Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-80-902

Current through Acts effective through 6/7/2024 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 24-80-902 - Punishment for illegal use

Any person who illegally uses or affixes the seal of this state to any written or printed document whatever, or fraudulently forges, defaces, corrupts, or counterfeits the same, or affixes said forged, defaced, corrupted, or counterfeited seal to any commission, deed, warrant, pardon, certificate, or other written or printed instrument, or has in his or her possession or custody any such seal, knowing it to be falsely made and counterfeited, and willfully conceals the same, commits a petty offense.

C.R.S. § 24-80-902

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 434, eff. 3/1/2022.

G.L. § 2423. G.S. § 3118. R.S. 08: § 6292. C.L. § 487. CSA: C. 152, § 2. CRS 53: § 131-8-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-8-2. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 880, § 53, effective 7/1/1979. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 845, § 116, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1535, § 259, effective October 1. .

(1) The effective date for amendments made to this section by chapter 216, L. 77, was changed from July 1, 1978, to April 1, 1979, by chapter 1, First Extraordinary Session, L. 78, and was subsequently changed to July 1, 1979, by chapter 157, § 23, L. 79. See People v. McKenna, 199 Colo. 452 , 611 P.2d 574 (1980).

(2) 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).

For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.