Title 18, Criminal Code
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-201 Definitions. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 437, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-5-201. L. 84: Entire section repealed, p. 552, � 3, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-201.1 Definitions relating to guaranteed check cards. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 81: Entire section added, p. 991, � 1, effective April 30. L. 84: Entire section repealed, p. 552, � 3, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-202 Fraudulent use of a credit device. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 437, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-5-202. L. 72: p. 593, � 68. L. 84: Entire section repealed, p. 552, � 3, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-202.1 Fraudulent use of guaranteed check card. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 81: Entire section added, p. 991, � 1, effective April 30. L. 84: Entire section repealed, p. 552, � 3, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-203 Theft of credit device or guaranteed check card. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 438, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-5-203. L. 84: Entire section repealed, p. 552, � 3, effective July 1. 18-5-204. Criminal possession of credit device or guaranteed check card. (Repealed) Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 438, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-5-204. L. 84: Entire s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-204 Criminal possession of credit device or guaranteed check card. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 18-5-204Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-205 Fraud by check - definitions - penalties
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) Check means a written, unconditional order to pay a sum certain in money, drawn on a bank, payable on demand, and signed by the drawer. Check, for the purposes of this section only, also includes a negotiable…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-206 Defrauding a secured creditor or debtor
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(1) If a person, with intent to defraud a creditor by defeating, impairing, or rendering worthless or unenforceable any security interest, sells, assigns, transfers, conveys, pledges, encumbers, conceals, destroys, or disposes of any collateral subject to a security interest, the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-207 Purchase on credit to defraud
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A person who purchases any personal property on credit and thereafter, before paying for it, sells, hypothecates, pledges, or disposes of it with intent to defraud the seller or vendor commits a class 2 misdemeanor. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 440, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-5-207.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-208 Dual contracts to induce loan
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It is a class 2 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly make, issue, deliver, or receive dual contracts for the purchase or sale of real property. The term dual contracts, either written or oral, means two separate contracts concerning the same parcel of real property, one of whi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-209 Issuing a false financial statement - obtaining a financial transaction device by false statements
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(1) A person commits issuing a false financial statement if, with intent to defraud, he: (a) Knowingly makes or utters a written instrument which purports to describe the financial condition or ability to pay of himself or another person and which is false in some material respec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-210 Receiving deposits in a failing financial institution
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A person commits a class 6 felony if, as an officer, manager, or other person participating in the direction of a financial institution, he knowingly receives or permits the receipt of a deposit or investment, knowing that the institution is insolvent. A financial institution is …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-211 Insurance fraud - definitions
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(1) A person commits insurance fraud if the person does any of the following: (a) With an intent to defraud presents or causes to be presented in written, verbal, or digital form an application or request for the issuance, modification, or renewal of an insurance policy, which ap…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-301 Fraud in effecting sales
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(1) A person commits a class 2 misdemeanor if, in the course of business, he knowingly: (a) Uses or possesses for use a false weight or measure, or any other device for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity; or (b) Sells, offers, or exposes for sale or delivers…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-302 Unlawful activity concerning the selling of land
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(1) Any person who, after once selling, bartering, or disposing of any land, or executing any bond or agreement for sale of any land, again sells, barters, or disposes of the same tract of land or any part thereof, or executes any bond or agreement to sell or barter or dispose of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-303 Bait advertising
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(1) A person commits bait advertising if, in any manner, including advertising or any other means of communication, he offers property or services as part of a scheme or plan, with the intent, plan, or purpose not to sell or provide the advertised property or services at all, or …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-304 False statements as to circulation
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It is a civil infraction for any person engaged in the publication of any newspaper, magazine, periodical, or other advertising medium published in the state of Colorado or for any employee of any such publisher knowingly to make any statement concerning the circulation of the ne…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-305 Identification number - altering - possession
