Colorado § 18-5-706 Criminal possession of forgery devices

Colorado Statutes

§ 18-5-706 — Criminal possession of forgery devices

Colorado·Title 18 Criminal·Art. Offenses Involving Fraud

(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.

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(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.

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Legislative History

Source: 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.