C.R.S. Section 18-7-601
Dispensing violent films to minors

  • misdemeanors

(1)

No person shall sell, rent, or otherwise furnish to a minor any video tape, video disc, film representation, or other form of motion picture if:

(a)

The average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, predominantly appeals to the interest in violence; and

(b)

The work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, repeated acts of actual, not simulated, violence resulting in serious bodily injury or death; and

(c)

The work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

(2)

For the purposes of this section, “minor” means any person under eighteen years of age, and “serious bodily injury” shall be defined as provided in section 18-1-901 (3)(p).

(3)

Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section is guilty of a civil infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of one thousand dollars; except that, for a second or subsequent offense, the fine shall be five thousand dollars.

Source: Section 18-7-601 — Dispensing violent films to minors - misdemeanors, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-18.­pdf (accessed Dec. 24, 2024).

18‑7‑101
Definitions 18‑7‑102
Obscenity 18‑7‑103
Injunctions to restrain the promotion of obscene materials 18‑7‑104.5
Remedies under the “Colorado Organized Crime Control Act” 18‑7‑105
Severability 18‑7‑107
Posting a private image for harassment - definitions 18‑7‑108
Posting a private image for pecuniary gain - definitions 18‑7‑109
Posting, possession, or exchange of a private image by a juvenile - definitions - penalties 18‑7‑201
Prostitution prohibited 18‑7‑201.3
Affirmative defense - human trafficking - expungement of record protective order - definitions 18‑7‑201.4
Victim of human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude - provision of services - reporting 18‑7‑202
Soliciting for prostitution 18‑7‑203
Pandering 18‑7‑204
Keeping a place of prostitution 18‑7‑205
Patronizing a prostitute 18‑7‑206
Pimping 18‑7‑207
Prostitute making display 18‑7‑209
Immunity from prostitution-related offenses - victims - human trafficking of a minor for involuntary servitude - human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude 18‑7‑301
Public indecency 18‑7‑302
Indecent exposure - definitions 18‑7‑401
Definitions 18‑7‑402
Soliciting for child prostitution 18‑7‑403
Pandering of a child 18‑7‑403.5
Procurement of a child 18‑7‑404
Keeping a place of child prostitution 18‑7‑405
Pimping of a child 18‑7‑405.5
Inducement of child prostitution 18‑7‑406
Patronizing a prostituted child 18‑7‑407
Criminality of conduct 18‑7‑408
Severability 18‑7‑409
Reports of convictions to department of education 18‑7‑501
Definitions 18‑7‑502
Unlawful acts 18‑7‑503
Applicability 18‑7‑504
Severability 18‑7‑601
Dispensing violent films to minors - misdemeanors 18‑7‑701
Sexual conduct in a correctional institution 18‑7‑801
Criminal invasion of privacy 18‑7‑901
Unlawful distribution of a suicide recording - definitions - Lil’ Von Mercado’s Law
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 18-7-601’s source at colorado​.gov