Colorado § 18-5-207 - Purchase on credit to defraud.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 18-5-207 — Purchase on credit to defraud., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18-5-207. Purchase on credit to defraud.
A person who purchases any personal property on credit and thereafter, before paying for it, sells, hypothecates, pledges, or disposes of it with intent to defraud the seller or vendor commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 440, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-5-207.
ANNOTATION
Purpose of section. This section was not intended to have any effect whatever in the determination of the validity or invalidity of any contracts of sale made by the vendor. In this respect, it extended no greater protection to the creditor than the law gave him before this section was enacted. It is simply a penal statute, intended to punish the man guilty under its provisions. Nicholls v. McShane, 16 Colo. App. 165, 64 P. 375 (1901) (decided under former section).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 18-5-207 ("Purchase on credit to defraud.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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