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COLJI-Crim. 12-1:35.4

UNLAWFUL CONDUCT INVOLVING UNSERIALIZED FIREARM, FRAME, OR RECEIVER (SELL, TRANSFER, OR PURCHASE)

activein force · 2026-02-25 – presentcompiled-edition

The elements of the crime of unlawful conduct involving unserialized

firearm, frame, or receiver (sell, transfer, or purchase) are:

1. That the defendant,

2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,

3. knowingly,

4. sold, offered to sell, transferred, or purchased an unfinished

frame or receiver, and

5. the unfinished frame or receiver was required by federal law to

be imprinted with a serial number, and

6. it had not been imprinted with a serial number by a federal

firearms licensee pursuant to federal law or Colorado law.

[7. and that the defendant’s conduct was not legally authorized by

the affirmative defense[s] in Instruction[s] ___.]

After considering all the evidence, if you decide the prosecution has

proven each of the elements beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find

the defendant guilty of unlawful conduct involving unserialized firearm,

frame, or receiver (sell, transfer, or purchase).

After considering all the evidence, if you decide the prosecution has

failed to prove any one or more of the elements beyond a reasonable doubt,

you should find the defendant not guilty of unlawful conduct involving

unserialized firearm, frame, or receiver (sell, transfer, or purchase).

History

COLJI-Crim. (2025), Colorado Supreme Court Model Criminal Jury Instructions Committee. The committee's page: "The 2025 edition was published online on February 25, 2026." © 2025 Supreme Court of Colorado for the State of Colorado.

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Source
www.coloradojudicial.gov
Retrieved
2026-09-24
Edition
crim-2026-02-25
Content hash
eff11b557dc67b763e3753eabfc278152f729a3434c8e04a08cd73148590b5ad
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