Colorado § 18-12-301 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 18-12-301 — Definitions

Colorado § 18-12-301

Title 18Criminal

Art.Offenses Relating to Firearms

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-301 (2026).

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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Bureau means the Colorado bureau of investigation created and existing pursuant to section 24-33.5-401, C.R.S.

(2)(a) Large-capacity magazine means:

(I)A fixed or detachable magazine, box, drum, feed strip, or similar device capable of accepting, or that is designed to be readily converted to accept, more than fifteen rounds of ammunition;

(II)A fixed, tubular shotgun magazine that holds more than twenty-eight inches of shotgun shells, including any extension device that is attached to the magazine and holds additional shotgun shells; or

(III)A nontubular, detachable magazine, box, drum, feed strip, or similar device that is capable of accepting more than eight shotgun shells when combined with a fixed maga

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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Bureau means the Colorado bureau of investigation created and
existing pursuant to section 24-33.5-401, C.R.S.

(2) (a) Large-capacity magazine means:

(I) A fixed or detachable magazine, box, drum, feed strip, or similar device
capable of accepting, or that is designed to be readily converted to accept, more
than fifteen rounds of ammunition;

(II) A fixed, tubular shotgun magazine that holds more than twenty-eight
inches of shotgun shells, including any extension device that is attached to the
magazine and holds additional shotgun shells; or

(III) A nontubular, detachable magazine, box, drum, feed strip, or similar
device that is capable of accepting more than eight shotgun shells when combined
with a fixed magazine.

(b) Large-capacity magazine does not mean:

(I) A feeding device that has been permanently altered so that it cannot
accommodate more than fifteen rounds of ammunition;

(II) An attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating
only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition; or

(III) A tubular magazine that is contained in a lever-action firearm.