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2024 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102)
Article 5 - Offenses Involving Fraud (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-905)
Part 1 - FORGERY, SIMULATION, IMPERSONATION, AND RELATED OFFENSES (§§ 18-5-101 — 18-5-120)
Section 18-5-112 - Obtaining signature by deception

Universal Citation:
CO Rev Stat § 18-5-112 (2024)
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  • (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.

L. 71: R&RE, p. 436, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-5-112.

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