§ 18-5-903.5. Criminal Possession of an Identification Document

1. A person commits criminal possession of an identification document if the person knowingly has in his or her possession or under his or her control another person’s actual driver’s license, actual government-issued identification card, actual social security card, or actual passport, knowing that he or she does so without permission or lawful authority.
2. 1. [ Editor’s note: This version of subsection (2)(a) is effective until March 1, 2022.] Criminal possession of one or more identification documents issued to the same person is a class 1 misdemeanor.

      (2) (a) [ Editor’s note: This version of subsection (2)(a) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Criminal possession of one or more identification documents issued to the same person is a class 2 misdemeanor.

   2. Criminal possession of two or more identification documents, of which at least two are issued to different persons, is a class 6 felony.

Source: L. 2009: Entire section added, (SB 09-093), ch. 326, p. 1738, § 2, effective July 1, 2011. L. 2021: (2)(a) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3191, § 255, effective March 1, 2022.

Editor’s note: Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.