# C.R.S. § 34-53-102: 34-53-102. False weights - scales - penalty

> Colorado · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CO_T34_A53_S34-53-102

## Section

- **Citation:** C.R.S. § 34-53-102
- **Heading:** 34-53-102. False weights - scales - penalty
- **Jurisdiction:** Colorado
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** CO Code / Title 34 / Article 53 / Section 34-53-102

## Text

34-53-102. False weights - scales - penalty. Any person, association, or corporation, or the agent of any person, association, or corporation, engaged in the business of milling, sampling, concentrating, reducing, shipping, or purchasing ores who keeps or uses any false or fraudulent scales or weights for weighing ore, or who keeps or uses any false or fraudulent assay scales or weights for ascertaining the assay value of ore, knowing them to be false, commits a class 2 misdemeanor.

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