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2022 Colorado Code
Title 18 - Criminal Code
Article 8 - Offenses - Governmental Operations
Part 1 - Obstruction of Public Justice
§ 18-8-113. Impersonating a Public Servant
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CO Rev Stat § 18-8-113 (2022)
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- A person commits impersonating a public servant if he falsely pretends to be a public servant other than a peace officer and performs any act in that pretended capacity.
- It is no defense to a prosecution under this section that the office the actor pretended to hold did not in fact exist.
- [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective until March 1, 2022.] Impersonating a public servant is a class 3 misdemeanor.
(3) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Impersonating a public servant is a class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 457, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-8-113. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3196, § 279, 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 changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
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