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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 5 - OFFENSES RELATING TO THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (§§ 18-5-501 — 18-5-512) › Section 18-5-508 - Duplicate receipt not marked - penalty

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 outstanding and uncancelled, without placing upon the face thereof the word "duplicate", except in case of a lost or destroyed receipt after proceedings as provided for in section
4-7-601
, commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 249, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 445, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-5-508. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 837, § 66, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 504, § 50, effective September 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3189, p. 3189, § 249, effective 3/1/2022.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 5 - OFFENSES RELATING TO THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (§§ 18-5-501 — 18-5-512) › Section 18-5-509 - Warehouse's goods mingled - receipts - penalty

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 ownership, issue or aid in issuing a negotiable receipt for the goods that does not state such ownership commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 445, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-5-509. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 504, § 51, effective September 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 5 - OFFENSES RELATING TO THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (§§ 18-5-501 — 18-5-512) › Section 18-5-510 - Delivery of goods without receipt - penalty

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 those goods is outstanding and uncancelled, without obtaining the possession of that receipt at or before the time of the delivery, except the cases provided for in section
4-7-601
, C.R.S., commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 446, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-5-510. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 504, § 52, effective September 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 5 - OFFENSES RELATING TO THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (§§ 18-5-501 — 18-5-512) › Section 18-5-511 - Mortgaged goods receipt - penalty

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 negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing the person's want of title or the existence of such security interest, commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 446, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-5-511. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 505, § 53, effective September 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 6 - [Repealed] (§ 18-5-601) › Section 18-5-601 - to 18-5-606 - [Repealed]

L. 92: Entire part repealed, p. 393, § 25, effective July 1.
This part 6 was added in 1983.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 7 - FINANCIAL TRANSACTION DEVICE CRIME ACT (§§ 18-5-701 — 18-5-707) › Section 18-5-701 - Definitions

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 device" means any machine which, when properly activated by a financial transaction device or a personal identification code, may be used for any of the purposes for which a financial transaction device may be used.
(3)
"Financial transaction device" means any instrument or device whether known as a credit card, banking card, debit card, electronic fund transfer card, or guaranteed check card, or account number representing a financial account or affecting the financial interest, standing, or obligation of or to the account holder, that can be used to obtain cash, goods, property, or services or to make financial payments, but shall not include a "check", a "negotiable order of withdrawal", and a "share draft" as defined in section
18-5-205
.
(4)
"Issuer" means any person or banking, financial, or business institution, corporation, or other business entity that assigns financial rights by acquiring, distributing, controlling, or canceling a financial transaction device.
(5)
"Personal identification code" means any grouping of letters, numbers, or symbols assigned to the account holder of a financial transaction device by the issuer to permit authorized electronic use of that financial transaction device.
(6)
"Sales form" means any written record of a financial transaction involving use of a financial transaction device.
L. 84: Entire part added, p. 549, § 2, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 7 - FINANCIAL TRANSACTION DEVICE CRIME ACT (§§ 18-5-701 — 18-5-707) › Section 18-5-703 - [Repealed]

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.
For current provisions relating to criminal possession of a financial device, see §18-5-903.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 7 - FINANCIAL TRANSACTION DEVICE CRIME ACT (§§ 18-5-701 — 18-5-707) › Section 18-5-704 - [Repealed]

L. 84: Entire part added, p. 550, § 2, effective July 1. L. 89: (1) amended, p. 837, § 69, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire section repealed, p. 1319, § 7, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 7 - FINANCIAL TRANSACTION DEVICE CRIME ACT (§§ 18-5-701 — 18-5-707) › Section 18-5-705 - Criminal possession or sale of a blank financial transaction device

(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 or with intent to cause the use, delivery, circulation, or sale of it, or sells any financial transaction device which has not been embossed or magnetically encoded with the name of the account holder, personal identification code, expiration date, or other proprietary institutional information.
(2)
Criminal possession of a blank financial transaction device is a class 6 felony.
(3)
Criminal possession of two or more blank financial transaction devices is a class 5 felony.
(4)
Delivery, circulation, or sale of one blank financial transaction device is a class 5 felony.
(5)
Delivery, circulation, or sale of two or more blank financial transaction devices is a class 3 felony.
(6)
For purposes of this section, a blank financial transaction device is one that has at least one or more characteristics of a financial transaction device but does not contain all of the characteristics of a completed financial transaction device.
L. 84: Entire part added, p. 550, § 2, effective July 1. L. 89: (2) to (4) amended, p. 837, § 70, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 7 - FINANCIAL TRANSACTION DEVICE CRIME ACT (§§ 18-5-701 — 18-5-707) › Section 18-5-706 - Criminal possession of forgery devices

