Title 18, Criminal Code
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-15-101 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) To collect an extension of credit means to induce in any way any person to make repayment thereof. (2) Creditor means any person who extends credit or any person claiming by, under, or through any such person. (3…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-15-102 Extortionate extension of credit - penalty
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Any person who makes any extension of credit in any amount regardless of the loan finance charge with respect to which it is the understanding of the creditor and the debtor at the time it is made that delay in making repayment or failure to make repayment will result in the use …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-15-103 Presumption that extension of credit is extortionate
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(1) The provisions of this section are nonexclusive and in no way limit the effect or applicability of section 18-15-102. (2) In any prosecution under section 18-15-102, if it is shown that the factors enumerated in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this subsection (2) were present…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-15-104 Engaging in criminal usury
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(1) Any person who knowingly charges, takes, or receives any money or other property as a loan finance charge where the charge exceeds an annual percentage rate of forty-five percent or the equivalent for a longer or shorter period commits the crime of criminal usury, which is a …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-15-105 Financing extortionate extensions of credit
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Any person who knowingly advances money or property, whether as a gift, a loan, or an investment, pursuant to a partnership or profit-sharing agreement, or otherwise, to any person, with reasonable grounds to believe that it is the intention of the person to whom the advance is m…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-15-106 Financing criminal usury
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Any person who knowingly advances money or property, whether as a gift, a loan, or an investment, pursuant to a partnership or profit-sharing agreement, or otherwise, to any person, with reasonable grounds to believe that it is the intention of the person to whom the advance is m…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-15-107 Collection of extensions of credit by extortionate means
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(1) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to participate in any way, or to conspire to do so, in the use of any extortionate means to collect or to attempt to collect any extension of credit or to punish any person for the nonrepayment of any extension of credit. (2) Any person…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-15-108 Possession or concealment of records of criminal usury
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(1) Any person who possesses or conceals any writing, paper, instrument, or article used to record criminally usurious transactions, and who knows or has reasonable grounds to know that the contents have been used, are being used, or are intended to be used to conduct a criminall…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-15-109 Loan finder - definitions - prohibited fees
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) Borrower means any person seeking to obtain a loan through the services of a loan finder. (b) Loan has the same meaning as set forth in section 5-1-301 (25), C.R.S. (c) Loan finder means any person who, direc…