COLORADO : Rape/Molestation Statutes of Limitation
In the state of Colorado, he who knowingly inflicts sexual intrusion or sexual penetration on a victim commits sexual assault if:
1. The actor causes submission of the victim by means of sufficient consequence reasonably calculated to cause submission against the victim's will (force, fear of injury or death, etc); or
2. The actor knows that the victim is incapable of appraising the nature of the victim's conduct (mental or physical defect, i.e. coma, vegetative state, severe retardation); or
3. The actor knows that the victim submits erroneously, believing the actor to be the victim's spouse; or
4. At the time of the commission of the act, the victim is less than fifteen years of age and the actor is at least four years older than the victim (if the victim is 15, the actor must be at least 19; if she's 14, he must be at least 18, etc) and is not the spouse of the victim; or
5. At the time of the commission of the act, the victim is at least fifteen years of age but less than seventeen years of age and the actor is at least ten years older than the victim and is not the spouse of the victim (this act is a misdemeanor, however, not a felony and therefore not subject to the same statue of limitations); or
6. The victim is in custody of law or detained in a hospital or other institution and the actor has supervisory or disciplinary authority over the victim and uses this position of authority to coerce the victim to submit, unless the act is incident to a lawful search; or
7. The actor, while purporting to offer a medical service, engages in treatment or examination of a victim for other than a bona fide medical purpose or in a manner substantially inconsistent with reasonable medical practices; or
8. The victim is physically helpless and the actor knows the victim is physically helpless and the victim has not consented.
He who knowingly subjects another not his or her spouse to any sexual contact commits sexual assault on a child if the victim is less than fifteen years of age and the actor is at least four years older than the victim. (All conditions of sexual assault on an adult apply to minors).
The statute of limitations for Colorado state that charges must be brought upon an offender within ten (10) years of the date the crime took place.
Bob sexually assaults Jane. She doesn't tell anyone until eight (8) years have passed. Bob can still be charged with a crime because Jane has ten (10) years in the state of Colorado for Bob to face prosecution.
He who knowingly subjects another not his or her spouse to any sexual contact commits sexual assault on a child if the victim is less than fifteen years of age and the actor is at least four years older than the victim. (All conditions of sexual assault on an adult apply to minors).
If the crime took place when the victim was a minor, that person has ten (10) years from the time he or she turns 18 to bring charges against the offender.
Bob commits sexual assault against Jane when she's 14. She doesn't tell anyone for years, but at age 20, Jane decides its time to report Bob for the crime. She could have waited until she was 28, since she had ten (10) years from the time she was 18 years-old to report the crime.
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