Colorado § 35-14-132 Criminal penalties

Colorado Statutes

§ 35-14-132 — Criminal penalties

Colorado § 35-14-132

Title 35Agriculture

Art.Measurement Standards

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-14-132 (2026).

Text

(1)Any person who willfully makes, installs, sells or offers to sell, or uses or allows to be used on the person's weights or measures a counterfeit seal, or seal of the commissioner without proper authority, commits a civil infraction and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-503.

(2)The commissioner shall inform the district attorney of the proper district of any criminal violation of this article. It is the duty of each district attorney to whom the commissioner presents satisfactory evidence of any violation of this article to cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction. If the district attorney fails to so act within a reasonable time, the commissioner may notify and be represented by the attorney general. (3

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(1) Any person who willfully makes, installs,
sells or offers to sell, or uses or allows to be used on the person's weights or
measures a counterfeit seal, or seal of the commissioner without proper authority,
commits a civil infraction and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-503.

(2) The commissioner shall inform the district attorney of the proper district
of any criminal violation of this article. It is the duty of each district attorney to
whom the commissioner presents satisfactory evidence of any violation of this
article to cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in a
court of competent jurisdiction. If the district attorney fails to so act within a
reasonable time, the commissioner may notify and be represented by the attorney
general.

(3) All criminal fines imposed and collected for violations of the provisions of
this article shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of the people of the
county in which the offense was committed.

Legislative History

Source: L. 83: Entire article R&RE, p. 1357, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 1548, � 308, effective October 1. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3277, � 620, effective March 1, 2022. L. 2025: (1) amended, (HB 25-1084), ch. 24, p. 110, � 62, effective August 6.