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Home » US Law » 2022 Colorado Code » Title 18 - Criminal Code » Article 15 - Offenses - Making, Financing, or Collection of Loans

§ 18-15-101. Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: To “collect” an extension of credit means to induce in any way any person to make repayment thereof. “Creditor” means any person who extends credit or any person claiming by, under, or through any such person. “Debtor” means any person who receives an extension of […]

§ 18-15-102. Extortionate Extension of Credit – Penalty

Any person who makes any extension of credit in any amount regardless of the loan finance charge with respect to which it is the understanding of the creditor and the debtor at the time it is made that delay in making repayment or failure to make repayment will result in the use of extortionate means […]

§ 18-15-103. Presumption That Extension of Credit Is Extortionate

The provisions of this section are nonexclusive and in no way limit the effect or applicability of section 18-15-102. In any prosecution under section 18-15-102, if it is shown that the factors enumerated in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this subsection (2) were present in connection with the making of the extension of credit […]

§ 18-15-104. Engaging in Criminal Usury

Any person who knowingly charges, takes, or receives any money or other property as a loan finance charge where the charge exceeds an annual percentage rate of forty-five percent or the equivalent for a longer or shorter period commits the crime of criminal usury, which is a class 6 felony. It is an affirmative defense […]

§ 18-15-105. Financing Extortionate Extensions of Credit

Any person who knowingly advances money or property, whether as a gift, a loan, or an investment, pursuant to a partnership or profit-sharing agreement, or otherwise, to any person, with reasonable grounds to believe that it is the intention of the person to whom the advance is made to use the money or property, directly […]

§ 18-15-106. Financing Criminal Usury

Any person who knowingly advances money or property, whether as a gift, a loan, or an investment, pursuant to a partnership or profit-sharing agreement, or otherwise, to any person, with reasonable grounds to believe that it is the intention of the person to whom the advance is made to use the money or property, directly […]

§ 18-15-107. Collection of Extensions of Credit by Extortionate Means

It is unlawful for any person knowingly to participate in any way, or to conspire to do so, in the use of any extortionate means to collect or to attempt to collect any extension of credit or to punish any person for the nonrepayment of any extension of credit. Any person who violates the provisions […]

§ 18-15-108. Possession or Concealment of Records of Criminal Usury

Any person who possesses or conceals any writing, paper, instrument, or article used to record criminally usurious transactions, and who knows or has reasonable grounds to know that the contents have been used, are being used, or are intended to be used to conduct a criminally usurious transaction, or who possesses or conceals such instruments […]

§ 18-15-109. Loan Finder – Definitions – Prohibited Fees

As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: “Borrower” means any person seeking to obtain a loan through the services of a loan finder. “Loan” has the same meaning as set forth in section 5-1-301 (25), C.R.S. “Loan finder” means any person who, directly or indirectly, serves or offers to serve as a […]