Colorado Revised Statutes

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-13-101 (2026)

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This article shall apply to all personal property acquired or held by a law enforcement agency in the course of motor vehicle law enforcement or related highway duties and under circumstances supporting a reasonable belief that such property was abandoned, lost, stolen, or otherwise illegally possessed, including property left in abandoned vehicles or at vehicle accident locations, unclaimed property obtained by a search and seizure, and unclaimed property used as evidence in any criminal trial, except for such other personal property as shall be disposed of in a different manner in accordance with other Colorado statutes.

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2513, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 42-16-101 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-13-101 was relocated to § 42-11-101.

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Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Jones v. Reis (D. Colo. 2024).

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Jones v. Reis (D. Colo. 2024). · cites it 4× “Jones’s demand for a noticed hearing under Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-13-101 fails for the same reason that his procedural due process claim fails.”

— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-13-101(6) — 1 case

Jones v. Reis (D. Colo. 2024). “Jones’s demand for a noticed hearing under Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-13-101 fails for the same reason that his procedural due process claim fails.”

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