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Colorado · Through Colorado Revised Statutes 2026

C.R.S. § 18-5-903.5: Criminal possession of an identification document - bias-motivated crime enforcement - civil actions.

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  1. Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE
  2. Article 5 - Offenses Involving Fraud
  3. Part 9 - IDENTITY THEFT AND RELATED OFFENSES

(1) A person commits criminal possession of an identification document if the person knowingly confiscates or possesses or controls another person's actual driver's license, actual government-issued identification card, actual social security card, or actual passport without permission or lawful authority.

(2) (a) Except as described in section 18-9-121, criminal possession of one or more identification documents issued to the same individual is a class 2 misdemeanor.

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

(3) An individual who is harmed by a person's commission of the offense described in this section may:

(a) Request that the court order the person to return the identification document immediately; and

(b) Bring a civil action to recover any damages caused by the person's commission of the offense.

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