Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 18-4-202 — First degree burglary.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 2: BURGLARY AND RELATED OFFENSES, Colorado Revised Statutes.
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Full text of C.R.S. § 18-4-202
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) A person commits first degree burglary if the person knowingly enters unlawfully, or remains unlawfully after a lawful or unlawful entry, in a building or occupied structure with intent to commit therein a crime, other than trespass as defined in this article, against another person or property, and if in effecting entry or while in the building or occupied structure or in immediate flight therefrom, the person or another participant in the crime assaults or menaces any person, the person or another participant is armed with explosives, or the person or another participant uses a deadly weapon or possesses and threatens the use of a deadly weapon. (2) First degree burglary is a class 3 felony. (3) Repealed.
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Questions this section answers
Is first degree burglary a felony or a misdemeanor in Colorado?
First degree burglary is a class 3 felony in Colorado under C.R.S. § 18-4-202.
Which Colorado statute covers first degree burglary?
First degree burglary is governed by C.R.S. § 18-4-202 (First degree burglary).
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