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COLORADO
SEXUAL OFFENSE STATUTES
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
DNA EXCEPTION
COLO. REV. STAT. § 18-3-402 Sexual assault
Class 1 misdemeanor if, at the time of
commission of the act, victim is at least
fifteen years of age but less than seventeen
years of age and actor is at least ten years
older than victim and not the spouse of the
victim
Class 3 felony if victim was physically helpless
and actor knows the victim was physically
helpless and victim has not consented
Class 3 felony if
• Actor causes submission of victim through
the actual application of physical force or
physical violence
• Actor causes submission of victim by
threat of imminent death, serious bodily
injury, extreme pain, or kidnapping, to be
inflicted on anyone, and victim believes
that actor has the present ability to execute
these threats
• Actor causes submission of victim by
threatening to retaliate in the future against
victim or any other person, and victim
reasonably believes that actor will execute
this threat
• Actor has substantially impaired victim’s
power to appraise or control victim’s
conduct by emplo