Section 18-1-502 - Requirements for criminal liability in general and for offenses of strict liability and of mental culpability

The minimum requirement for criminal liability is the performance by a person of conduct which includes a voluntary act or the omission to perform an act which he is physically capable of performing. If that conduct is all that is required for commission of a particular offense, or if an offense or some material element thereof does not require a culpable mental state on the part of the actor, the offense is one of 'strict liability'. If a culpable mental state on the part of the actor is required with respect to any material element of an offense, the offense is one of 'mental culpability'.L. 71: R&RE, p. 404, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-1-602.