Colorado § 18-5-104.5 Use of forged academic record

Colorado Statutes

§ 18-5-104.5 — Use of forged academic record

Colorado § 18-5-104.5

Title 18Criminal

Art.Offenses Involving Fraud

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-104.5 (2026).

Text

(1)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 or private sources of financial assistance, such person falsely makes, completes, alters, or utters a written instrument which is or purports to be, or is calculated to become or to represent if completed, a bona fide academic record of an institution of secondary or higher education.

(2)For purposes of this section:

(a)Academic record means a transcript, diploma, grade report, or similar document of an institution of secondary or higher education.

(b)Financia

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(1) 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 or private sources of financial assistance, such
person falsely makes, completes, alters, or utters a written instrument which is or
purports to be, or is calculated to become or to represent if completed, a bona fide
academic record of an institution of secondary or higher education.

(2) For purposes of this section:

(a) Academic record means a transcript, diploma, grade report, or similar
document of an institution of secondary or higher education.

(b) Financial assistance means financial assistance for educational
purposes, including, but not limited to, loans, scholarships, grants, fellowships,
assistantships, work-study programs, or other forms of financial aid.

(3) Use of a forged academic record is a class 2 misdemeanor.

Legislative History

Source: L. 96: Entire section added, p. 840, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3181, � 228, effective March 1, 2022.