C.R.S. Section 13-25-130
Criminal actions

  • use of photographs, video tapes, or films of property

(1)

Photographs, video tapes, or films of property over which a person is alleged to have exerted unauthorized control or otherwise to have obtained unlawfully are competent evidence if the photographs, video tapes, or films are admissible into evidence under the rules of law governing the admissibility of photographs, video tapes, or films into evidence. Any photographic, video tape, or film record, when satisfactorily identified and authenticated, is as admissible in evidence as the property itself.

(2)

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(a)

Any photograph may bear a written description of the property alleged to have been wrongfully taken, the name of the owner of the property taken, the name of the accused, the name of the arresting law enforcement officer, the date of the photograph, and the signature of the photographer.

(b)

Any video tape or film may include, as a segment of the tape or film, a written description of the property alleged to have been wrongfully taken, the name of the owner of the property taken, the name of the accused, the name of the arresting law enforcement officer, the date the tape or film was produced, and a segment showing the signature of the photographer.

(3)

A law enforcement agency which is holding property over which a person is alleged to have exerted unauthorized control or otherwise to have obtained unlawfully may return that property to its owner if:

(a)

The appropriately identified photographs, video tapes, or films are filed and retained by the law enforcement agency;

(b)

Satisfactory proof of ownership of the property is shown by the owner;

(c)

A declaration of ownership is signed under penalty of perjury;

(d)

The defendant, if a defendant has been filed upon, has been notified that such photographs, video tapes, or films have been taken, recorded, or produced; and

(e)

A receipt for the property is obtained from the owner upon delivery by the law enforcement agency.

Source: Section 13-25-130 — Criminal actions - use of photographs, video tapes, or films of property, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-13.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

13‑25‑101
Printed statutes - reports of decisions 13‑25‑102
United States census bureau mortality table as evidence 13‑25‑104
Proof of handwriting 13‑25‑105
Certificate of register - patent 13‑25‑106
Judicial notice of laws of other jurisdictions 13‑25‑107
Proceedings of cities and towns 13‑25‑108
Evidence of assessment 13‑25‑109
Recording of patents to land 13‑25‑110
Patent - copy of record 13‑25‑111
Patents already recorded 13‑25‑112
Fees of recorder 13‑25‑113
Lost deed - bond - note - affidavit 13‑25‑114
Certificate of publisher 13‑25‑115
Certificate of head officer 13‑25‑116
Water officials’ records 13‑25‑117
Parties plaintiff 13‑25‑118
Joint defendants 13‑25‑119
Dying declarations 13‑25‑120
Corporate resolutions and minutes 13‑25‑121
Reports of death 13‑25‑122
Person missing, interned, or captured 13‑25‑123
Report deemed pursuant to law 13‑25‑124
Libel and slander - how pleaded 13‑25‑125
Justification - pleaded and proved 13‑25‑125.5
Libel and slander - self-publication 13‑25‑126
Genetic tests to determine parentage 13‑25‑126.5
Documents arising from environmental self-evaluation - admissibility in evidence 13‑25‑127
Civil actions - degree of proof required 13‑25‑128
Rules of evidence - grant of authority subject to reservation 13‑25‑129
Statements of a child - hearsay exception 13‑25‑129.5
Statements of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities - hearsay exception 13‑25‑130
Criminal actions - use of photographs, video tapes, or films of property 13‑25‑131
Civil actions - sexual assault - certain evidence presumed irrelevant 13‑25‑132
Criminal actions - video tape depositions - use at trial 13‑25‑133
Telecommunications devices for the deaf and teletype - inadmissibility in evidence - exception 13‑25‑134
Electronic records and signatures - admissibility in evidence - originals 13‑25‑135
Evidence of admissions - civil proceedings - unanticipated outcomes - medical care 13‑25‑136
Criminal actions - prenatal drug and alcohol screening - admissibility of evidence 13‑25‑137
Admissibility of commercial packaging 13‑25‑138
Victim’s and witness’s prior sexual conduct history - evidentiary hearing - victim’s identity - protective order 13‑25‑139
Criminal action - interference with witness - forfeiture by wrongdoing
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 13-25-130’s source at colorado​.gov