(1) A person commits criminal mischief when he or she knowingly damages the real or personal property of one or more other persons, including property owned by the person jointly with another person or property owned by the person in which another person has a possessory or proprietary interest, in the course of a single criminal episode.
(2) and (3) Repealed.
(4) Criminal mischief is:
A class 3 misdemeanor when the aggregate damage to the real or personal property isless than three hundred dollars;
A class 2 misdemeanor when the aggregate damage to the real or personal property isthree hundred dollars or more but less than seven hundred fifty dollars;
A class 1 misdemeanor when the aggregate damage to the real or personal property isseven hundred fifty dollars or more but less than one thousand dollars;
A class 6 felony when the aggregate damage to the real or personal property is onethousand dollars or more but less than five thousand dollars;
A class 5 felony when the aggregate damage to the real or personal property is fivethousand dollars or more but less than twenty thousand dollars;
A class 4 felony when the aggregate damage to the real or personal property is twentythousand dollars or more but less than one hundred thousand dollars;
A class 3 felony when the aggregate damage to the real or personal property is onehundred thousand dollars or more but less than one million dollars; and
A class 2 felony when the aggregate damage to the real or personal property is onemillion dollars or more.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 431, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-4-501. L. 77: entire section amended, p. 963, § 25, effective July 1. L. 81: entire section amended, p. 975, § 12, effective July 1. L. 84: entire section amended, p. 537, § 9, effective July 1, 1985. L. 92: entire section amended, p. 435, § 5, effective April 10. L. 98: entire section amended, p. 1438, § 14, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 795, § 5, effective July 1. L. 99: entire section amended, p. 391, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 1581, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 1904, § 3, effective July 1; (3) added, p. 1845, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 1693, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2009: (2) and (3) repealed, (HB 09-1266), ch. 347, p. 1814, § 1, effective August 5. L. 2014: (1) amended and (4) added, (HB 14-1266), ch. 155, p. 534, § 1, effective August 6.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2007 act amending subsection (1), see section 1 of chapter 384, Session Laws of Colorado 2007.