CO Code § 42-5-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic|Article 5 - Automobile Theft Law - Inspectionof Motor Vehicle Identification Numbers|Part 1 - Automobile Theft|§ 42-5-104. Theft of Motor Vehicle Parts - Theft of License Plates

  Any person who with criminal intent removes, detaches, or takes from a motor vehicle which is the property of another any part, equipment, attachment, accessory, or appurtenance contained therein, contained thereon, or forming a part thereof or any person who aids, abets, or assists in the commission of any such act or acts is guilty of theft of motor vehicle parts.    Theft of motor vehicle parts is:   A class 1 misdemeanor if the value of the thing involved is less than one thousand dollars;    A class 5 felony if the value of the thing involved is one thousand dollars or more but less than twenty thousand dollars;    A class 3 felony if the value of the thing involved is twenty thousand dollars or more.       When a person commits theft of motor vehicle parts two times or more within a period of six months without having been placed in jeopardy for the prior offense or offenses and the aggregate value of the things involved is one thousand dollars or more but less than twenty thousand dollars, it is a class 5 felony; however, if the aggregate value of the things involved is twenty thousand dollars or more, it is a class 4 felony.    Any person who steals a license plate shall be in violation of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section.     History. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2441, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 98: (2)(a) and (2)(b) amended, p. 1441, § 23, effective July 1; (2)(a), (2)(b), and (3) amended, p. 799, § 17, effective July 1. L. 2003: (4) added, p. 2649, § 9, effective July 1. L. 2007: (2) and (3) amended, p. 1697, § 17, effective July 1.    Cross references:    For penalties for class 2 misdemeanors, see § 18-1.3-501; for penalties for class 3, 4, or 5 felonies, see § 18-1.3-401.    For the legislative declaration contained in the 2007 act amending subsections (2) and (3), see section 1 of chapter 384, Session Laws of Colorado 2007.     ANNOTATION   This section makes a valid classification of theft of auto parts, as distinct from general theft, and its unconstitutionality has not been demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt. People v. Czajkowski, 193 Colo. 352 , 568 P.2d 23.   When the general assembly concludes that certain factual situations justify the harsher penalty for automobile parts theft, the classification does not of itself violate equal protection of the laws. People v. Czajkowski, 193 Colo. 352 , 568 P.2d 23 (1977).   The general assembly did not proscribe the same conduct in this section and § 18-4-401 . This section requires that the thing stolen be a part of, or contained in, an automobile, and there is no such requirement under section 18-4-401 . People v. Czajkowski, 193 Colo. 352 , 568 P.2d 23 (1977).   Knowledge required to sustain conviction as accessory. Knowledge that a theft has occurred is knowledge sufficient to sustain a conviction of accessory to theft of auto parts. Barreras v. People, 636 P.2d 686 (Colo. 1981).   Statute as basis for jurisdiction. See People v. Davis, 194 Colo. 466 , 573 P.2d 543 (1978).   Applied in People v. Sequin, 199 Colo. 381 , 609 P.2d 622 (1980).