Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-5-104 : CRIMINAL CODE — OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD — FORGERY, SIMULATION, IMPERSONATION, AND RELATED OFFENSES —5-104 - Second degree forgery TEXT PDF (1) A person commits second degree forgery if, with intent to defraud, such person falsely makes, completes, alters, or utters a written instrument of a kind not described in section 18-5-102 or 18-5-104.5. (2) Second degree forgery is a class 2 misdemeanor. C.R.S. § 18-5-104 Amended by 2021 Ch. 462,§227, eff. 3/1/2022. L. 71: R&RE, p. 435, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-5-104. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1989, § 18, effective July 1. L. 96: (1) amended, p. 841, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3181, p. 3181, § 227, effective March 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).