Colorado § 1-13-106 - Forgery.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 1-13-106 — Forgery., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1-13-106. Forgery.
Any person who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any ballot before or after it has been cast, or who forges any name of a person as a signer or witness to a petition or nomination paper, or who forges any letter of acceptance, declination, or withdrawal, or who forges the name of a registered elector to a voter's mail-in or mail ballot commits forgery as set forth in section 18-5-102, C.R.S., and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S.
Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 429, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1435, § 120, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1622, § 5, effective May 31. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1464, § 7, effective October 1. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1797, § 65, effective June 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 747, § 117, effective May 10.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-107 and 1-30-130 as they existed prior to 1980.
Cross references: (1) For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.
(2) In 2013, this section was amended by the "Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act". For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 185, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.
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Section 1-13-106 ("Forgery.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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