Colorado § 18-5-903 Criminal possession of a financial device

Colorado Statutes

§ 18-5-903 — Criminal possession of a financial device

Colorado § 18-5-903

Title 18Criminal

Art.Offenses Involving Fraud

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-903 (2026).

Text

(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 amendment, L. 2023.)

(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.

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(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 amendment, L. 2023.)

(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.

Legislative History

Source: 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 March 1, 2022. L. 2023: (2) amended, (HB 23-1293), ch. 298, p. 1787, � 23, effective October 1.