(1) A person commits criminal impersonation if he or she knowingly:
(a) Assumes a false or fictitious identity or legal capacity, and in such identity or capacity he or she:
Marries, or pretends to marry, or to sustain the marriage relation toward another without the connivance of the latter;
Becomes bail or surety for a party in an action or proceeding, civil or criminal,before a court or officer authorized to take the bail or surety; or
Confesses a judgment, or subscribes, verifies, publishes, acknowledges, or proves awritten instrument which by law may be recorded, with the intent that the same may be delivered as true; or
(b) Assumes a false or fictitious identity or capacity, legal or other, and in such identity or capacity he or she:
Performs an act that, if done by the person falsely impersonated, might subject suchperson to an action or special proceeding, civil or criminal, or to liability, charge, forfeiture, or penalty; or
Performs any other act with intent to unlawfully gain a benefit for himself, herself,or another or to injure or defraud another.
Criminal impersonation is a class 6 felony.
For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, using false or fictitious personalidentifying information, as defined in section 18-5-901 (13), shall constitute the assumption of a false or fictitious identity or capacity.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 436, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-5-113. L. 77: IP(1) amended, p. 964, § 30, effective July 1. L. 89: (2) amended, p. 834, § 54, effective July 1. L. 2011: (1) amended and (3) added, (SB 11-201), ch. 217, p. 947, § 1, effective May 27.