2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 13 - MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES (§§ 18-13-101 — 18-13-133) › Section 18-13-114.5 - Proof of ownership required - penalty - definitions

(1)
A person who is a secondhand dealer or a dealer and retailer of new goods and who sells goods at a flea market or similar facility shall not sell or offer for sale any of the following property items without proof of ownership:
(a)
Baby food of a type usually consumed by children under three years of age;
(b)
Cosmetics;
(c)
Devices;
(d)
Drugs;
(e)
Infant formula;
(f)
Batteries; or
(g)
Razor blades.
(2)
A person required to have proof of ownership under subsection (1) of this section shall make such proof of ownership available to any peace officer for inspection at any reasonable time.
(3)
For purposes of this section:
(a)
"Cosmetic" means an article, or its components, intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to, the human body, or any part of the human body, for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering appearance. "Cosmetic" does not include soap.
(b)
"Device" means an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, including a component, part, or accessory, that is:
(I)
Recognized in the official national formulary or the United States pharmacopoeia, or any supplement to them;
(II)
Intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other condition, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or animals; or
(III)
Intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or animals and that does not achieve any of its principal intended purposes through chemical action within or on the body of humans or animals and that is not dependent upon being metabolized for the achievement of any of its principal intended purposes.
(c)
"Drug" means:
(I)
Any article recognized in an official compendium of drugs;
(II)
An article used or intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or animals;
(III)
An article, other than food, that is used or intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or animals; or
(IV)
An article intended for use as a component of an article specified in subparagraph (I), (II), or (III) of this paragraph (c).
(d)
"Infant formula" means a food that purports to be or is represented for special dietary use solely as a food for infants by reason of its simulation of human milk or its suitability as a complete or partial substitute for human milk.
(e)
"Proof of ownership" shall include:
(I)
The name, address, telephone number, and signature of the seller or the seller's authorized representative;
(II)
The name and address of the buyer or consignee if not sold; and
(III)
A description and quantity of the product.
(4)
A violation of this section is a petty offense.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 365, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 2006: Entire section added, p.1276, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: (4) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3216, § 365, 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).