C.R.S. Section 18-23-102
Recruitment of juveniles for a criminal street gang

(1)

A person commits recruitment of a juvenile for a criminal street gang if he or she is eighteen years of age or older and:

(a)

Knowingly solicits, invites, recruits, encourages, coerces, or otherwise causes a person younger than eighteen years of age to actively participate in or become a member of a criminal street gang; or

(b)

By use of force, threat, or intimidation directed at any person, or by the infliction of bodily injury upon any person, knowingly prevents a person younger than eighteen years of age from leaving a criminal street gang.

(2)

Recruitment of a juvenile for a criminal street gang in violation of subsection (1)(b) of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor, and recruitment of a juvenile for a criminal street gang in violation of subsection (1)(a) of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor.

(3)

Nothing in this section shall affect the ability to charge criminal offenses under article 17 of this title.

Source: Section 18-23-102 — Recruitment of juveniles for a criminal street gang, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-18.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

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§ 18-23-102’s source at colorado​.gov