{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-5-206","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 18-5-206","heading":"Defrauding a secured creditor or debtor.","body":"(1) If a person, with intent to defraud a creditor by defeating, impairing, or rendering worthless or unenforceable any security interest, sells, assigns, transfers, conveys, pledges, encumbers, conceals, destroys, or disposes of any collateral subject to a security interest, the person commits:\n\n(a) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2007, p. 1694, § 9, effective July 1, 2007.)\n\n(b) Repealed.\n\n(b.5) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2014.)\n\n(c) A petty offense if the value of the collateral is less than three hundred dollars;\n\n(d) A class 2 misdemeanor if the value of the collateral is three hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand dollars;\n\n(e) A class 1 misdemeanor if the value of the collateral is one thousand dollars or more but less than two thousand dollars;\n\n(f) A class 6 felony if the value of the collateral is two thousand dollars or more but less than five thousand dollars;\n\n(g) A class 5 felony if the value of the collateral is five thousand dollars or more but less than twenty thousand dollars;\n\n(h) A class 4 felony if the value of the collateral is twenty thousand dollars or more but less than one hundred thousand dollars;\n\n(i) A class 3 felony if the value of the collateral is one hundred thousand dollars or more but less than one million dollars; and\n\n(j) A class 2 felony if the value of the collateral is one million dollars or more.\n\n(2) If a creditor, with intent to defraud a debtor, sells, assigns, transfers, conveys, pledges, buys, or encumbers a promissory note or contract signed by the debtor, the creditor commits:\n\n(a) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2007, p. 1694, § 9, effective July 1, 2007.)\n\n(b) Repealed.\n\n(b.5) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2014.)\n\n(c) A petty offense if the amount owing on the note or contract is less than three hundred dollars;\n\n(d) A class 2 misdemeanor if the amount owing on the note or contract is three hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand dollars;\n\n(e) A class 1 misdemeanor if the amount owing on the note or contract is one thousand dollars or more but less than two thousand dollars;\n\n(f) A class 6 felony if the amount owing on the note or contract is two thousand dollars or more but less than five thousand dollars;\n\n(g) A class 5 felony if the amount owing on the note or contract is five thousand dollars or more but less than twenty thousand dollars;\n\n(h) A class 4 felony if the amount owing on the note or contract is twenty thousand dollars or more but less than one hundred thousand dollars;\n\n(i) A class 3 felony if the amount owing on the note or contract is one hundred thousand dollars or more but less than one million dollars; and\n\n(j) A class 2 felony if the amount owing on the note or contract is one million dollars or more.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE","Article 5 - Offenses Involving Fraud","Part 2 - FRAUD IN OBTAINING PROPERTY OR SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-18.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"c0c4d8aded977e283af255fc7fdc66dcd5a04632c97e9ed56d4676b83b69c363","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-5-205","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-5-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}