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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-113 (2026)

Impersonating a public servant

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(1) A person commits impersonating a public servant if he falsely pretends to be a public servant other than a peace officer and performs any act in that pretended capacity.

(2) It is no defense to a prosecution under this section that the office the actor pretended to hold did not in fact exist.

(3) Impersonating a public servant is a class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 457, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-8-113. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3196, § 279, effective March 1, 2022.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2016–2019 · leading case: People v. Sena, 2015 COA 161 (Colo. Ct. App. 2016).
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People v. Sena, 2015 COA 161 (Colo. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 3× “See Black’s Law Dictionary 116 (9th ed. 2009) (defining appointment as “[t]he designation of a person, such as a nonelected public official, for a job or duty .”
v. Knox, 2019 COA 152 (Colo. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 4× “2019, and impersonating a public servant, section 18-8-113, C.R.S. 2019. Impersonating a peace officer is a class 6 felony, 4 and impersonating a public servant is a class 3 misdemeanor.”
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-113(1): 1 case
People v. Sena, 2015 COA 161 (Colo. Ct. App. 2016). “See Black’s Law Dictionary 116 (9th ed. 2009) (defining appointment as “[t]he designation of a person, such as a nonelected public official, for a job or duty .”
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-113(3): 1 case
v. Knox, 2019 COA 152 (Colo. Ct. App. 2019). “2019, and impersonating a public servant, section 18-8-113, C.R.S. 2019. Impersonating a peace officer is a class 6 felony, 4 and impersonating a public servant is a class 3 misdemeanor.”
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