As used in sections 18-5-101 to 18-5-110, unless the context otherwise requires: “Complete written instrument” means one which purports to be a genuine written instrument fully drawn with respect to every essential feature thereof. (1.5) “Document-making implement” means any implement or impression, including, but not limited to, a template or a computerized template or form, […]
A person commits forgery, if, with intent to defraud, such person falsely makes, completes, alters, or utters a written instrument which is or purports to be, or which is calculated to become or to represent if completed: Part of an issue of money, stamps, securities, or other valuable instruments issued by a government or government […]
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) […]
A person commits use of a forged academic record if, with intent to seek employment or with intent to seek admission to a public or private institution of higher education in this state or for the purpose of securing a scholarship or other form of financial assistance from the institution itself or from other public […]
A person commits a class 6 felony when, with knowledge that it is forged and with intent to use to defraud, such person possesses any forged instrument of a kind described in section 18-5-102. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 435, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-5-105. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 834, § 52, […]
[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] A person commits a class 2 misdemeanor, when, with knowledge that it is forged, and with intent to defraud, such person possesses any forged instrument of a kind covered by section 18-5-104.
A person may not be convicted of both forgery and criminal possession of a forged instrument with respect to the same written instrument. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 435, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-5-108.
A person commits criminal possession of forgery devices when: Such person makes or possesses with knowledge of its character any plate, die, or other device, apparatus, equipment, or article specifically designed for use in counterfeiting, unlawfully simulating, or otherwise forging written instruments or counterfeit marks; or Such person makes or possesses any device, apparatus, equipment, […]
A person commits a criminal simulation, when: With intent to defraud, he makes, alters, or represents any object in such fashion that it appears to have an antiquity, rarity, source or authorship, ingredient, or composition which it does not in fact have; or With knowledge of its true character and with intent to use to […]
A person commits trademark counterfeiting if such person intentionally manufactures, displays, advertises, distributes, offers for sale, sells, or possesses with intent to sell or distribute marks, goods, or services that the person knows are, bear, or are identified by one or more counterfeit marks and has possession, custody, or control of more than twenty-five items […]
A person commits unlawfully using slugs, if: With intent to defraud the vendor of property or a service sold by means of a coin machine, he knowingly inserts, deposits, or uses a slug in such machine or causes the machine to be operated by any other unauthorized means; or He makes, possesses, or disposes of […]
A person commits obtaining signature by deception if, by deception and with intent to defraud or to acquire a benefit for himself or another, he causes another to sign or execute a written instrument. As used in this section, “by deception” means by knowingly: Creating or confirming another’s impression which is false and which the […]
A person commits criminal impersonation if he or she knowingly: Assumes a false or fictitious identity or legal capacity, and in such identity or capacity he or she: Marries, or pretends to marry, or to sustain the marriage relation toward another without the connivance of the latter; Becomes bail or surety for a party in […]
A person commits offering a false instrument for recording in the first degree if, knowing that a written instrument relating to or affecting real or personal property or directly affecting contractual relationships contains a material false statement or material false information, and with intent to defraud, he presents or offers it to a public office […]
It is unlawful for any person, surreptitiously or by means of fraud, misrepresentation, suppression of truth, deception, or subterfuge, to cause any other person to unknowingly consume or receive the direct administration of any controlled substance, as defined in section 18-18-102 (5); except that nothing in this section shall diminish the scope of health care […]
