Colorado § 18-5-302 Unlawful activity concerning the selling of land

Colorado Statutes

§ 18-5-302 — Unlawful activity concerning the selling of land

Colorado § 18-5-302

Title 18Criminal

Art.Offenses Involving Fraud

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-302 (2026).

Text

(1)Any person who, after once selling, bartering, or disposing of any land, or executing any bond or agreement for sale of any land, again sells, barters, or disposes of the same tract of land or any part thereof, or executes any bond or agreement to sell or barter or dispose of the same land or any part thereof, to any other person, with intent to defraud, commits selling land twice. Selling land twice is a class 5 felony.

(2)Any person who knowingly makes a false representation as to the existence of an ownership interest in land which he has as a seller or which his principal has, and which is relied upon, commits a class 6 felony.

(3)A person who signs a lien waiver for a construction loan under section 38-22-119 and knowingly fails to timely pay any debts resulting from a

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(1) Any person
who, after once selling, bartering, or disposing of any land, or executing any bond or
agreement for sale of any land, again sells, barters, or disposes of the same tract of
land or any part thereof, or executes any bond or agreement to sell or barter or
dispose of the same land or any part thereof, to any other person, with intent to
defraud, commits selling land twice. Selling land twice is a class 5 felony.

(2) Any person who knowingly makes a false representation as to the
existence of an ownership interest in land which he has as a seller or which his
principal has, and which is relied upon, commits a class 6 felony.

(3) A person who signs a lien waiver for a construction loan under section
38-22-119 and knowingly fails to timely pay any debts resulting from a construction
agreement covered by the waiver commits a class 2 misdemeanor, unless there is a
bona fide dispute as to the existence or amount of the debt.

Legislative History

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 442, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-5-302. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 835, � 59, effective July 1. L. 2009: (3) added, (SB 09-137), ch. 145, p. 610, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3186, � 240, effective March 1, 2022.