Damaging, defacing or destruction of private property.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 38-71
in effectSec. 38-71. - Damaging, defacing or destruction of private property.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to damage, deface, destroy or injure the real or personal property of one (1) or more other persons in the course of a single episode where the aggregate damage to the real or personal property is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
(b) Deface as used in subsection (a) shall include, but not be limited to, the writing, painting, inscribing, drawing, scratching or scribbling upon any wall or surface owned, operated or maintained by any person, unless there is written permission for said writing, painting, inscribing, drawing, scratching or scribbling.
(c) Violation of this section is a class 4 offense if the aggregate damage to the real or personal property is less than three hundred dollars ($300.00).
(d) Violation of this section is a class 3 offense if the aggregate damage to the real or personal property is three hundred dollars ($300.00) or more but less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
(Code 1950, § 852.1; Ord. No. 389-85, 7-15-85; Ord. No. 463-92, § 1, 7-13-92; Ord. No. 951-92, § 1, 12-14-92; Ord. No. 580-94, § 2, 7-25-94; Ord. No. 448-07, § 6, 8-20-07; Ord. No. 677-07, § 3, 11-19-07; Ord. No. 328-26, § 15, 6-29-26)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH38OFMIPR_ARTIIIOFAGPR_DIV3PRPR_S38-71DADEDEPRPRFetched: 10/27/2026