Colorado § 18-4-405 Rights in stolen property

Colorado Statutes

§ 18-4-405 — Rights in stolen property

Colorado § 18-4-405

Title 18Criminal

Art.Offenses Against Property

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-405 (2026).

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All property obtained by theft, robbery,
or burglary shall be restored to the owner, and no sale, whether in good faith on the
part of the purchaser or not, shall divest the owner of his right to such property. The
owner may maintain an action not only against the taker thereof but also against
any person in whose possession he finds the property. In any such action, the owner
may recover two hundred dollars or three times the amount of the actual damages
sustained by him, whichever is greater, and may also recover costs of the action and
reasonable attorney fees; but monetary damages and attorney fees shall not be
recoverable from a good-faith purchaser or good-faith holder of the property.

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All property obtained by theft, robbery,
or burglary shall be restored to the owner, and no sale, whether in good faith on the
part of the purchaser or not, shall divest the owner of his right to such property. The
owner may maintain an action not only against the taker thereof but also against
any person in whose possession he finds the property. In any such action, the owner
may recover two hundred dollars or three times the amount of the actual damages
sustained by him, whichever is greater, and may also recover costs of the action and
reasonable attorney fees; but monetary damages and attorney fees shall not be
recoverable from a good-faith purchaser or good-faith holder of the property.