Colorado Code § 18-5-505

Failure to pay over proceeds unlawful
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(1) When, under the terms of an
instrument creating a security interest in personal property, as security interest is defined in
section 4-1-201 (b)(35), the person giving the security interest and retaining possession of the
encumbered property and having liberty of sale or other disposition, is required to account to the
secured creditor for the proceeds of the sale or other disposition, and willfully and wrongfully
fails to pay to the secured creditor the amounts due on account thereof, the person giving the
security interest commits failure to pay over proceeds.
(2) Failure to pay over proceeds is:
(a) A petty offense if the amount is less than three hundred dollars;
(b) A class 2 misdemeanor if the amount is three hundred dollars or more but less than
one thousand dollars;
(c) A class 1 misdemeanor if the amount is one thousand dollars or more but less than
two thousand dollars;
(d) A class 6 felony if the amount is more than two thousand dollars but less than five
thousand dollars;
(e) A class 5 felony if the amount is five thousand dollars or more but less than twenty
thousand dollars;
(f) A class 4 felony if the amount is twenty thousand dollars or more but less than one
hundred thousand dollars;
(g) A class 3 felony if the amount is one hundred thousand dollars or more but less than
one million dollars; and
(h) A class 2 felony if the amount is one million dollars or more.

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