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2024 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102)
Article 8 - Offenses - Governmental Operations (§§ 18-8-101 — 18-8-805)
Part 1 - OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC JUSTICE (§§ 18-8-101 — 18-8-118)
Section 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 (2024)
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- (1) A person commits false reporting of identifying information if the person knowingly provides false identifying information to law enforcement authorities.
- (2) 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.
- (3) 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.
Added by 2021 Ch. 462, § 278, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 2021: Entire section added, (SB 21-271), ch. 3196, p. 3196, § 278, effective 3/1/2022.
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.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
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