{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-1-502","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 18-1-502","heading":"Requirements for criminal liability in general and for offenses of strict liability and of mental culpability.","body":"The minimum requirement for criminal liability is the performance by a person of conduct which includes a voluntary act or the omission to perform an act which he is physically capable of performing. If that conduct is all that is required for commission of a particular offense, or if an offense or some material element thereof does not require a culpable mental state on the part of the actor, the offense is one of \"strict liability\". If a culpable mental state on the part of the actor is required with respect to any material element of an offense, the offense is one of \"mental culpability\".","path":["Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE","Article 1 - Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally","Part 5 - PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL CULPABILITY"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-18.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"bd308f76dc9809393596d60749a6ca4dd9e11c9802f40fc8777039431525e097","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-1-501","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-1-503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}