The general assembly hereby finds that persons
who are convicted of offenses involving unlawful sexual behavior and who are identified as
sexually violent predators pose a high enough level of risk to the community that persons in the
community should receive notification concerning the identity of these sexually violent
predators. The general assembly also recognizes the high potential for vigilantism that often
results from community notification and the dangerous potential that the fear of such vigilantism
will drive a sex offender to disappear and attempt to live without supervision. The general
assembly therefore finds that sex offender notification should only occur in cases involving a
high degree of risk to the community and should only occur under carefully controlled
circumstances that include providing additional information and education to the community
concerning supervision and treatment of sex offenders.
Source: L. 99: Entire part added, p. 1151, § 17, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire section
amended, p. 1311, § 1, effective May 30.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
6
cases (
2 in the last 5 years), 2009–2026 · leading case:
Allen v. People, 2013 CO 44, 307 P.3d 1102.
Allen v. People, 2013 CO 44, 307 P.3d 1102.
· cites it 3× “§ 16-13-901. Importantly, the general assembly has recognized "the high potential for vigilantism that often results from community notification and the dangerous potential that the fear of such vigilantism will drive a sex offender to disappear and attempt to live without…”
v. Williamson, 2021 COA 77.
“2020; §§ 16-13-901 to -906, C.R.S. 2020; Allen, ¶ 7; Tuffo, 209 P.”
People v. Carbajal, 2012 COA 107, 312 P.3d 1183.
· cites it 2× “¶ 38 Pursuant to section 16-22-118(1), a person required to register as a sex offender may file a petition with the trial court requesting discontinuance of the registration. As pertinent to this case, a person required to register may file such a petition under the following…”
People v. Rowland, 207 P.3d 890 (Colo. Ct. App. 2009).
· cites it 2× “The general assembly therefore finds that sex offender notification should only occur in cases involving a high degree of risk to the community and should only occur under carefully controlled cireumstances that include providing additional information and education to the,…”
People v. Hunter, 2013 CO 48, 307 P.3d 1083.
· cites it 2× “(Given that the SVP designation seeks to identify that subset of high risk predators who warrant community notification, see § 16-13-901, C.R.S. (2012), the relationship criterion in section 18-8-414.”
Timothy Paul Beagle v. People of the State of Colorado, 2026 CO 24, 588 P.3d 697.
· cites it 6× “Because SVPs have been determined to pose a "high enough level of risk" to their communities, § 16-13-901, C.R.S. (2025), each local law enforcement agency must implement the SOMB's community notification protocols for any SVP who lives within its jurisdiction.”
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