Every person who defaces or destroys any written instrument evidencing a property right, whether vested or contingent, with the intent to defraud commits a class 2 misdemeanor.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 215, eff. 3/1/2022.L. 71: R&RE, p. 431, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-4-507. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3179, p. 3179, § 215, effective 3/1/2022.Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022. 2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
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