Colorado Code § 18-7-102

Obscenity
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(1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (1.5) of this
section, a person commits wholesale promotion of obscenity if, knowing its content and
character, such person wholesale promotes or possesses with intent to wholesale promote any
obscene material.
(b) Wholesale promotion of obscenity is a class 1 misdemeanor.
(1.5) (a) A person commits wholesale promotion of obscenity to a minor if, knowing its
content and character, such person wholesale promotes to a minor or possesses with intent to
wholesale promote to a minor any obscene material.
(b) Wholesale promotion of obscenity to a minor is a class 6 felony.
(2) (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2.5) of this section, a person commits
promotion of obscenity if, knowing its content and character, such person:
(I) Promotes or possesses with intent to promote any obscene material; or
(II) Produces, presents, or directs an obscene performance or participates in a portion
thereof that is obscene or that contributes to its obscenity.
(b) Promotion of obscenity is a class 2 misdemeanor.
(2.5) (a) A person commits promotion of obscenity to a minor if, knowing its content
and character, such person:
(I) Promotes to a minor or possesses with intent to promote to a minor any obscene
material; or
(II) Produces, presents, or directs an obscene performance involving a minor or
participates in a portion thereof that is obscene or that contributes to its obscenity.
(b) Promotion of obscenity to a minor is a class 6 felony.
(3) Repealed.
(4) A person who possesses six or more identical obscene materials is presumed to
possess them with intent to promote the same.
(5) This section does not apply to a person who possesses or distributes obscene material
or participates in conduct otherwise proscribed by this section when the possession,
participation, or conduct occurs in the course of law enforcement activities.
(6) This section does not apply to a person's conduct otherwise proscribed by this section
which occurs in that person's residence as long as that person does not engage in the wholesale
promotion or promotion of obscene material in his residence.

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