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.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic
Article 13 - Disposition of Personal Property
§ 42-13-101. Scope and Effect of Article - Exception to Provisions
§ 42-13-102. Return of Property
§ 42-13-103. Sale of Unclaimed Property
§ 42-13-104. Deposit of Proceeds
§ 42-13-105. Release of Impounded Vehicles - Penalty
§ 42-13-105. Release of Impounded Vehicles - Penalty
§ 42-13-106. Impounded Vehicles - Notice - Hearing