2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 11 - Financial Institutions
Article 51. Securities
Editor's note: This article was numbered as article 1 of chapter 125, C.R.S. 1963. The substantive provisions of this article were repealed and reenacted in 1990, resulting in the addition, relocation, and elimination of sections as well as subject matter. For amendments to this article prior to 1990, consult the Colorado statutory research explanatory note and the table itemizing the replacement volumes and supplements to the original volume of C.R.S. 1973 beginning on page vii in the front of this volume. Former C.R.S. section numbers are shown in editor's notes following those sections that were relocated.
Cross references: For provisions on investment securities, see article 8 of title 4.
Law reviews: For article, "Recent Developments Affecting Securities Litigation in Colorado", see 13 Colo. Law. 1161 (1984); for article, "Securities", which discusses Tenth Circuit decisions dealing with securities law, see 61 Den. L.J. 369 (1984), 62 Den. U.L. Rev. 295 (1985), and 63 Den. U. L. Rev. 435 (1986); for article, "Securities Regulation in the Burger Court", see 56 U. Colo. L. Rev. 193 (1985); for article, "Securities and Commodity Futures Regulation", which discusses Tenth Circuit decisions dealing with securities law, see 64 Den. U.L. Rev. 329 (1987); for article, "Securities Fraud and the Governmental Issuer", see 16 Colo. Law. 1392 (1987); for article, "Arbitration with a View to the Future", see 17 Colo. Law. 2175 (1988); for article "Resort Condominiums and the Federal Securities Laws", see 18 Colo. Law. 229 (1989); for a discussion of Tenth Circuit decisions dealing with securities law, see 66 Den. U.L. Rev. 797 (1989); for article, "The New Colorado Securities Act", see 19 Colo. Law. 1767 (1990); for article, "Securities Litigation in the 1990s", see 19 Colo. Law. 2045 (1990); for article, "Colorado Securities Act of 1990: The Securities Commissioner's View", see 19 Colo. Law. 2041 (1990); for a discussion of Tenth Circuit decisions dealing with securities law, see 67 Den. U. L. Rev. 767 (1990); for article, "Colorado's Regulation of Investment Advisers", see 28 Colo. Law. 39 (April 1999); for article, "Contribution Rights in Colorado Securities Fraud Cases", see 29 Colo. Law. 51 (June 2000); for article, "Colorado Securities Act Twenty Years Later", 40 Colo. Law. 31 (Dec. 2011).
- Section 11-51-201. Definitions.
- Section 11-51-201.5. Investment adviser registration depository - definition.
- Section 11-51-202. References to federal statutes.
- Section 11-51-301. Requirement for registration of securities.
- Section 11-51-302. General registration provisions.
- Section 11-51-303. Registration by coordination.
- Section 11-51-304. Registration by qualification.
- Section 11-51-304.5. Notice filing - investment companies.
- Section 11-51-305. Filing of sales literature.
- Section 11-51-306. Denial, suspension, or revocation of registration.
- Section 11-51-307. Exempt securities.
- Section 11-51-308. Exempt transactions.
- Section 11-51-308.5. Crowdfunding - intrastate offering of securities - online intermediaries - rules - fees - short title - legislative declaration.
- Section 11-51-308.7. Colorado digital token act - legislative declaration - exemptions definitions - rules.
- Section 11-51-309. Discretionary exemptions.
- Section 11-51-310. Denial or revocation of exemptions.
- Section 11-51-311. Coordination of exemptions.
- Section 11-51-401. Licensing and notice filing requirements.
- Section 11-51-402. Exempt broker-dealers, sales representatives - sanctions - exempt investment advisers and investment adviser representatives.
- Section 11-51-403. Application for license - notice filing requirements.
- Section 11-51-404. License and notice fees.
- Section 11-51-405. Examinations and alternate qualifications.
- Section 11-51-406. General provisions.
- Section 11-51-407. Operating requirements.
- Section 11-51-408. Licensing of successor firms.
- Section 11-51-409. Access to records.
- Section 11-51-409.5. Mandatory disclosure - investment advisers and investment adviser representatives.
- Section 11-51-410. Denial, suspension, or revocation.
- Section 11-51-411. Abandonment of license.
- Section 11-51-412. Withdrawal.
- Section 11-51-501. Fraud and other prohibited conduct.
- Section 11-51-502. Misleading filings.
- Section 11-51-503. Unlawful representation concerning a license, registration, or exemption.
- Section 11-51-601. Investigations - subpoenas.
- Section 11-51-602. Enforcement by injunction.
- Section 11-51-603. Criminal penalties.
- Section 11-51-603.5. Concurrent enforcement by attorney general - legislative declaration.
- Section 11-51-604. Civil liabilities.
- Section 11-51-605. Burden of proof.
- Section 11-51-606. Conduct of proceedings - cease-and-desist orders - consent orders summary orders - issued by securities commissioner - rules.
- Section 11-51-607. Judicial review of orders.
- Section 11-51-701. Division of securities - creation - powers and duties.
- Section 11-51-702. Division subject to termination. (Repealed)
- Section 11-51-702.5. Securities board - creation - duties - repeal.
- Section 11-51-703. Administration of article.
- Section 11-51-704. Rules, forms, and orders.
- Section 11-51-705. Interpretive opinions.
- Section 11-51-706. Consent to service of process.
- Section 11-51-801. Effective date of article.
- Section 11-51-802. Savings provisions.
- Section 11-51-803. Repeal of article.
- Section 11-51-901. Short title.
- Section 11-51-902. General powers of securities commissioner.
- Section 11-51-903. Interests in local government investment pool trust fund.
- Section 11-51-904. Requirement for registration of local government investment pools.
- Section 11-51-905. General registration requirements.
- Section 11-51-906. Reports to securities commissioner.
- Section 11-51-907. Access to records.
- Section 11-51-908. Confidentiality of information.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 17-1253, see section 1 of chapter 289, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.
- Section 11-51-1001. Short title.
- Section 11-51-1002. Definitions.
- Section 11-51-1003. Governmental disclosures - immunity.
- Section 11-51-1004. Third-party disclosures - immunity.
- Section 11-51-1006. Immunity for nondisclosure.
- Section 11-51-1007. Records.
- Section 11-51-1008. Multiple duties to report.