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Computer Crime
Colorado Revised Statutes
18-5.5-102 - Computer crime.
(1) A person commits computer crime if the person knowingly:
(a) Accesses a computer, computer network, or computer system or
any part thereof without authorization; exceeds authorized access
to a computer, computer network, or computer system or any part
thereof; or uses a computer, computer network, or computer system
or any part thereof without authorization or in excess of authorized
access; or
(b) Accesses any computer, computer network, or computer system,
or any part thereof for the purpose of devising or executing any
scheme or artifice to defraud; or
(c) Accesses any computer, computer network, or computer system,
or any part thereof to obtain, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses,
representations, or promises, money; property; services; passwords
or similar information through which a computer, computer network,
or computer system or any part thereof may be accessed; or other
thing of value; or
(d) Accesses any computer, computer network, or computer system,
or any part thereof to commit theft; or
(e) Without authorization or in excess of authorized access alters,
damages, interrupts, or causes the interruption or impairment of
the proper functioning of, or causes any damage to, any computer,
computer network, computer system, computer software, program, application,
documentation, or data contained in such computer, computer network,
or computer system or any part thereof; or
(f) Causes the transmission of a computer program, software, information,
code, data, or command by means of a computer, computer network,
or computer system or any part thereof with the intent to cause
damage to or to cause the interruption or impairment of the proper
functioning of or that actually causes damage to or the interruption
or impairment of the proper functioning of any computer, computer
network, computer system, or part thereof.
(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2000, p. 695, § 8, effective
July 1, 2000.)
(3) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection
(3), if the loss, damage, value of services, or thing of value taken,
or cost of restoration or repair caused by a violation of this section
is less than one hundred dollars, computer crime is a class 3 misdemeanor;
if one hundred dollars or more but less than five hundred dollars,
computer crime is a class 2 misdemeanor; if five hundred dollars
or more but less than fifteen thousand dollars, computer crime is
a class 4 felony; if fifteen thousand dollars or more, computer
crime is a class 3 felony.
(b) Computer crime committed in violation of paragraph (a) of
subsection (1) of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor; except
that, if the person has previously been convicted under this section,
a previous version of this section, or a statute of another state
of similar content and purport, computer crime committed in violation
of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section is a class 6
felony.
Source: L. 79: Entire article added, p. 728, § 7, effective
July 1. L. 83: (1) amended, p. 705, § 3, effective July 1.
L. 84: (3) amended, p. 538, § 14, effective July 1, 1985. L.
89: (3) amended, p. 839, § 75, effective July 1. L. 92: (3)
amended, p. 437, § 9, effective April 10. L. 98: (3) amended,
p. 1440, § 18, effective July 1; (3) amended, p. 797, §
12, effective July 1. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 695, §
8, effective July 1.
Am. Jur.2d. See 50 Am. Jur.2d, Larceny, § 67.
Law reviews. For article, "Ownership of Software and Computer-stored
Data", see 13 Colo. Law. 577 (1984).
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