First degree criminal trespass
- Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle
- Unlawfully carrying a weapon
- Abandonment of a motor vehicle
- Aggravated vehicular unlawful termination of pregnancy
- Careless driving
- Careless driving resulting in unlawful termination of pregnancy
- Compulsory insurance
- Division of motor vehicles official product protection
- Driving under restraint
- Driving under the influence
Related terms in the same statutes
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