Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 18-5-706 — Criminal possession of forgery devices.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 7: FINANCIAL TRANSACTION DEVICE CRIME ACT, Colorado Revised Statutes.
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Full text of C.R.S. § 18-5-706
Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.
(1) A person commits possession of forgery devices if he possesses any tools, photographic equipment, printing equipment, or any other device adapted, designed, or commonly used for committing or facilitating the commission of an offense involving the unauthorized manufacture, printing, embossing, or magnetic encoding of a financial transaction device or the altering or addition of any uniform product codes, optical characters, or holographic images to a financial transaction device, and intends to use the thing possessed, or knows that some person intends to use the thing possessed, in the commission of such an offense. (2) Possession of a forgery device is a class 5 felony.
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Is criminal possession of forgery devices a felony or a misdemeanor in Colorado?
Criminal possession of forgery devices is a class 5 felony in Colorado under C.R.S. § 18-5-706.
Which Colorado statute covers criminal possession of forgery devices?
Criminal possession of forgery devices is governed by C.R.S. § 18-5-706 (Criminal possession of forgery devices).
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