2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 18 - Criminal Code
Article 5 - Offenses Involving Fraud
Part 1 - Forgery, Simulation, Impersonation, and Related Offenses
§ 18-5-112. Obtaining signature by deception
(1) A person commits obtaining signature by deception if, by deception and with intent to defraud or to acquire a benefit for himself or another, he causes another to sign or execute a written instrument.
(2) As used in this section, "by deception" means by knowingly:
(a) Creating or confirming another's impression which is false and which the deceiver does not believe to be true; or
(b) Failing to correct a false impression held by another which the deceiver previously has created or confirmed; or
(c) Preventing another from acquiring information pertinent to any matter material to a proper understanding of any transaction in which the signature of such person is procured.
(3) Obtaining signatures by deception is a class 2 misdemeanor.
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