(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, printing, embossing, or magnetic encoding of a financial transaction device or the altering or addition of any uniform product codes, optical characters, or holographic images to a financial transaction device, and intends to use the thing possessed, or knows that some person intends to use the thing possessed, in the commission of such an offense.
(2)
Possession of a forgery device is a class 5 felony.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 298,§ 21, eff. 10/1/2023.
L. 84: Entire part added, p. 551, § 2, effective July 1. L. 89:(2) amended, p. 838, § 71, effective July 1. L. 2023:(2) amended,(HB 23-1293), ch. 298, p. 1787, § 21, effective October 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 7 - FINANCIAL TRANSACTION DEVICE CRIME ACT (§§ 18-5-701 — 18-5-707) › Section 18-5-707 - Unlawful manufacture of a financial transaction device

(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, optical characters, or holographic images to a device which is or purports to be, or which is calculated to become or to represent if completed, a financial transaction device; or
(c)
Falsely completes a financial transaction device by adding to an incomplete device to make it a complete one.
(2)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
To "falsely alter" a financial transaction device means to change such device without the authority of anyone entitled to grant such authority, whether it be in complete or incomplete form, by means of erasure, obliteration, deletion, insertion of new matter, transposition of matter, or any other means, so that such device in its thus altered form falsely appears or purports to be in all respects an authentic creation of or fully authorized by its ostensible issuer.
(b)
To "falsely complete" a financial transaction device means to transform an incomplete device into a complete one by adding, inserting, or changing matter without the authority of anyone entitled to grant that authority, so that the complete device falsely appears or purports to be in all respects an authentic creation of or fully authorized by its ostensible issuer.
(c)
To "falsely make" a financial transaction device means to make or manufacture a device, whether complete or incomplete, which purports to be an authentic creation of its ostensible issuer, but which is not, either because the ostensible issuer is fictitious or because, if real, he did not authorize the making or the manufacturing thereof.
(3)
Unlawful manufacture of a financial transaction device is a class 5 felony.
L. 84: Entire part added, p. 551, § 2, effective July 1; (1)(b) amended, p. 1125, § 43, effective July 1. L. 89: (3) amended, p. 838, § 72, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 8 - EQUITY SKIMMING AND RELATED OFFENSES (§§ 18-5-801 — 18-5-804) › Section 18-5-801 - Definitions

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 section
42-1-102
(48.8).
(3)
"Rent" means any moneys or any other thing of value received as a payment or as a deposit for the privilege of living in or using real property.
(4)
"Security interest" means an interest in personal property which secures payment or performance of an obligation.
(5)
"Vehicle" means any device of conveyance capable of moving itself or of being moved from place to place upon wheels or a track or by water or air, whether or not intended for the transport of persons or property, and includes any space within such "vehicle" adapted for overnight accommodation of persons or animals or for the carrying on of business. "Vehicle" does not include a manufactured home as defined in section
42-1-102
(48.8).
Amended by 2022 Ch. 421, § 28, eff. 8/10/2022.
L. 87: Entire part added, p. 670, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: (2) and (5) amended, p. 2552, § 42, effective 1/1/1995.
2022 Ch. 421, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 8 - EQUITY SKIMMING AND RELATED OFFENSES (§§ 18-5-801 — 18-5-804) › Section 18-5-803 - Equity skimming of a vehicle

