Current through 11/5/2024 election
Section 18-13-132 - Furnishing kratom products to persons under twenty-one years of age(1)(a) A person shall not give, sell, distribute, dispense, or offer for sale a kratom product to any person who is under twenty-one years of age.(b) Before giving, selling, distributing, dispensing, or offering to sell to an individual any kratom product, a person shall request from the individual and examine a government-issued photographic identification that establishes that the individual is twenty-one years of age or older.(c) A person who violates subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b) of this section commits a civil infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of two hundred dollars, notwithstanding the provisions of section 18-1.3-503.(d) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under subsection (1)(a) of this section that the person furnishing the kratom product was presented with and reasonably relied upon a government-issued photographic identification that identified the individual receiving the kratom product as being twenty-one years of age or older.(2)(a) Nothing in this section prohibits a statutory or home rule municipality, county, or city and county from enacting an ordinance or resolution that prohibits the sale of any kratom products to persons under twenty-one years of age or imposes requirements more stringent than provided in this section.(b) A statutory or home rule municipality, county, or city and county shall not enact an ordinance or resolution that establishes a minimum age to purchase kratom products that is under twenty-one years of age.(3) As used in this section, "kratom product" has the meaning set forth in section 44-1-105 (1).Added by 2022 Ch. 251, § 3, eff. 8/10/2022. 2022 Ch. 251, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3). For the legislative declaration in SB 22-120, see section 1 of chapter 251, Session Laws of Colorado 2022.