2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 34 - Mineral Resources
Article 53. Sales of Ore
Section 34-53-104. Failure to account - penalty.
The owner, manager, or agent of any species of quartz mill, arrastra mill, furnace, or cupel, employed in extracting gold from quartz, pyrites, or other minerals, who neglects or refuses to account for, or pay over and deliver, all the proceeds thereof to the owner of such quartz, pyrites, or other mineral, excepting such portion of said proceeds as he or she is entitled to in return for his or her services, commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S.
Source: R.S. p. 232, § 165. G.L. § 765. G.S. § 887. R.S. 08: § 4242. C.L. § 3356. CSA: C. 110, § 249. CRS 53: § 92-30-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 92-30-4. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 882, § 60, effective July 1, 1979. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 848, § 125, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1547, § 303, effective October 1.
Editor's note: The effective date for amendments made to this section by chapter 216, L. 77, was changed from July 1, 1978, to April 1, 1979, by chapter 1, First Extraordinary Session, L. 78, and was subsequently changed to July 1, 1979, by chapter 157, § 23, L. 79. See People v. McKenna, 199 Colo. 452, 611 P.2d 54 (1980).
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.
