This web page contains the elements of the Colorado Crimes of Felony Impersonaltion (18-5-113)
These are only the basic elements of these crimes – to fully understand a crime with which you are charged you will need a much greater understanding of Colorado Criminal Law.
This web site is designed to empower criminal defendants by helping them understand every phase of the criminal justice process. It also addresses the different types of defenses and strategies that exist in the Colorado Criminal Justice System.
If you are charged with a crime and seek to understand the new world you have entered – you need to understand that criminal laws and procedures can be so complex that even judges can get them wrong.
Criminal Impersonation (18-5-113)
1.A person commits criminal impersonation if he knowingly assumes a false or fictitious identity or capacity, and in such identity or capacity he:
(a) Marries, or pretends to marry, or to sustain the marriage relation toward another without the connivance of the latter; or
(b) Becomes bail or surety for a party in an action or proceeding, civil or criminal, before a court or officer authorized to take the bail or surety; or
(c) Confesses a judgment, or subscribes, verifies, publishes, acknowledges, or proves a written instrument which by law may be recorded, with the intent that the same may be delivered as true; or
(d) Does an act which if done by the person falsely impersonated, might subject such person to an action or special proceeding, civil or criminal, or to liability, charge, forfeiture, or penalty; or
(e) Does any other act with intent to unlawfully gain a benefit for himself or another or to injure or defraud another.
2.Criminal impersonation is a class 6 felony.
Other Articles of Interest:
- Colorado State Felonies – Criminal Impersonation (18-5-113)
- Colorado State Felonies
- The Colorado Felony Of Criminal Impersonation 18-5-113 – Why Lying To The Police About Your Identity Is A Bad Idea
- The Colorado Crime Of Attempt to Influence a Public Servant 18-8-306
- A Guide To The Colorado Criminal Statute Of Limitations – 16-5-401 CRS