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(1) A person commits the crime of altering identification number if, with intent that identification of an article be hindered or prevented, he obscures an identification number or in the course of business he sells, offers for sale, leases, or otherwise disposes of an article kn…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-306 Counterfeit or imitation controlled substances. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 81: Entire section added, p. 995, � 1, effective July 1; (1)(a) amended, p. 2031, � 46, effective January 1, 1982. L. 83: Entire section repealed, p. 704, � 4, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-307 Fee paid to private employment agencies
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(1) As used in this section: (a) Applicant means any person applying to a private employment agency in order to secure employment with any person, firm, association, or corporation other than the private employment agency. (b) Employment means every character of service rendered …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-308 Electronic mail fraud
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(1) A person commits electronic mail fraud if he or she violates any provision of 18 U.S.C. sec. 1037 (a). (2) This section shall not apply to a provider of internet access service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. sec. 231, who does not initiate the commercial electronic mail message. (3…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-309 Money laundering - illegal investments - penalty - definitions
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(1) A person commits money laundering if he or she: (a) Conducts or attempts to conduct a financial transaction that involves money or any other thing of value that he or she knows or believes to be the proceeds, in any form, of a criminal offense: (I) With the intent to promote …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-401 Commercial bribery and breach of duty to act disinterestedly
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(1) A person commits a class 6 felony if he solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit as consideration for knowingly violating or agreeing to violate a duty of fidelity to which he is subject as: (a) Agent or employee; or (b) Trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary; or (c)…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-402 Rigging publicly exhibited contests
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(1) A person commits a civil infraction if, with the intent to prevent a publicly exhibited or advertised contest from being conducted in accordance with the rules and usages purporting to govern it, the person: (a) Confers or offers or agrees to confer any benefit upon, or threa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-403 Bribery in sports
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(1) As used in this section: (a) Sports contest means any professional or amateur sport or athletic game, race, or contest viewed by the public. (b) Sports participant means any person who participates or expects to participate in a sports contest as a player, contestant, or memb…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-501 Definitions
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The definitions set forth in the Uniform Commercial Code, title 4, C.R.S., shall apply to sections 18-5-502 to 18-5-511. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 444, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-5-501.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-502 Failure to pay over assigned accounts
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(1) When, under the terms of an assignment of an account, as defined in section 4-9-102 (a)(2), the assignor, being permitted to collect the proceeds from the debtor, is to pay over to the assignee any of the proceeds and, after collection thereof, the assignor willfully and wron…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-503 Criminal liability of transferor of a bulk transfer. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 445, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-5-503. L. 91: Entire section repealed, p. 270, � 8, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-504 Concealment or removal of secured property
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(1) If a person who has given a security interest in personal property, as security interest is defined in section 4-1-201 (b)(35), or other person with actual knowledge of the security interest, during the existence of the security interest, knowingly conceals or removes the enc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-505 Failure to pay over proceeds unlawful
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(1) When, under the terms of an instrument creating a security interest in personal property, as security interest is defined in section 4-1-201 (b)(35), the person giving the security interest and retaining possession of the encumbered property and having liberty of sale or othe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-506 Fraudulent receipt - penalty
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A warehouse, as defined in section 4-7-102 (a)(13), or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouse, that issues or aids in issuing a receipt knowing that the goods for which the receipt is issued have not been actually received by the warehouse, or are not under the warehouse's…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-507 False statement in receipt - penalty
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A warehouse, as defined in section 4-7-102 (a)(13), C.R.S., or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouse, that fraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a receipt for goods knowing that it contains any false statement, commits a class 2 misdemeanor. Source: L. 71: R…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-508 Duplicate receipt not marked - penalty
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A warehouse, as defined in section 4-7-102 (a)(13), or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouse, that issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstandi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-509 Warehouse's goods mingled - receipts - penalty
