{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-6-301","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 18-6-301","heading":"Incest.","body":"(1) Any person who knowingly marries, inflicts sexual penetration or sexual intrusion on, or subjects to sexual contact, as defined in section 18-3-401, an ancestor or descendant, including a natural child, child by adoption, or stepchild twenty-one years of age or older, a brother or sister of the whole or half blood, or an uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece of the whole blood commits incest, which is a class 4 felony. For the purpose of this section only, \"descendant\" includes a child by adoption and a stepchild, but only if the person is not legally married to the child by adoption or the stepchild.\n\n(2) When a person is convicted of, pleads nolo contendere to, or receives a deferred sentence for a violation of the provisions of this section and the victim is a child who is under eighteen years of age and the court knows the person is a current or former employee of a school district or a charter school in this state or holds a license or authorization pursuant to the provisions of article 60.5 of title 22, C.R.S., the court shall report such fact to the department of education.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE","Article 6 - Offenses Involving the Family Relations","Part 3 - INCEST"],"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":"2b0efd83ba0dddd42d9dc83c2f06ebe5b720b60999ea03dd0b91a63febc8e9fa","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-6-203","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-6-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}