Colorado § 13-14.5-113 Liability

Colorado Statutes

§ 13-14.5-113 — Liability

Colorado § 13-14.5-113

Title 13Courts

Art.Extreme Risk Protection Orders

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-14.5-113 (2026).

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(1)Except as provided in section 13-14.5-111, this article 14.5 does not impose criminal, administrative, or civil liability on any person, including a community member, or entity for acts or omissions made in good faith related to obtaining an extreme risk protection order or a temporary extreme risk protection order, including but not limited to reporting, declining to report, investigating, declining to investigate, filing, or declining to file a petition pursuant to this article 14.5. This article 14.5 does not impose criminal or civil liability on a peace officer lawfully enforcing an order pursuant to this article 14.5.

(2)A person who files a malicious or knowingly false petition for a temporary extreme risk protection order or an extreme risk protection order may be subj

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(1) Except as provided in section 13-14.5-111, this
article 14.5 does not impose criminal, administrative, or civil liability on any person,
including a community member, or entity for acts or omissions made in good faith
related to obtaining an extreme risk protection order or a temporary extreme risk
protection order, including but not limited to reporting, declining to report,
investigating, declining to investigate, filing, or declining to file a petition pursuant
to this article 14.5. This article 14.5 does not impose criminal or civil liability on a
peace officer lawfully enforcing an order pursuant to this article 14.5.

(2) A person who files a malicious or knowingly false petition for a temporary
extreme risk protection order or an extreme risk protection order may be subject to
criminal prosecution or civil liability for those acts.

(3) A federally licensed firearms dealer or law enforcement agency that
stores a firearm as permitted by this article 14.5 is not civilly liable for any resulting
damages to the firearm, as long as such damage did not result from the willful and
wrongful act or gross negligence of the person or law enforcement agency storing
the firearm.

(4) This article 14.5 does not require a family or household member of the
respondent, a community member, or a law enforcement officer or agency to file a
petition for a temporary emergency extreme risk protection order or petition for an
extreme risk protection order.

(5) A community member's employer shall not use a community member's
acts or omissions made in good faith related to obtaining an extreme risk protection
order or a temporary extreme risk protection order, including but not limited to
reporting, declining to report, investigating, declining to investigate, filing, or
declining to file a petition pursuant to this article 14.5 as a basis for discipline or
termination.