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Where there are deposited with or held by a warehouse, as defined in section 4-7-102 (a)(13), C.R.S., goods of which the warehouse is owner, either solely or jointly or in common with others, the warehouse or any of the warehouse's officers, agents, or servants that, knowing this…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-510 Delivery of goods without receipt - penalty
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A warehouse, as defined in section 4-7-102 (a)(13), C.R.S., or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouse, that delivers goods out of the possession of such warehouse, knowing that a negotiable receipt the negotiation of which would transfer the right of the possession of thos…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-511 Mortgaged goods receipt - penalty
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Any person who deposits goods to which the person does not have title, or upon which there is a security interest in personal property, as security interest is defined in section 4-1-201 (b)(35), C.R.S., and who takes for such goods a negotiable receipt that the person afterwards…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-512 Issuance of bad check
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(1) In adopting this section, the general assembly declares as a matter of policy that the issuance and delivery of a known bad check by any person is, in itself, not only harmful to the person to whom it is given but is also injurious to the community at large and is, therefore,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-701 Definitions
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As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Account holder means the person or business entity named on the face of a financial transaction device to whom or for whose benefit the financial transaction device is issued by an issuer. (2) Automated banking de…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-702 Unauthorized use of a financial transaction device
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(1) A person commits unauthorized use of a financial transaction device if he uses such device for the purpose of obtaining cash, credit, property, or services or for making financial payment, with intent to defraud, and with notice that either: (a) The financial transaction devi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-703 Criminal possession of a financial transaction device. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 84: Entire part added, p. 550, � 2, effective July 1. L. 86: (3) amended, p. 770, � 7, effective July 1. L. 89: (3) and (4) amended, p. 837, � 68, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire section repealed, p. 1318, � 6, effective July 1. Cross references: For current provisio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-704 Sale or possession for sale of a financial transaction device. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 18-5-704Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-705 Criminal possession or sale of a blank financial transaction device
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(1) A person commits criminal possession or sale of a blank financial transaction device if, without the authorization of the issuer or manufacturer, he has in his possession or under his control or receives from another person, with intent to use, deliver, circulate, or sell it …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-706 Criminal possession of forgery devices
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(1) A person commits possession of forgery devices if he possesses any tools, photographic equipment, printing equipment, or any other device adapted, designed, or commonly used for committing or facilitating the commission of an offense involving the unauthorized manufacture, pr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-707 Unlawful manufacture of a financial transaction device
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(1) A person commits unlawful manufacture of a financial transaction device if, with intent to defraud, he: (a) Falsely makes or manufactures, by printing, embossing, or magnetically encoding, a financial transaction device; or (b) Falsely alters or adds uniform product codes, op…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-801 Definitions
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As used in this part 8, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Lease means any grant of use and possession for consideration, with or without an option to buy. (2) Real property means land and any interest or estate in land and includes a manufactured home as defined in secti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-802 Equity skimming of real property
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(1) A person commits the crime of equity skimming of real property if the person knowingly: (a) Acquires an interest in real property that is encumbered by a loan secured by a mortgage or deed of trust and the loan is in arrears at the time the person acquires the interest or is …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-803 Equity skimming of a vehicle
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(1) A person commits equity skimming of a vehicle if, knowing the vehicle is subject to a security interest, lien, or lease, he accepts possession of or exercises any control over the vehicle in exchange for consideration given which may be verbal assurance or otherwise, and: (a)…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-804 Civil action
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A condominium association, a property owners' association, or any like association of real property owners which charges fees for the upkeep of a housing facility, a housing project, or a common area thereof may proceed pursuant to rule 102 of the Colorado rules of civil procedur…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-901 Definitions
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As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Account holder means any person or business entity named on or associated with the account or named on the face of a financial device to whom or for whose benefit the financial device is issued by an issuer. (2) E…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-902 Identity theft
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(1) A person commits identity theft if he or she: (a) Knowingly uses the personal identifying information, financial identifying information, or financial device of another without permission or lawful authority with the intent to obtain cash, credit, property, services, or any o…