Colorado legal term
Promote in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Promote” 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 “Promote” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Promote" means to manufacture, issue, sell, give, provide, lend, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, or advertise, or to offer or agree to do the same. (C.R.S. § 18-7-101)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Conspiracy
- Firing woods or prairie
- Imitation controlled substances
- Advertisement of drug paraphernalia
- Disobedience of public safety orders under riot conditions
- Division of motor vehicles official product protection
- Illegal possession or consumption of ethyl alcohol or marijuana by an underage person
- Internet luring of a child
- Money laundering
- Parties to a crime
- Stalking
- Theft of cable service
Related terms in the same statutes
This reference is informational and is not legal advice.