Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 18-13-132 — Furnishing kratom products to persons under twenty-one years of age - definition.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Article 13: Miscellaneous Offenses, Colorado Revised Statutes.
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Full text of C.R.S. § 18-13-132
Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.
(1) (a) A person shall not give, sell, distribute, dispense, or offer for sale a kratom product to any person who is under twenty-one years of age. (b) Before giving, selling, distributing, dispensing, or offering to sell to an individual any kratom product, a person shall request from the individual and examine a government-issued photographic identification that establishes that the individual is twenty-one years of age or older. (c) A person who violates subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b) of this section commits a civil infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of two hundred dollars, notwithstanding the provisions of section 18-1.3-503. (d) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under subsection (1)(a) of this section that the person furnishing the kratom product was presented with and reasonably relied upon a government-issued photographic identification that identified the individual receiving the kratom product as being twenty-one years of age or older. (2) (a) Nothing in this section prohibits a statutory or home rule municipality, county, or city and county from enacting an ordinance or resolution that prohibits the sale of any kratom products to persons under twenty-one years of age or imposes requirements more stringent than provided in this section. (b) A statutory or home rule municipality, county, or city and county shall not enact an ordinance or resolution that establishes a minimum age to purchase kratom products that is under twenty-one years of age. (3) As used in this section, "kratom product" means any product or ingredient containing: (a) Any part of the leaf of the Mitragyna speciosa plant if the plant contains the alkaloid mitragynine or 7-hydroxymitragynine; or (b) A synthetic material that contains the alkaloid mitragynine or 7-hydroxymitragynine.
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Questions this section answers
Is furnishing kratom products to persons under twenty-one years of age a felony or a misdemeanor in Colorado?
Furnishing kratom products to persons under twenty-one years of age is a civil infraction in Colorado under C.R.S. § 18-13-132.
Which Colorado statute covers furnishing kratom products to persons under twenty-one years of age?
Furnishing kratom products to persons under twenty-one years of age is governed by C.R.S. § 18-13-132 (Furnishing kratom products to persons under twenty-one years of age - definition).
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