(b) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (1)(b) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Assumes a false or fictitious identity or capacity, legal or other, and in such identity or capacity he or she:
(I) Performs an act that, if done by the person falsely impersonated, subjects such person to an action or special proceeding, civil or criminal, or to liability, charge, forfeiture, or penalty;
(II) Performs an act that, if done by the person falsely impersonated, might subject the person to an action or special proceeding, civil or criminal, or to liability, charge, forfeiture, or penalty; or
(2) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is effective March 1, 2022. ] (a) Criminal impersonation in violation of subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b)(I) of this section is a class 6 felony.
(b) Criminal impersonation in violation of subseciton (1)(b)(II) of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor.
(c) Criminal impersonation in violation of subsection (1)(b)(III) of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 436, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-5-113. L. 77: IP(1) amended, p. 964, § 30, effective July 1. L. 89: (2) amended, p. 834, § 54, effective July 1. L. 2011: (1) amended and (3) added, (SB 11-201), ch. 217, p. 947, § 1, effective May 27. L. 2021: (1)(b) and (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3182, § 233, 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.
Structure Colorado Code
Article 5 - Offenses Involving Fraud
Part 1 - Forgery, Simulation, Impersonation, and Related Offenses
§ 18-5-104. Second Degree Forgery
§ 18-5-104.5. Use of Forged Academic Record
§ 18-5-105. Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument
§ 18-5-107. Criminal Possession of Second Degree Forged Instrument
§ 18-5-107. Criminal Possession of Second Degree Forged Instrument
§ 18-5-108. Merger of Offenses
§ 18-5-109. Criminal Possession of Forgery Devices
§ 18-5-110. Criminal Simulation
§ 18-5-110.5. Trademark Counterfeiting
§ 18-5-111. Unlawfully Using Slugs
§ 18-5-112. Obtaining Signature by Deception
§ 18-5-113. Criminal Impersonation
§ 18-5-114. Offering a False Instrument for Recording
§ 18-5-116. Controlled Substances - Inducing Consumption by Fraudulent Means