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C.R.S. § 18-5-302 — Unlawful activity concerning the selling of land.

Current through 2025 Regular Session

Part of Part 3: FRAUDULENT AND DECEPTIVE SALES AND BUSINESS PRACTICES, Colorado Revised Statutes.

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Full text of C.R.S. § 18-5-302

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.

C.R.S. § 18-5-302Primary source, current through the 2025 Regular Session
(1) Any person who, after once selling, bartering, or disposing of any land, or executing any bond or agreement for sale of any land, again sells, barters, or disposes of the same tract of land or any part thereof, or executes any bond or agreement to sell or barter or dispose of the same land or any part thereof, to any other person, with intent to defraud, commits selling land twice. Selling land twice is a class 5 felony. (2) Any person who knowingly makes a false representation as to the existence of an ownership interest in land which he has as a seller or which his principal has, and which is relied upon, commits a class 6 felony. (3) A person who signs a lien waiver for a construction loan under section 38-22-119 and knowingly fails to timely pay any debts resulting from a construction agreement covered by the waiver commits a class 2 misdemeanor, unless there is a bona fide dispute as to the existence or amount of the debt.

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Is unlawful activity concerning the selling of land a felony or a misdemeanor in Colorado?

It depends on the circumstances: unlawful activity concerning the selling of land ranges from a class 2 misdemeanor to a class 5 felony in Colorado under C.R.S. § 18-5-302.

Selling land twice: class 5 felony (C.R.S. § 18-5-302(1)) · False representation of ownership interest in land: class 6 felony (C.R.S. § 18-5-302(2)) · Failure to pay debts after signing construction lien waiver: class 2 misdemeanor (C.R.S. § 18-5-302(3))

Which Colorado statute covers unlawful activity concerning the selling of land?

Unlawful activity concerning the selling of land is governed by C.R.S. § 18-5-302 (Unlawful activity concerning the selling of land).

This reference is informational and is not legal advice.