Colorado § 35-43-128 Theft of certain animals - penalty

Colorado Statutes

§ 35-43-128 — Theft of certain animals - penalty

Colorado § 35-43-128

Title 35Agriculture

Art.Branding and Herding

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-43-128 (2026).

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Any person who commits
theft of, or knowingly kills, sells, drives, leads, transports, or rides away, or in any
manner deprives the owner of the immediate possession of any cattle, horses,
mules, sheep, goats, swine, or asses, either live or slaughtered, or any portion of the
slaughtered carcass thereof, or any person who commits theft of, or knowingly kills,
sells, drives, leads, transports, or rides away, or in any manner applies to the
person's own use any cattle, horses, mules, goats, sheep, asses, or swine, either live
or slaughtered, or any portion of the slaughtered carcass thereof, the owner of
which is unknown, or any person who knowingly purchases from anyone not having
the lawful right to sell and dispose of the same any cattle, horses, mules, sheep,
goats, swine, or a

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Any person who commits
theft of, or knowingly kills, sells, drives, leads, transports, or rides away, or in any
manner deprives the owner of the immediate possession of any cattle, horses,
mules, sheep, goats, swine, or asses, either live or slaughtered, or any portion of the
slaughtered carcass thereof, or any person who commits theft of, or knowingly kills,
sells, drives, leads, transports, or rides away, or in any manner applies to the
person's own use any cattle, horses, mules, goats, sheep, asses, or swine, either live
or slaughtered, or any portion of the slaughtered carcass thereof, the owner of
which is unknown, or any person who knowingly purchases from anyone not having
the lawful right to sell and dispose of the same any cattle, horses, mules, sheep,
goats, swine, or asses, either live or slaughtered, or any portion of the slaughtered
carcass thereof, commits a class 4 felony and shall be punished as provided in
section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S.

Legislative History

Source: L. 68: p. 41, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 8-2-39. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 883, � 61, effective July 1, 1979. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 848, � 128, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1724, � 26, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1550, � 321, effective October 1.