CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 16:08
FAILURE TO FILE REQUIRED REPORT OF PURCHASES OF VALUABLE ARTICLES (LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY)
The elements of the crime of failure to file required report of
purchases of valuable articles (local law enforcement agency) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
4. was a purchaser of valuable articles, and
[5. failed to provide the local law enforcement agency, on a weekly
basis, with two records, on a form provided by the local law
enforcement agency, of all valuable articles purchased during
the preceding week.]
[5. provided the local law enforcement agency with a form that
failed to include [insert information required to be recorded in
the purchaser’s register pursuant to section 18-16-105, C.R.S.
2025], a physical description of the seller, or the dollar amount
of the purchase.]
[5. failed to provide the local law enforcement agency with one
copy of the seller’s declaration of ownership.]
[5. provided to the local law enforcement agency a form detailing
all valuable articles purchased during the preceding week that
was not signed by [the seller] [the defendant] [the defendant’s
agent who participated in the purchase] at the time of
purchase.]
[6. and that the defendant’s conduct was not legally authorized by
the affirmative defense[s] in Instruction[s] ___.]
After considering all the evidence, if you decide the prosecution has
proven each of the elements beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find
the defendant guilty of failure to file required report of purchases of
valuable articles (local law enforcement agency).
After considering all the evidence, if you decide the prosecution has
failed to prove any one or more of the elements beyond a reasonable doubt,
you should find the defendant not guilty of failure to file required report of
purchases of valuable articles (local law enforcement agency).
History
COLJI-Crim. (2025), Colorado Supreme Court Model Criminal Jury Instructions Committee. The committee's page: "The 2025 edition was published online on February 25, 2026." © 2025 Supreme Court of Colorado for the State of Colorado.
Provenance
- Source
- www.coloradojudicial.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- crim-2026-02-25
- Content hash
5020dd85185b61b04c2a656d58afa120115a2f30f4e304b6510bead030301347
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