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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-403 (2026)

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If any law of this state refers to or mentions larceny, stealing, embezzlement (except embezzlement of public moneys), false pretenses, confidence games, or shoplifting, that law shall be interpreted as if the word "theft" were substituted therefor; and in the enactment of sections 18-4-401 to 18-4-403 it is the intent of the general assembly to define one crime of theft and to incorporate therein such crimes, thereby removing distinctions and technicalities which previously existed in the pleading and proof of such crimes.

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 429, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-4-403.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1986–2025 · leading case: v. People, 2020 CO 54 (Colo. 2020).
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v. People, 2020 CO 54 (Colo. 2020). · cites it 2× “; see also § 18-4-403(1), C.R.S. (1986). We concluded that the crimes were mutually exclusive, reasoning that a defendant who caused the victim’s submission under the first-degree sexual assault statute could not simultaneously cause submission through means proscribed by the…”
West v. Roberts, 143 P.3d 1037 (Colo. 2006). · cites it 4× “Section 18-4-403 of the Colorado Criminal Code provides that any Colorado law referring to larceny "shall be interpreted as if the word `theft' were substituted therefore.”
Nelson v. Gas Rsch. Inst., 121 P.3d 340 (Colo. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “See § 18-4-403, C.R.S. 2004. Section 8-2-105, C.”
MacArthur Co. v. Cupit (In re Cupit), 514 B.R. 42 (Bankr.D. Colo. 2014). · cites it 2× “MacArthur has also established its right to recover treble damages under Colo.Rev.Stat. § 18-4-403 and that such damages are also nondischargeable under § 523(a)(4), bringing the total nondischargeable claim up to $143,326.”
Martin v. Hauck (In re Hauck), 489 B.R. 208 (D. Colo. 2013). · cites it 3× “” Colo.Rev.Stat. § 18-4-403. Under § 18-4-403, (1) A person commits theft when he knowingly obtains or exercises control over anything of value of another without authorization, or by threat or deception, and: (a) Intends to deprive the other person permanently of the use or…”
Tague & Beem, P.C. v. Tague (In Re Tague), 137 B.R. 495 (Bankr.D. Colo. 1991). · cites it 3× “, that law shall be interpreted as if the word “theft” were substituted therefore; and in the enactment of sections 18-4-101 to 18-4-103 it is the intent of the general assembly to define one crime of theft and to incorporate therein such crimes, thereby removing distinctions…”
In Re Thompson, 991 P.2d 820 (Colo. 1999). · cites it 2× “Section 18-4-403, 6 C.R.S. (1999), states: If any law of this state refers to or mentions larceny, stealing, embezzlement (except embezzlement of public moneys), false pretenses, confidence games, or shoplifting, that law shall be interpreted as if the word “theft” were…”
Bemas Constr., Inc. v. Dorland (In Re Dorland), 374 B.R. 765 (Bankr.D. Colo. 2007). · cites it 2× “Under Colorado law, “theft” is broadly defined under Colo.Rev.Stat. § 18-4-403, which provides: If any law of this state refers to or mentions larceny, stealing, embezzlement (except embezzlement of public moneys), false pretenses, confidence games, or shoplifting, that law…”
In Re Krupka, 317 B.R. 432 (Bankr.D. Colo. 2004). · cites it 2× “*438 Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-4-403 . As a consequence, the category of crimes to which the treble damages provisions of Colo.”
People v. Warner, 801 P.2d 1187 (Colo. 1990). “By merging the crimes of larceny, embezzlement, false pretenses and confidence games, the General Assembly sought to remove the distinctions and technicalities that previously existed in the pleading and proof of such crimes.”
Richard Carl Bohling v. State, 2017 WY 7 (Wyo. 2017). “…thereby removing distinctions and technicalities which previously existed in the pleading and proof of such crimes.” Colo. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 18-4-403 .”
v. Berry, 2020 CO 14 (Colo. 2020). · cites it 2× “” See § 18-4-403, C.R.S. (2019) (“If any law of this state refers to or mentions larceny, stealing, embezzlement (except embezzlement of public moneys) .”
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v. People, 2020 CO 54 (Colo. 2020). “; see also § 18-4-403(1), C.R.S. (1986). We concluded that the crimes were mutually exclusive, reasoning that a defendant who caused the victim’s submission under the first-degree sexual assault statute could not simultaneously cause submission through means proscribed by the…”
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