Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-113

Current through Chapter 123 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 18-8-113 - Impersonating a public servant
(1) A person commits impersonating a public servant if he falsely pretends to be a public servant other than a peace officer and performs any act in that pretended capacity.
(2) It is no defense to a prosecution under this section that the office the actor pretended to hold did not in fact exist.
(3) Impersonating a public servant is a class 2 misdemeanor.

C.R.S. § 18-8-113

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462,§279, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 457, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-8-113. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3196, p. 3196, § 279, effective March 1, 2022.

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.

2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).