{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-8-105","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 18-8-105","heading":"Accessory to crime.","body":"(1) A person is an accessory to crime if, with intent to hinder, delay, or prevent the discovery, detection, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of another for the commission of a crime, he renders assistance to such person.\n\n(2) \"Render assistance\" means to:\n\n(a) Harbor or conceal the other; or\n\n(a.5) Harbor or conceal the victim or a witness to the crime; or\n\n(b) Warn such person of impending discovery or apprehension; except that this does not apply to a warning given in an effort to bring such person into compliance with the law; or\n\n(c) Provide such person with money, transportation, weapon, disguise, or other thing to be used in avoiding discovery or apprehension; or\n\n(d) By force, intimidation, or deception, obstruct anyone in the performance of any act which might aid in the discovery, detection, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of such person; or\n\n(e) Conceal, destroy, or alter any physical or testimonial evidence that might aid in the discovery, detection, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of such person.\n\n(3) Being an accessory to crime is a class 4 felony if the offender knows that the person being assisted has committed, or has been convicted of, or is charged by pending information, indictment, or complaint with a crime, and if that crime is designated by this code as a class 1 or class 2 felony.\n\n(4) Being an accessory to crime is a class 5 felony if the offender knows that the person being assisted is suspected of or wanted for a crime, and if that crime is designated by this code as a class 1 or class 2 felony.\n\n(5) Being an accessory to crime is a class 5 felony if the offender knows that the person being assisted has committed, or has been convicted of, or is charged by pending information, indictment, or complaint with a crime, or is suspected of or wanted for a crime, and if that crime is designated by this code as a felony other than a class 1 or class 2 felony; except that being an accessory to a class 6 felony is a class 6 felony.\n\n(6) Being an accessory to crime is a petty offense if the offender knows that the person being assisted has committed, or has been convicted of, or is charged by pending information, indictment, or complaint with a crime, or is suspected of or wanted for a crime, and if that crime is designated by this code as a misdemeanor of any class.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE","Article 8 - Offenses - Governmental Operations","Part 1 - OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC JUSTICE"],"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":"25588e27f1b86b907a288621db3c592807617aeab65d020ad2eed5662d116a01","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-8-104","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-8-106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}