(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)
Obtains or exercises control over the vehicle of another and then sells or leases the vehicle to a third party without first obtaining written authorization from the secured creditor, lessor, or lienholder for the transaction of the sale or lease to the third party, unless the entire balance of the security interest, lien, or lease is paid or satisfied within thirty days of said transaction; or
(b)
Arranges the sale or lease of the vehicle of another to a third party without first obtaining written authorization from the secured creditor, lessor, or lienholder for the transaction of the sale or lease to the third party and exercises control over any part of the funds received, unless the entire balance of the security interest, lien, or lease is paid or satisfied within thirty days of said transaction; or
(c)
Knowingly fails to ascertain on a monthly basis whether payments are due to the secured creditor, lienholder, or lessor and to apply all funds he receives for any lease or sale of the vehicle toward the satisfaction of any outstanding payment due to the secured creditor, lienholder, or lessor in a timely manner.
(2)
Equity skimming of a vehicle is:
(a)
A petty offense if the amount is less than three hundred dollars;
(b)
A class 2 misdemeanor if the amount is three hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand dollars;
(c)
A class 1 misdemeanor if the amount is one thousand dollars or more but less than two thousand dollars;
(d)
A class 6 felony if the amount is two thousand dollars or more but less than five thousand dollars;
(e)
A class 5 felony if the amount is five thousand dollars or more but less than twenty thousand dollars;
(f)
A class 4 felony if the amount is twenty thousand dollars or more but less than one hundred thousand dollars;
(g)
A class 3 felony if the amount is one hundred thousand dollars or more but less than one million dollars; and
(h)
A class 2 felony if the amount is one million dollars or more.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 252, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 87: Entire part added, p. 671, § 1, effective July 1. L. 89: (2) amended, p. 839, § 74, effective July 1. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3190, p. 3190, § 252, effective 3/1/2022.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 8 - EQUITY SKIMMING AND RELATED OFFENSES (§§ 18-5-801 — 18-5-804) › Section 18-5-804 - Civil action

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 procedure if such fees have not been received by the condominium association, property owners' association, or any like association for a period of ninety days or more.
L. 87: Entire part added, p. 672, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 9 - IDENTITY THEFT AND RELATED OFFENSES (§§ 18-5-901 — 18-5-905) › Section 18-5-902 - Identity theft

(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 other thing of value or to make a financial payment;
(b)
Knowingly possesses the personal identifying information, financial identifying information, or financial device of another without permission or lawful authority, with the intent to use or to aid or permit some other person to use such information or device to obtain cash, credit, property, services, or any other thing of value or to make a financial payment;
(c)
With the intent to defraud, falsely makes, completes, alters, or utters a written instrument or financial device containing any personal identifying information or financial identifying information of another;
(d)
Knowingly possesses the personal identifying information or financial identifying information of another without permission or lawful authority to use in applying for or completing an application for a financial device or other extension of credit; or
(e)
Knowingly uses or possesses the personal identifying information of another without permission or lawful authority with the intent to obtain a government-issued document.
(f)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (SB 09-093), ch. 326, p. 1737, § 1, effective July 1, 2009.)
(2)
(a)
Identity theft in violation of subsection (1)(a) or (1)(c) of this section is a class 4 felony.
(b)
Identity theft in violation of subsection (1)(b), (1)(d), or (1)(e) of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor; except that it is a class 5 felony if the person possesses three or more financial devices or the personal or financial identifying information of three or more persons.
(3)
[Repealed by 2023 amendment.]
Amended by 2023 Ch. 298,§ 22, eff. 10/1/2023.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 253, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 2006: Entire part added, p. 1322, § 8, effective July 1. L. 2009:(1)(a), (1)(f), and (3) amended,(SB 09-093), ch. 326, p. 1737, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021:(1)(d), (1)(e), and (2) amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3190, § 253, effective 3/1/2022. L. 2023:(2)(b) amended and (3) repealed,(HB 23-1293), ch. 298, p. 1787, § 22, effective October 1.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 9 - IDENTITY THEFT AND RELATED OFFENSES (§§ 18-5-901 — 18-5-905) › Section 18-5-903 - Criminal possession of a financial device

(1)
A person commits criminal possession of a financial device if the person has in his or her possession or under his or her control any financial device that the person knows, or reasonably should know, to be lost, stolen, or delivered under mistake as to the identity or address of the account holder.
(2)
(a)
Except as provided in subsection (2)(c) of this section, criminal possession of one or more financial devices is a class 2 misdemeanor.
(b)
[Deleted by 2023 amendment.]
(c)
Criminal possession of three or more financial devices, of which at least two are issued to different account holders, is a class 5 felony.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 298,§ 23, eff. 10/1/2023.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 254, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 2006: Entire part added, p. 1323, § 8, effective July 1. L. 2021:(2)(a) amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3191, § 254, effective 3/1/2022. L. 2023:(2) amended,(HB 23-1293), ch. 298, p. 1787, § 23, effective October 1..
Section 77 of chapter 298 (HB 23-1293), Session Laws of Colorado 2023, provides that the act changing subsection (2) applies to offenses committed on or after October 1, 2023.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 9 - IDENTITY THEFT AND RELATED OFFENSES (§§ 18-5-901 — 18-5-905) › Section 18-5-903.5 - Criminal possession of an identification document

