§ 18-5-903. Criminal Possession of a Financial Device

1. A person commits criminal possession of a financial device if the person has in his or her possession or under his or her control any financial device that the person knows, or reasonably should know, to be lost, stolen, or delivered under mistake as to the identity or address of the account holder.
2. 1. [ Editor’s note: This version of subsection (2)(a) is effective until March 1, 2022.] Criminal possession of one financial device 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 financial device is a class 2 misdemeanor.

   2. Criminal possession of two or more financial devices is a class 6 felony.
   3. Criminal possession of four or more financial devices, of which at least two are issued to different account holders, is a class 5 felony.

Source: L. 2006: Entire part added, p. 1323, § 8, effective July 1. L. 2021: (2)(a) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3191, § 254, 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.