(e) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (1)(e) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Specimens and reports are confidential. An individual who intentionally releases an identifiable specimen of another individual for any purpose other than that relevant to the proceeding regarding parentage without a court order or the written permission of the individual who furnished the specimen commits a class 2 misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501 (1).
Source: L. 57: p. 366, § 1. CRS 53: § 52-1-27. C.R.S. 1963: § 52-1-27. L. 67: p. 262, § 46. L. 77: (1)(a) amended, p. 1018, § 2, effective July 1. L. 78: (1)(a), (1)(c)(I), (1)(c)(III), and (1)(c)(IV) amended, p. 262, § 46, effective May 23. L. 83: Entire section R&RE, p. 627, § 1, effective May 26. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 247, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: (2) added, p. 1535, § 1, effective July 1. L. 97: (1)(b) and (2) amended, p. 1263, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 1238, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2008: (1)(a) amended, p. 1657, § 4, effective August 15. L. 2011: (1)(a) amended, (SB 11-123), ch. 46, p. 118, § 1, effective August 10. L. 2018: (1)(i) amended, (SB 18-095), ch. 96, p. 753, § 4, effective August 8. L. 2021: (1)(f) amended, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 711, § 16, effective October 1; (1)(e) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3158, § 156, 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.
Cross references: (1) For parentage proceedings, see article 4 of title 19.
(2) For the legislative declaration contained in the 1997 act amending subsections (1)(b) and (2), see section 1 of chapter 236, Session Laws of Colorado 1997. For the legislative declaration in SB 18-095, see section 1 of chapter 96, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure
Article 25 - Evidence - General Provisions
§ 13-25-101. Printed Statutes - Reports of Decisions
§ 13-25-102. United States Census Bureau Mortality Table as Evidence
§ 13-25-104. Proof of Handwriting
§ 13-25-105. Certificate of Register - Patent
§ 13-25-106. Judicial Notice of Laws of Other Jurisdictions
§ 13-25-107. Proceedings of Cities and Towns
§ 13-25-108. Evidence of Assessment
§ 13-25-109. Recording of Patents to Land
§ 13-25-110. Patent - Copy of Record
§ 13-25-111. Patents Already Recorded
§ 13-25-113. Lost Deed - Bond - Note - Affidavit
§ 13-25-114. Certificate of Publisher
§ 13-25-115. Certificate of Head Officer
§ 13-25-116. Water Officials' Records
§ 13-25-117. Parties Plaintiff
§ 13-25-119. Dying Declarations
§ 13-25-120. Corporate Resolutions and Minutes
§ 13-25-122. Person Missing, Interned, or Captured
§ 13-25-123. Report Deemed Pursuant to Law
§ 13-25-124. Libel and Slander - How Pleaded
§ 13-25-125. Justification - Pleaded and Proved
§ 13-25-125.5. Libel and Slander - Self-Publication
§ 13-25-126. Genetic Tests to Determine Parentage
§ 13-25-126.5. Documents Arising From Environmental Self-Evaluation - Admissibility in Evidence
§ 13-25-127. Civil Actions - Degree of Proof Required
§ 13-25-128. Rules of Evidence - Grant of Authority Subject to Reservation
§ 13-25-129. Statements of a Child - Hearsay Exception
§ 13-25-130. Criminal Actions - Use of Photographs, Video Tapes, or Films of Property
§ 13-25-131. Civil Actions - Sexual Assault - Certain Evidence Presumed Irrelevant
§ 13-25-132. Criminal Actions - Video Tape Depositions - Use at Trial
§ 13-25-134. Electronic Records and Signatures - Admissibility in Evidence - Originals
§ 13-25-135. Evidence of Admissions - Civil Proceedings - Unanticipated Outcomes - Medical Care
§ 13-25-136. Criminal Actions - Prenatal Drug and Alcohol Screening - Admissibility of Evidence
§ 13-25-137. Admissibility of Commercial Packaging
§ 13-25-139. Criminal Action - Interference With Witness - Forfeiture by Wrongdoing