Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 18-11-203 — Membership in anarchistic and seditious associations.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 2: ANARCHY - SEDITION, Colorado Revised Statutes.
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Full text of C.R.S. § 18-11-203
Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.
(1) Any association, organization, society, or corporation, one of whose purposes or professed purposes is to bring about any governmental, social, industrial, or economic change in this state or in the United States by the use of sabotage, terrorism, physical force, violence, or bodily injury, or which teaches, advocates, advises, or defends the use of sabotage, terrorism, physical force, violence, or bodily injury to person or property, or threats of such injury, to accomplish such change, and which shall, by any such means, prosecute or pursue such purpose or professed purpose is declared to be anarchistic and seditious in character and to be an unlawful association. (2) Any person who, in this state, shall act or profess to act as an officer of any such unlawful association, or shall speak, write, or publish as a representative or professed representative of any such unlawful association, or, knowing the purpose, teachings, and doctrine of such association, shall become or continue to be a member thereof or contribute dues, money, or other things of value to it or to anyone for it commits a class 5 felony.
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Questions this section answers
Is membership in anarchistic and seditious associations a felony or a misdemeanor in Colorado?
Membership in anarchistic and seditious associations is a class 5 felony in Colorado under C.R.S. § 18-11-203.
Which Colorado statute covers membership in anarchistic and seditious associations?
Membership in anarchistic and seditious associations is governed by C.R.S. § 18-11-203 (Membership in anarchistic and seditious associations).
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