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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Any person who makes any extension of credit in any amount regardless of the loan finance charge with respect to which it is the understanding of the creditor and the debtor at the time it is made that delay in making repayment or failure to make repayment will result in the use of extortionate means of collection is guilty of extortionate extension of credit, which is a class 4 felony.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 18. Criminal Code § 18-15-102. Extortionate extension of credit--penalty - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-18-criminal-code/co-rev-st-sect-18-15-102/
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