{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-8-404","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 18-8-404","heading":"First degree official misconduct.","body":"(1) A public servant commits first degree official misconduct if, with intent to obtain a benefit for the public servant or another or maliciously to cause harm to another, he or she knowingly:\n\n(a) Commits an act relating to his office but constituting an unauthorized exercise of his official function; or\n\n(b) Refrains from performing a duty imposed upon him by law; or\n\n(c) Violates any statute or lawfully adopted rule or regulation relating to his office.\n\n(2) First degree official misconduct is a class 1 misdemeanor.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE","Article 8 - Offenses - Governmental Operations","Part 4 - ABUSE OF PUBLIC OFFICE"],"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":"ccff030c1b6c216babcbe97508b3cb6089483bc5e2f5a4400cf62c4471a21a83","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-8-403","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-8-405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}