(1)
A person commits criminal possession of an identification document if the person knowingly has in his or her possession or under his or her control another person's actual driver's license, actual government-issued identification card, actual social security card, or actual passport, knowing that he or she does so without permission or lawful authority.
(2)
(a)
Criminal possession of one or more identification documents issued to the same person 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.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 255, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 2009: Entire section added, (SB 09-093), ch. 1738, p. 1738, § 2, effective 7/1/2011. L. 2021: (2)(a) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3191, p. 3191, § 255, effective 3/1/2022.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 9 - IDENTITY THEFT AND RELATED OFFENSES (§§ 18-5-901 — 18-5-905) › Section 18-5-904 - Gathering identity information by deception

(1)
A person commits gathering identity information by deception if he or she knowingly makes or conveys a materially false statement, without permission or lawful authority, with the intent to obtain, record, or access the personal identifying information or financial identifying information of another.
(2)
Gathering identity information by deception is a class 5 felony.
L. 2006: Entire part added, p. 1323, § 8, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 5 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905) › Part 9 - IDENTITY THEFT AND RELATED OFFENSES (§§ 18-5-901 — 18-5-905) › Section 18-5-905 - Possession of identity theft tools

(1)
A person commits possession of identity theft tools if he or she possesses any tools, equipment, computer, computer network, scanner, printer, or other article adapted, designed, or commonly used for committing or facilitating the commission of the offense of identity theft as described in section
18-5-902
, and intends to use the thing possessed, or knows that a person intends to use the thing possessed, in the commission of the offense of identity theft.
(2)
Possession of identity theft tools is a class 5 felony.
L. 2006: Entire part added, p. 1323, § 8, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 6 - OFFENSES INVOLVING THE FAMILY RELATIONS (§§ 18-6-101 — 18-6-805) › Part 1 - [Repealed] (§ 18-6-101) › Section 18-6-101 - to 18-6-105 - [Repealed]

Article 6 Part 1 repealed by 2013 Ch. 372,§3, eff. 7/1/2013.
This article was numbered as article 6 of chapter 40, C.R.S. 1963.
For the legislative declaration in the 2013 act repealing this part 1, see section 1 of chapter 372, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 6 - OFFENSES INVOLVING THE FAMILY RELATIONS (§§ 18-6-101 — 18-6-805) › Part 2 - BIGAMY (§§ 18-6-201 — 18-6-203) › Section 18-6-201 - Bigamy

(1)
Any married person who, while still married, marries, enters into a civil union, or cohabits in this state with another person commits bigamy, unless as an affirmative defense it appears that at the time of the cohabitation, subsequent marriage, or subsequent civil union:
(a)
The accused reasonably believed the prior spouse to be dead; or
(b)
The prior spouse had been continually absent for a period of five years during which time the accused did not know the prior spouse to be alive; or
(c)
The accused reasonably believed that he or she was legally eligible to remarry or legally eligible to enter into a civil union.
(1.5)
Any person who is a partner in a civil union, while still legally in a civil union, who marries, enters into another civil union, or cohabits in the state with another person other than a current partner in a civil union, commits bigamy, unless as an affirmative defense it appears that at the time of the cohabitation or subsequent marriage or subsequent civil union:
(a)
The accused reasonably believed the prior partner to be dead; or
(b)
The prior partner had been continually absent for a period of five years during which time the accused did not know the prior partner to be alive; or
(c)
The accused reasonably believed that he or she was legally eligible to marry or legally eligible to enter into a civil union.
(2)
Bigamy is a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 257, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 263, § 7, eff. 7/1/2016.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 447, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-6-201. L. 89: (2) amended, p. 839, § 76, effective July 1. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (SB 16-150), ch. 1081, p. 1081, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3191, p. 3191, § 257, effective 3/1/2022.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
(1) For the "Uniform Marriage Act", see article 2 of title 14 ; for the "Uniform Dissolution of Marriage Act", see article 10 of title 14 . (2) For the legislative declaration in SB 16-150, see section 1 of chapter 263, Session Laws of Colorado 2016.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 6 - OFFENSES INVOLVING THE FAMILY RELATIONS (§§ 18-6-101 — 18-6-805) › Part 2 - BIGAMY (§§ 18-6-201 — 18-6-203) › Section 18-6-202 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2021 Ch. 462, § 258, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 448, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-6-202. L. 2021: (2) added by revision, (SB 21-271), ch. 3191, p. 3191, 3331, §§ 258, 803.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act repealing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 6 - OFFENSES INVOLVING THE FAMILY RELATIONS (§§ 18-6-101 — 18-6-805) › Part 2 - BIGAMY (§§ 18-6-201 — 18-6-203) › Section 18-6-203 - Definitions

