Colorado § 31-20-407 - Neglect in keeping register or paying - penalty.
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§ 31-20-407. Neglect in keeping register or paying - penalty.
Any city or town treasurer, or city or town treasurer's deputy, who fails or neglects to keep such registry or who fails or neglects to register any warrant or certificate of indebtedness of such city or town as is entitled to registry or neglects or refuses to pay such warrants or certificates in order of payments, there being then money in the treasury applicable to the payment thereof or from which the same ought to be paid, commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1133, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3256, § 542, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-20-407 as it existed prior to 1975.
ARTICLE 21
Bonds
PART 1
FUNDING - FLOATING DEBT
31-21-101. Definitions.
31-21-102. Funding bonds - determination of indebtedness.
31-21-103. Bond election - judgments.
31-21-104. Ordinance - form and maturity of bonds.
31-21-105. Disposition of bonds.
31-21-106. Taxes for interest and redemption.
31-21-107. Ordinance irrepealable.
PART 2
REFUNDING BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
31-21-201. Definitions.
31-21-202. Refunding bonds - amount.
31-21-203. Vote of electors not required.
31-21-204. Vote of electors required - procedures.
31-21-205. Ordinance for bond issue - bonds.
31-21-206. Exchange - sale - proceeds - amounts.
31-21-207. Tax for payment of refunding bonds.
31-21-208. Ordinance not to be altered.
31-21-209. Consolidated city or town - refunding indebtedness of constituent portions - bonds.
31-21-210. Combined issues - procedures.
31-21-211. Application of refunding bond proceeds - procedures - limitations.
31-21-212. Registration of refunding bonds.
31-21-213. Redemption of refunding bonds prior to maturity - procedures.
PART 3
PAYMENTS OF MATURED SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
31-21-301. Power to issue bonds - purpose.
31-21-302. Ordinance - taxes - interest - disposition.
31-21-303. Construction - disposition of delinquent assessment.
PART 4
PAYMENT BY TAX LEVY ON PETITION OF ELECTORS
31-21-401. Power to levy - manner paid.
31-21-402. Discharge of lien by property owner.
31-21-403. Payment in installments.
31-21-404. Payment in bonds - warrant for excess.
31-21-405. Assessment and collection.
31-21-406. Suit by bondholder - city or town to protect.
31-21-407. Other laws unaffected.
PART 1
FUNDING - FLOATING DEBT
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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