Colorado Code
Part 4 - Definitions
§ 7-101-401. General Definitions

As used in articles 101 to 117 of this title 7, unless the context otherwise requires:




(5.5) "Beneficial owner" means a person that owns the beneficial interest in shares. The beneficial owner may be a shareholder included in the records of the corporation or a person on whose behalf shares are registered in the name of an intermediary, a nominee, or a voting trust of which the person is a beneficiary.





























(28.3) and (28.5) Repealed.
(28.6) "Related person" means, with respect to an individual:


















Source: L. 93: Entire article added, p. 738, § 1, effective July 1, 1994. L. 96: (27)(a) and (36) amended and (28.3) and (28.5) added, p. 1311, § 6, effective June 1. L. 97: (4) amended, p. 760, § 25, effective July 1, 1998. L. 2000: (4) and (10) amended, p. 977, § 50, effective July 1. L. 2002: (14) amended, p. 1859, § 156, effective July 1; (14) amended, p. 1711, § 102, effective October 1. L. 2003: (1)(b), (4)(b), (12)(b), (14)(b), (17)(b), (18)(b), (20)(b), (21)(b), (22)(b), (23)(b), (24)(b), (25)(b), (26)(b), (28.3)(b), (28.5)(b), (32.1), (33)(b), and (35)(b) added by revision, pp. 2356, 2357, §§ 347, 348. L. 2004: (3) and (28) amended, p. 1495, § 246, effective July 1. L. 2005: (30) and (31) amended, p. 760, § 10, effective June 1. L. 2006: (3) amended, p. 879, § 67, effective July 1. L. 2019: IP and (30) amended and (5.5) and (28.6) added, (SB 19-086), ch. 166, p. 1923, § 25, effective July 1, 2020. L. 2021: (15) repealed, (HB 21-1124), ch. 41, p. 162, § 6, effective April 19.
Editor's note: (1) Subsections (1)(b), (4)(b), (12)(b), (14)(b), (17)(b), (18)(b), (20)(b), (21)(b), (22)(b), (23)(b), (24)(b), (25)(b), (26)(b), (28.3)(b), (28.5)(b), (32.1), (33)(b), and (35)(b) provided for the repeal of subsections (1), (4), (12), (14), (17), (18), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25), (26), (28.3), (28.5), (32), (32.1), (33), and (35), respectively, effective July 1, 2004. (See L. 2003, pp. 2356, 2357.)
(2) Section 32 of chapter 41 (HB 21-1124), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to conduct occurring on or after April 19, 2021.
Cross references: For additional definitions applicable to this article, see § 7-90-102.