As used in section
18-6-201
, "cohabitation" means to live together under the representation of being married.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 259, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 448, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-6-203. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3192, p. 3192, § 259, effective 3/1/2022.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 6 - OFFENSES INVOLVING THE FAMILY RELATIONS (§§ 18-6-101 — 18-6-805) › Part 3 - INCEST (§§ 18-6-301 — 18-6-303) › Section 18-6-301 - Incest

(1)
Any person who knowingly marries, inflicts sexual penetration or sexual intrusion on, or subjects to sexual contact, as defined in section
18-3-401
, an ancestor or descendant, including a natural child, child by adoption, or stepchild twenty-one years of age or older, a brother or sister of the whole or half blood, or an uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece of the whole blood commits incest, which is a class 4 felony. For the purpose of this section only, "descendant" includes a child by adoption and a stepchild, but only if the person is not legally married to the child by adoption or the stepchild.
(2)
When a person is convicted of, pleads nolo contendere to, or receives a deferred sentence for a violation of the provisions of this section and the victim is a child who is under eighteen years of age and the court knows the person is a current or former employee of a school district or a charter school in this state or holds a license or authorization pursuant to the provisions of article
60.5
of title
22
, C.R.S., the court shall report such fact to the department of education.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 448, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-6-301. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 695, § 6, effective June 15. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 770, § 8 effective July 1. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 1025, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2000: (2) amended, p. 1847, § 32, effective August 2. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 2514, § 2, effective June 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 6 - OFFENSES INVOLVING THE FAMILY RELATIONS (§§ 18-6-101 — 18-6-805) › Part 3 - INCEST (§§ 18-6-301 — 18-6-303) › Section 18-6-302 - Aggravated incest

(1)
A person commits aggravated incest when he or she knowingly:
(a)
Marries his or her natural child or inflicts sexual penetration or sexual intrusion on or subjects to sexual contact, as defined in section
18-3-401
, his or her natural child, stepchild, or child by adoption, but this paragraph (a) shall not apply when the person is legally married to the stepchild or child by adoption. For the purpose of this paragraph (a) only, "child" means a person under twenty-one years of age.
(b)
Marries, inflicts sexual penetration or sexual intrusion on, or subjects to sexual contact, as defined in section
18-3-401
, a descendant, a brother or sister of the whole or half blood, or an uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece of the whole blood who is under ten years of age.
(2)
Aggravated incest is a class 3 felony.
(3)
When a person is convicted, pleads nolo contendere, or receives a deferred sentence for a violation of the provisions of this section and the court knows the person is a current or former employee of a school district in this state or holds a license or authorization pursuant to the provisions of article
60.5
of title
22
, C.R.S., the court shall report such fact to the department of education.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 448, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-6-302. L. 77: (1) amended, p. 965, § 35, effective July 1. L. 83: Entire section added, p. 695, § 7, effective June 15. L. 90: (3) added, p. 1026, § 8, effective July 1. L. 2000: (3) amended, p. 1847, § 33, effective August 2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 6 - OFFENSES INVOLVING THE FAMILY RELATIONS (§§ 18-6-101 — 18-6-805) › Part 3 - INCEST (§§ 18-6-301 — 18-6-303) › Section 18-6-303 - Sentencing

