§ 38-36. Theft.  


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  • (a)

    It shall be unlawful to commit theft. A person commits theft when such person knowingly obtains, retains or exercises control over anything of value of another without authorization or by threat or deception; or receives, loans money by pawn or pledge on, or disposes of anything of value or belonging to another that he or she knows or believes to have been stolen, and:

    (1)

    Intends to deprive the other person permanently of the use or benefit of the thing of value;

    (2)

    Knowingly uses, conceals or abandons the thing of value in such a manner as to deprive the other person permanently of its use or benefits;

    (3)

    Uses, conceals, or abandons the thing of value intending that such use, concealment, or abandonment will deprive the other person permanently of its use or benefit;

    (4)

    Demands any consideration to which he or she is not legally entitled as a condition of restoring the thing of value to the other person; or

    (5)

    Knowingly retains the thing of value more than 72 hours after the agreed-upon time for return in any lease or hire agreement.

    (b)

    This section shall not apply when the aggregate value of the items taken in any one criminal episode exceeds the maximum dollar amount for a class 1 misdemeanor as set forth in C.R.S. § 18-4-401(2)(e) as amended, nor where the item taken is a motor vehicle, trade secret or credit device. Further, this section shall not apply where the theft is committed by fraudulent use of a credit device.

(Ord. No. 18-18, § 1, 4-16-2019)