(1) A person commits criminal possession of an identification document if the person knowingly confiscates or possesses or controls another person's actual driver's license, actual government-issued identification card, actual social security card, or actual passport without permission or lawful authority.
(2) (a) Except as described in section 18-9-121, criminal possession of one or more identification documents issued to the same individual is a class 2 misdemeanor.
(b) Criminal possession of two or more identification documents, of which at least two are issued to different persons, is a class 6 felony.
(3) An individual who is harmed by a person's commission of the offense described in this section may:
(a) Request that the court order the person to return the identification document immediately; and
(b) Bring a civil action to recover any damages caused by the person's commission of the offense.
Source: L. 2009: Entire section added, (SB 09-093), ch. 326, p. 1738, § 2, effective July 1, 2011. L. 2021: (2)(a) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3191, § 255, effective March 1, 2022. L. 2026: (1) and (2)(a) amended and (3) added, (HB 26-1283), ch. 363, p. 2180, § 3, effective June 3.