Colorado § 11-51-301 - Requirement for registration of securities.
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§ 11-51-301. Requirement for registration of securities.
It is unlawful for any person to offer to sell or sell any security in this state unless it is registered under this article 51; the security or transaction is exempted under section 11-51-307, 11-51-308, 11-51-308.5, or 11-51-309; or the security is a federal covered security for which a notice filing has been made pursuant to section 11-51-304.5.
Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 707, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (SB 16-189), ch. 210, p. 757, § 18, effective June 6. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (HB 18-1388), ch. 280, p. 1755, § 1, effective August 8.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 11-51-107 (1) as it existed prior to 1990.
Cross references: For the applicability of this section, see § 11-51-102 (1) and (7). For securities exempted from this section, see § 11-51-307.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "Criminal Prosecutions under the Colorado Securities Act", see 47 U. Colo. L. Rev. 233 (1976).
Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.
When all offerees have equal access to information, there is no need for registration. Lively v. Hirschfeld, 308 F. Supp. 612 (D. Colo. 1970).
This section and 15 U.S.C. § 77e are identical in thrust, although the wording of the federal statute is more comprehensive. People v. Terranova, 38 Colo. App. 476, 563 P.2d 363 (1976).
Only a general intent, and not scienter, need be shown under a charge of sale of unregistered securities. People v. Terranova, 38 Colo. App. 476, 563 P.2d 363 (1976).
Applied in Lowery v. Ford Hill Inv. Co., 37 Colo. App. 260, 548 P.2d 127 (1976).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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