Section 18-5-302 - Unlawful activity concerning the selling of land(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.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 240, eff. 3/1/2022.L. 71: R&RE, p. 442, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-5-302. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 835, § 59, effective July 1. L. 2009: (3) added, (SB 09-137), ch. 610, p. 610, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3186, p. 3186, § 240, 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).