PROOF OF CONCEPT — full quality-of-life profile for Colorado, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the registrant's perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.
Weighted burden index 35.7/100 · rank 39 of 56 (1 = least burdensome) · 11/16 dimensions statute-verified · 2 unverified.
Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.
| Dimension | Rating | Detail | Statute |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration length | 🟠 moderate | Tiered by offense class — ~5 yrs (petty/misd.), 10 yrs (class 4-6 felony), 20 yrs (class 1-3 felony) before deregistration eligibility; lifetime for SVPs and serious/repeat offenders | C.R.S. 16-22-113 ✓ |
| Removal / petition off | 🟠 moderate | Real petition to deregister (court may grant, discretionary) with tiered waiting periods; SVPs, most serious/first- and second-degree sexual assault offenders, and repeat (2+) offenders permanently barred — ⚑ needs human review | C.R.S. 16-22-113 ✓ |
| Individualized risk assessment | 🔴 restrictive | No — registry does not use risk assessment (handled by treatment/parole/probation) | n/a |
| In-person reporting frequency | 🟠 moderate | Quarterly for SVPs; annually for others | C.R.S. 16-22-108 |
| Registration fee | 🟠 moderate | Locally set — a local agency MAY charge up to $75 initial and up to $25 per annual/quarterly re-registration (cost-based, waivable for indigent) | C.R.S. § 16-22-108 ✓ |
| Residency restriction | 🟠 moderate | Limited — no statewide statutory ban; residency limited only while on parole/probation supervision, plus many local ordinances — local: ~35 jurisdictions (e.g. Northglenn, Westminster, Greeley) impose ~1000 ft local zones | No statewide residency statute (supervision conditions only) ✓ |
| Employment restriction | 🟢 favorable | None — no statewide employment distance/proximity restriction for registrants | n/a ✓ |
| Presence / loitering restriction | 🟢 favorable | None statewide — no statewide presence/loitering ban near schools/parks; only some city/county local ordinances exist | n/a ✓ |
| Visitor registration trigger | 🟠 moderate | Must register if visiting over 14 consecutive business days or over 30 aggregate days in a year | C.R.S. 16-22-102; 16-22-103 |
| Internet identifiers required | 🔴 restrictive | Yes (child sex crime convictions) — email addresses, instant-messaging and chat room identities required | C.R.S. 16-22-108(2.5) ✓ |
| Civil commitment | ⚪ unknown | Cited C.R.S. 18-1.3-908 confirmed via FindLaw to be a PRE-SENTENCE psychiatric evaluation/reporting procedure, NOT a post-sentence SVP civil-commitment statute; whether Colorado has any SVP civil-commitment program remains unconfirmed from a primary source (Colorado's 'sexually violent predator' designation is used for community notification, and its lifetime-supervision scheme is indeterminate sentencing, neither of which is civil commitment) | C.R.S. 18-1.3-908 |
| Public website exposure | 🟠 moderate | Lowest tier withheld — juveniles (adjudication-only) and adults with a single/first sexual misdemeanor excluded from internet posting; only felony and repeat-misdemeanor registrants may be posted — lowest tier withheld | C.R.S. 16-22-112 ✓ |
| Halloween / holiday restriction | ⚪ unknown | No statewide Halloween/holiday statute located; any such rule would be an individualized parole/probation condition (could not confirm from a source read) | n/a |
| Marked driver's license / ID | 🟢 favorable | Not marked — Colorado does not require the driver's license or state ID to be labeled to identify a registrant | n/a (no marking requirement) ✓ |
| Community notification (& who pays) | 🟠 moderate | Active community notification only for the highest-risk tier (sexually violent predators) under carefully controlled circumstances; general registry is a passive website; no registrant cost | C.R.S. 16-13-903 to 16-13-905 (SVP community notification) ✓ |
| Age of consent (context) | ℹ️ context | 17 — close-in-age: 15-16 if partner less than 10 years older; under 15 if partner less than 4 years older | C.R.S. § 18-3-402 (sexual assault) ✓ |
Source wiki page: Colorado · compare with others via the index. Weighted index from the v1 model (weighted_score.py); weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden. Removal ratings and the weights need NARSOL/attorney sign-off before authoritative use.