{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-7-403","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 18-7-403","heading":"Pandering of a child.","body":"(1) A person who does any of the following for money or other thing of value commits pandering of a child:\n\n(a) Inducing a child by menacing or criminal intimidation to engage in commercial sexual activity; or\n\n(b) Knowingly arranging or offering to arrange a situation in which a child may engage in commercial sexual activity.\n\n(2) (a) Pandering of a child pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section is a class 2 felony. The court shall sentence a person convicted of pandering of a child as described in subsection (1)(a) of this section to the department of corrections for a term of at least the minimum of the presumptive range for a class 2 felony, as set forth in section 18-1.3-401.\n\n(b) Pandering of a child pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of this section is a class 3 felony. The court shall sentence a person convicted of pandering of a child as described in subsection (1)(b) of this section to the department of corrections for a term of at least the minimum of the presumptive range for a class 3 felony, as set forth in section 18-1.3-401.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE","Article 7 - Offenses Relating to Morals","Part 4 - COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH A CHILD"],"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":"2c5248c9d9cc6835f84c943a81c6e31753836793830549afd68c192e469d6467","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-7-402","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-7-403.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}