{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-8-509","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 18-8-509","heading":"Perjury and false swearing - irregularities no defense.","body":"(1) It is no defense to a prosecution under sections 18-8-502 to 18-8-504 that:\n\n(a) The defendant was not competent, for reasons other than mental disability or immaturity, to make the false statement alleged;\n\n(b) The statement was inadmissible under the law of evidence;\n\n(c) The oath was administered or taken in an irregular manner; or\n\n(d) The person administering the oath lacked authority to do so, if the taking of the oath was required by law.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE","Article 8 - Offenses - Governmental Operations","Part 5 - PERJURY AND RELATED OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-18.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"e6dada8d227de2c94aba6018e9644742b53e6292f811b631cbb2666c25e9b747","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-8-508","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-8-601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}