§ 18-5-301 — Fraud in effecting sales

(1) A person commits a class 2
misdemeanor if, in the course of business, he knowingly:

(a) Uses or possesses for use a false weight or measure, or any other device
for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity; or

(b) Sells, offers, or exposes for sale or delivers less than the represented
quantity of any commodity or service; or

(c) Takes or attempts to take more than the represented quantity of any
commodity or service when as buyer he furnishes the weight or measure; or

(d) Sells, offers, or exposes for sale an adulterated or mislabeled commodity.
Adulterated means varying from the standard of composition or quality
prescribed by or pursuant to any statute of the state of Colorado or the United
States providing criminal penalties for such variance, or set by established
commercial usage. Mislabeled means varying from the standard of truth or
disclosure in labeling prescribed or pursuant to any statute of the state of Colorado
or the United States providing criminal penalties for such variance, or set by
established commercial usage; or

(e) Makes a false or misleading statement in any advertisement addressed to
the public or to a substantial segment thereof for the purpose of promoting the
purchase or sale of property or services.

(f) Repealed.

Legislative History

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 441, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-5-301. L. 79: (1)(f) repealed, p. 730, � 11, effective July 1.