- A person commits second degree forgery if, with intent to defraud, such person falsely makes, completes, alters, or utters a written instrument of a kind not described in section 18-5-102 or 18-5-104.5.
- [ Editor’s note: This version of subsection (2) is effective until March 1, 2022.] Second degree forgery is a class 1 misdemeanor.
(2) [ Editor’s note: This version of subsection (2) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Second degree forgery is a class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 435, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-5-104. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1989, § 18, effective July 1. L. 96: (1) amended, p. 841, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3181, § 227, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor’s note: Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.