Construction of article

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-17-108, under Colorado Organized Crime Control Act.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-17-108

To effectuate the intent and purpose of this article, the provisions of this article shall be liberally construed.

Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1025, § 1, effective July 1.

ANNOTATION

Section 18-17-107, used in the civil context, is remedial and not penal in nature. Thus, statute of limitation for bringing an action under that section may be tolled until the time of reasonable discovery of injurious act as provided by § 13-80-101. Todd Holding Co. v. Super Valu Stores, 874 P.2d 402 (Colo. App. 1993).