Colorado § 18-5-902 Identity theft

Colorado Statutes

§ 18-5-902 — Identity theft

Colorado § 18-5-902

Title 18Criminal

Art.Offenses Involving Fraud

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-902 (2026).

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(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 inst

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(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.

Legislative History

Source: 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 March 1, 2022. L. 2023: (2)(b) amended and (3) repealed, (HB 23-1293), ch. 298, p. 1787, � 22, effective October 1.