Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 18-5-303 — Bait advertising.
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. § 18-5-303
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 person commits bait advertising if, in any manner, including advertising or any other means of communication, he offers property or services as part of a scheme or plan, with the intent, plan, or purpose not to sell or provide the advertised property or services at all, or not at the price at which he offered them, or not in a quantity sufficient to meet the reasonable expected public demand, unless the quantity is specifically stated in the advertisement. (2) It shall be an affirmative defense that a television or radio broadcasting station or a publisher or printer of a newspaper, magazine, or other form of printed advertising which broadcasted, published, or printed a false advertisement prohibited by section 18-5-301 (1)(e) or a bait advertisement prohibited by subsection (1) of this section or a telephone company which furnished service to a subscriber did so without knowledge of the advertiser's or subscriber's intent, plan, or purpose. (3) Bait advertising is a class 2 misdemeanor.
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Questions this section answers
Is bait advertising a felony or a misdemeanor in Colorado?
Bait advertising is a class 2 misdemeanor in Colorado under C.R.S. § 18-5-303.
Which Colorado statute covers bait advertising?
Bait advertising is governed by C.R.S. § 18-5-303 (Bait advertising).
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