(1)
The court may suspend a portion of the sentence of any person who is convicted of a violation committed prior to November 1, 1998, of any offense listed in this part 3 who is not a habitual sex offender against children, as described in section
18-3-412
, if the offender receives a presentence evaluation that recommends a treatment program and the offender satisfactorily completes the recommended treatment program.
(2)
In addition to any other penalty provided by law, the court may sentence a defendant who is convicted of a first offense pursuant to this part 3, committed prior to November 1, 1998, to a period of probation for purposes of treatment that, when added to any time served, does not exceed the maximum sentence imposable for the offense.
(3)
The court shall sentence a defendant who is convicted of any offense specified in this part 3 committed on or after November 1, 1998, pursuant to the provisions of part 10 of article
1.3
of this title.
L. 83: Entire section added, p. 695, § 8, effective June 15. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 1293, § 14, effective November 1. L. 2002: (3) amended, p. 1567, § 391, effective October 1.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending subsection (3), see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 6 - OFFENSES INVOLVING THE FAMILY RELATIONS (§§ 18-6-101 — 18-6-805) › Part 4 - WRONGS TO CHILDREN (§§ 18-6-401 — 18-6-405) › Section 18-6-401.1 - Child abuse - limitation for commencing proceedings - evidence - statutory privilege

(1)
For the purposes of this section, "child abuse" means child abuse as defined in section
18-6-401(1)
.
(2)
No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for an act of child abuse other than the misdemeanor offenses specified in section
18-6-401(7)(a)(V), (7)(a)(VI), and (7)(b)
, unless the indictment, information, complaint, or action for the same is found or instituted within ten years after commission of the offense. No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for the misdemeanor offenses specified in section
18-6-401(7)(a)(V), (7)(a)(VI), and (7)(b)
, unless the indictment, information, complaint, or action for the same is found or instituted within five years after the commission of the offense.
(3)
An out-of-court statement made by a child, as "child" is defined under the statutes that are the subject of the action, describing any act of child abuse to which the child declarant was subjected or that the child declarant witnessed, and that is not otherwise admissible by a statute or court rule that provides an exception to the hearsay objection, may be admissible pursuant to section
13-25-129(3)
.
(4)
All cases involving the commission of an act of child abuse shall take precedence before the court; the court shall hear these cases as soon as possible after they are filed.
(5)
The statutory privilege between the victim-patient and his physician and between the husband and the wife shall not be available for excluding or refusing testimony in any prosecution of an act of child abuse.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 42,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2019.
L. 85: Entire section added, p. 673, § 3, effective June 7.
Section 4 of chapter 42 (SB 19-071), Session Laws of Colorado 2019, provides that the act changing this section applies to proceedings occurring on or after July 1, 2019.
For provisions concerning sex offenses against children that are similar to the provisions of this section, see § 18-3-411; for the physician-patient and husband-wife privileges, see § 13-90-107.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 6 - OFFENSES INVOLVING THE FAMILY RELATIONS (§§ 18-6-101 — 18-6-805) › Part 4 - WRONGS TO CHILDREN (§§ 18-6-401 — 18-6-405) › Section 18-6-401.3 - Video tape depositions - children - victims of child abuse

(1)
When a defendant has been charged with an act of child abuse, as defined in section
18-6-401(1)
, and when the victim at the time of the commission of the act is a child less than fifteen years of age, the prosecution may apply to the court for an order that a deposition be taken of the victim's testimony and that the deposition be recorded and preserved on video tape.
(2)
The prosecution shall apply for the order in writing at least three days prior to the taking of the deposition. The defendant shall receive reasonable notice of the taking of the deposition.
(3)
Upon timely receipt of the application, the court shall make a preliminary finding regarding whether, at the time of trial, the victim is likely to be medically unavailable or otherwise unavailable within the meaning of rule 804 (a) of the Colorado rules of evidence. Such finding shall be based on, but not be limited to, recommendations from the child's therapist or any other person having direct contact with the child, whose recommendations are based on specific behavioral indicators exhibited by the child. If the court so finds, it shall order that the deposition be taken, pursuant to rule 15 (d) of the Colorado rules of criminal procedure, and preserved on video tape. The prosecution shall transmit the video tape to the clerk of the court in which the action is pending.
(4)
If at the time of trial the court finds that further testimony would cause the victim emotional trauma so that the victim is medically unavailable or otherwise unavailable within the meaning of rule 804 (a) of the Colorado rules of evidence, the court may admit the video tape of the victim's deposition as former testimony under rule 804 (b)(1) of the Colorado rules of evidence.
(5)
Nothing in this section shall prevent the admission into evidence of any videotaped statements of children that would qualify for admission pursuant to section
13-25-129
, C.R.S., or any other statute or rule of evidence.
L. 85: Entire section added, p. 675, § 3, effective June 7. L. 2000: (5) added, p. 453, § 8, effective April 24.
For provisions concerning video tape depositions of child victims of sexual offenses that are similar to the provisions of this section, see § 18-3-413.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 6 - OFFENSES INVOLVING THE FAMILY RELATIONS (§§ 18-6-101 — 18-6-805) › Part 4 - WRONGS TO CHILDREN (§§ 18-6-401 — 18-6-405) › Section 18-6-401.4 - Payment of treatment costs for the victim or victims of an act of child abuse

