Colorado § 11-40-107 - Defamation of associations - penalty.
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§ 11-40-107. Defamation of associations - penalty.
Any person who willfully makes, circulates, or transmits any false statement, rumor, report, or suggestion, written, printed, or spoken, concerning the financial condition or management or assets of any savings and loan association, either by name or as a particular group of any particular city, town, or county, which incites the public or any person or creates an impression detrimental to the standing, solvency, or responsibility of said savings and loan association, or which tends to result or results in the withdrawal of funds from such association or in the exchange of shares in savings and loan associations for any other stock, bonds, notes, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness or for any other property of any kind or character whatsoever, or which tends to result or results in impairing the confidence which may be reposed in said association and any person aiding, advising, and abetting such person in such matters and things commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: L. 33: p. 352, § 3. CSA: C. 25, § 71. CRS 53: § 122-1-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 122-1-7. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3150, § 122, effective March 1, 2022.
Cross references: For the penalty for a class 2 misdemeanor, see § 18-1.3-501.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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