West's Colorado Revised Statutes Annotated. Title 18. Criminal Code. Article 6. Offenses
Involving The Family Relations. Part 8. Domestic Violence. § 18-6-800.3. Definitions.

Citation: CO ST § 18-6-800.3

Citation: C. R. S. A. § 18-6-800.3

Summary: "Domestic violence" also includes any other crime against a person, or against
property, including an animal, or any municipal ordinance violation against a person, or against
property, including an animal.

Statute in Full:
As used in this part 8, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Domestic violence" means an act or threatened act of violence upon a person with whom the
actor is or has been involved in an intimate relationship. "Domestic violence" also includes any
other crime against a person, or against property, including an animal, or any municipal
ordinance violation against a person, or against property, including an animal, when used as a
method of coercion, control, punishment, intimidation, or revenge directed against a person with
whom the actor is or has been involved in an intimate relationship.

(2) "Intimate relationship" means a relationship between spouses, former spouses, past or
present unmarried couples, or persons who are both the parents of the same child regardless of
whether the persons have been married or have lived together at any time.

CREDIT(S)

Added by Laws 1989, H.B.1124, § 1. Amended by Laws 1994, H.B.94-1253, § 1, eff. July 1, 1994;
Laws 1994, S.B.94-51, § 1, eff. June 3, 1994; Laws 1995, H.B.95-1179, § 1, eff. July 1, 1995;
Laws 2007, Ch. 197, § 7, eff. July 1, 2007.