(1)
In addition to any other penalty provided by law, the court may order any person who is convicted of an act of child abuse, as defined in section
18-6-401(1)
, to meet all or any portion of the financial obligations of treatment prescribed for the victim or victims of his offense.
(2)
At the time of sentencing, the court may order that an offender described in subsection (1) of this section be put on a period of probation for the purpose of paying the treatment costs of the victim or victims.
L. 85: Entire section added, p. 675, § 3, effective June 7. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 976, § 14, effective April 17.
For provisions concerning payment of treatment costs for victims of sexual offenses against children that are similar to the provisions of this section, see § 18-3-414.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 6 - OFFENSES INVOLVING THE FAMILY RELATIONS (§§ 18-6-101 — 18-6-805) › Part 4 - WRONGS TO CHILDREN (§§ 18-6-401 — 18-6-405) › Section 18-6-402 - [Repealed]

L. 77: Entire section added, p. 981, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 1308, § 2, effective May 30. L. 2009: (2) and (3) amended, (HB 09-1123), ch. 306, p. 1652, §1, effective May 21. L. 2010: Entire section repealed, (SB 10-140), ch. 156, p. 540, §13, effective April 21.
This section was relocated to §
18-3-502
in 2010.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 6 - OFFENSES INVOLVING THE FAMILY RELATIONS (§§ 18-6-101 — 18-6-805) › Part 4 - WRONGS TO CHILDREN (§§ 18-6-401 — 18-6-405) › Section 18-6-404 - Procurement of a child for sexual exploitation

Any person who intentionally gives, transports, provides, or makes available, or who offers to give, transport, provide, or make available, to another person a child for the purpose of sexual exploitation of a child commits procurement of a child for sexual exploitation, which is a class 3 felony.
L. 83: Entire section added, p. 696, § 9, effective June 15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 6 - OFFENSES INVOLVING THE FAMILY RELATIONS (§§ 18-6-101 — 18-6-805) › Part 4 - WRONGS TO CHILDREN (§§ 18-6-401 — 18-6-405) › Section 18-6-405 - Reports of convictions to department of education

(1)
When a person is convicted, pleads nolo contendere, or receives a deferred sentence for a violation of the provisions of this part 4 and the court knows the person is a current or former employee of a school district in this state or holds a license or authorization pursuant to the provisions of article
60.5
of title
22
, C.R.S., the court shall report such fact to the department of education.
(2)
Repealed.
L. 90: Entire section added, p. 1026, § 9, effective July 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1291, § 4, effective 1/1/1997. L. 2000: (2) repealed, p. 1722, § 4, effective June 1; (1) amended, p. 1847, § 34, effective August 2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 6 - OFFENSES INVOLVING THE FAMILY RELATIONS (§§ 18-6-101 — 18-6-805) › Part 5 - ADULTERY (§ 18-6-501) › Section 18-6-501 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2013 Ch. 59,§1, eff. 8/7/2013.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 449, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-6-501. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1166), ch. 59, p. 195, § 1, effective August 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 6 - OFFENSES INVOLVING THE FAMILY RELATIONS (§§ 18-6-101 — 18-6-805) › Part 6 - HARBORING A MINOR (§ 18-6-601) › Section 18-6-601 - Harboring a minor

