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2022 Colorado Code
Title 18 - Criminal Code
Article 8 - Offenses - Governmental Operations
Part 1 - Obstruction of Public Justice
§ 18-8-111.5. False Reporting of Identifying Information to Law Enforcement Authorities - Definition
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CO Rev Stat § 18-8-111.5 (2022)
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[ Editor's note: This section is effective March 1, 2022.]
- A person commits false reporting of identifying information if the person knowingly provides false identifying information to law enforcement authorities.
- False reporting of identifying information is a class 2 misdemeanor; except that it is a class 6 felony if providing the false identifying information results in substantially impeding the investigation or arrest of a person for the commission of a crime as defined in section 24-4.1-302 (1) that is a felony.
- As used in this section, "identifying information" means a person's name, address, birth date, social security number, or driver's license or Colorado identification number.
Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3196, § 278, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act adding this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
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