Section 25-8-610 - Falsification and tampering - penalties(1) Any person who knowingly makes any material false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintained under this article 8 or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required to be maintained under this article 8 commits a class 2 misdemeanor.(2) Prosecution under this section shall be commenced upon request by the division or a peace officer, who must present evidence based on reasonable suspicion to either the attorney general or a district attorney for the district in which an alleged violation occurs. No criminal violation will be charged without probable cause.(3) If two separate offenses under this section occur in two separate occurrences during a period of two years, notwithstanding section 18-1.3-501, the maximum fine and period of imprisonment for the second offense are double the amounts specified in section 18-1.3-501.(4) Any penalty collected under this section shall be credited to the general fund.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 467, eff. 3/1/2022.Amended by 2020 Ch. 219, § 4, eff. 7/2/2020.L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1335, § 1, effective July 1. L. 83: (2) amended, p. 1080, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2020: Entire section amended, (HB 20-1143), ch. 1083, p. 1083, § 4, effective July 2. L. 2021: (1) and (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3238, p. 3238, § 467, 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).