(1)
(a)
A person commits the crime of harboring a minor if the person knowingly provides shelter to a minor without the consent of a parent, guardian, custodian of the minor, or the person with whom the child resides the majority of the time pursuant to a court order allocating parental responsibilities and if the person intentionally:
(I)
Fails to release the minor to a law enforcement officer after being requested to do so by the officer; or
(II)
Fails to disclose the location of the minor to a law enforcement officer when requested to do so, if the person knows the location of the minor and had either taken the minor to that location or had assisted the minor in reaching that location; or
(III)
Obstructs a law enforcement officer from taking the minor into custody; or
(IV)
Assists the minor in avoiding or attempting to avoid the custody of a law enforcement officer; or
(V)
Fails to notify the parent, guardian, custodian of the minor, or the person with whom the child resides the majority of the time pursuant to a court order allocating parental responsibilities or a law enforcement officer that the minor is being sheltered within twenty-four hours after shelter has been provided.
(b)
If the shelter provided to the minor is by a licensed child care facility, including a licensed homeless youth shelter, the minor, despite the minor's status, may reside at such facility or shelter for a period not to exceed two weeks after the time of intake, pursuant to the procedures set forth in article
5.7
of title
26
, C.R.S.
(c)
It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the defendant had custody of the minor or lawful parenting time with the minor pursuant to a court order.
(2)
Harboring a minor is a class 2 misdemeanor.
L. 86: Entire part added, p. 780, § 1, effective April 14; (3) amended, p. 1225, § 46, effective May 30. L. 94: (2)(b) amended, p. 2656, § 139, effective July 1. L. 96: (2)(c) amended, p. 1842, § 7, effective July 1. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 975, § 1, effective May 22. L. 98: IP(1)(a), (1)(a)(V), and (1)(c) amended, p. 1403, § 57, effective 2/1/1999.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 6 - OFFENSES INVOLVING THE FAMILY RELATIONS (§§ 18-6-101 — 18-6-805) › Part 7 - CONTRIBUTING TO DELINQUENCY (§ 18-6-701) › Section 18-6-701 - Contributing to the delinquency of a minor

(1)
(a)
Any person who induces, aids, or encourages a child to violate any state law that is a felony victims rights act crime as defined in section
24-4.1-302 (1)
commits first degree contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
(b)
Any person who induces, aids, or encourages a child to violate any municipal or county ordinance, court order, or state or federal law that is not a felony victims rights act crime as defined in section
24-4.1-302 (1)
commits second degree contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
(c)
As used in this section, the term "child" means any person under the age of eighteen years.
(2)
(a)
First degree contributing to the delinquency of a minor is a class 4 felony.
(b)
Second degree contributing to the delinquency of a minor is a class 1 misdemeanor.
(3)
When a person is convicted, pleads nolo contendere, or receives a deferred sentence for a violation of the provisions of this section and the court knows the person is a current or former employee of a school district in this state or holds a license or authorization pursuant to the provisions of article
60.5
of title
22
, C.R.S., the court shall report such fact to the department of education.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 261, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 87: Entire part added, p. 817, § 22, effective October 1. L. 90: (3) added, p. 1026, § 10, effective July 1. L. 92: (1) amended, p. 404, § 17, effective June 3. L. 2000: (3) amended, p. 1847, § 35, effective August 2. L. 2021: (1) and (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3192, p. 3192, § 261, effective 3/1/2022.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 6 - OFFENSES INVOLVING THE FAMILY RELATIONS (§§ 18-6-101 — 18-6-805) › Part 8 - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (§§ 18-6-800.3 — 18-6-805) › Section 18-6-800.3 - Definitions

As used in this part 8, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Domestic violence" means an act or threatened act of violence upon a person with whom the actor is or has been involved in an intimate relationship. "Domestic violence" also includes any other crime against a person, or against property, including an animal, or any municipal ordinance violation against a person, or against property, including an animal, when used as a method of coercion, control, punishment, intimidation, or revenge directed against a person with whom the actor is or has been involved in an intimate relationship.
(2)
"Intimate relationship" means a relationship between spouses, former spouses, past or present unmarried couples, or persons who are both the parents of the same child regardless of whether the persons have been married or have lived together at any time.
L. 89: Entire section added, p. 909, § 1, effective April 4. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 2020, § 1, effective June 3; entire section amended, p. 2025, § 1, effective July 1. L. 95: IP and (1) amended, p. 566, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 726, § 7, effective July 1.
Subsection (1) was amended in Senate Bill 94-51. Those amendments were superseded by the amendment of the entire section in House Bill 94-1253.