Colorado § 25-2-118 Penalties

Colorado Statutes

§ 25-2-118 — Penalties

Colorado § 25-2-118

Title 25Public

Art.Vital Statistics

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-2-118 (2026).

Text

(1)Except as otherwise provided for in section 25-2-112.7 with respect to misrepresentation of material information in the preparation of a birth certificate, any person who knowingly and willfully makes any false statement in or supplies any false information for or for purposes of deception applies for, alters, mutilates, uses, attempts to use, applies for amendments thereto, or furnishes to another for deceptive use any vital statistics certificate, and any person who knowingly and willfully and for purposes of deception uses or attempts to use or furnishes for use by another any vital statistics certificate knowing that such certificate contains false information or relates to a person other than the person with respect to whom it purports to relate, and any person who manufa

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(1) Except as otherwise provided for in section 25-2-112.7 with respect to misrepresentation of material information in the preparation of
a birth certificate, any person who knowingly and willfully makes any false
statement in or supplies any false information for or for purposes of deception
applies for, alters, mutilates, uses, attempts to use, applies for amendments
thereto, or furnishes to another for deceptive use any vital statistics certificate, and
any person who knowingly and willfully and for purposes of deception uses or
attempts to use or furnishes for use by another any vital statistics certificate
knowing that such certificate contains false information or relates to a person other
than the person with respect to whom it purports to relate, and any person who
manufactures, advertises for sale, sells, or alters any vital statistics certificate
knowing or having reason to know that such document establishes or may be used
to establish a false status, occupation, membership, license, privilege, or identity
for himself or herself or any other person, and any person who uses any such
document to commit a crime commits a class 2 misdemeanor.

(2) Any person who willfully violates any of the provisions of this article 2 or
refuses or neglects to perform any of the duties imposed upon the person by this
article 2 commits a petty offense.

Legislative History

Source: L. 67: R&RE, p. 1062, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-8-18. L. 84: (1) amended, p. 750, � 14, effective July 1. L. 2015: (1) amended, (HB 15-1282), ch. 325, p. 1329, � 2, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3233, � 446, effective March 1, 2022.