Colorado § 18-12-501 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 18-12-501 — Definitions

Colorado § 18-12-501

Title 18Criminal

Art.Offenses Relating to Firearms

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-501 (2026).

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[ Editor's note: This version of this part is effective January 1, 2026. ] As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Collection means a trade, barter, or in-kind exchange for one or more firearms.

(2)Gun collectors show means an event or function that is sponsored to facilitate the purchase, sale, offer for sale, or collection of only curios or relics, as defined in 27 CFR 478.11, or antique firearms, as defined in 18 U.S.C. sec. 921 (a)(16), and not any other type of firearm. A gun collectors show may also include vendors that sell products that are not firearms.

(3)(a) Gun show means the entire premises provided for an event or function, including, but not limited to, parking areas for the event or function, except for adjacent street parking, that i

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[ Editor's note: This version of this part is effective
January 1, 2026. ] As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Collection means a trade, barter, or in-kind exchange for one or more
firearms.

(2) Gun collectors show means an event or function that is sponsored to
facilitate the purchase, sale, offer for sale, or collection of only curios or relics, as
defined in 27 CFR 478.11, or antique firearms, as defined in 18 U.S.C. sec. 921 (a)(16),
and not any other type of firearm. A gun collectors show may also include vendors
that sell products that are not firearms.

(3) (a) Gun show means the entire premises provided for an event or
function, including, but not limited to, parking areas for the event or function,
except for adjacent street parking, that is sponsored to facilitate, in whole or in
part, the purchase, sale, offer for sale, or collection of firearms at which:

(I) Twenty-five or more firearms are offered or publicly exhibited for sale,
transfer, or exchange; or

(II) Not less than three gun show vendors publicly exhibit or sell, offer for
sale, transfer, or exchange firearms.

(b) Gun show does not include a gun collectors show.

(4) Gun show parking area means the parking area that is on the same
property as the gun show venue or that is adjacent to the venue and under control
of the company that owns or operates the venue. Gun show parking area does not
include adjacent street parking.

(5) Gun show promoter means a person who organizes or operates a gun
show.

(6) (a) Gun show vendor means any person who publicly exhibits or sells,
offers for sale, transfers, or exchanges any firearm at a gun show, regardless of
whether the person arranges with a gun show promoter for a fixed location from
which to publicly exhibit or sell, offer for sale, transfer, or exchange any firearm.

(b) Gun show vendor does not include a person who is not a federal
firearms licensee who sells, offers for sale, or transfers a firearm to, or exchanges a
firearm with, a gun show vendor who is a federal firearms licensee at a gun show,
including transferring a firearm to a gun show vendor who is a federal firearms
licensee for sale on consignment or to facilitate a private firearm transfer.

(7) Local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the gun show
means a town marshal's office, police department, or sheriff's office whose
jurisdiction includes the area in which a gun show occurs.

(8) State firearms dealer permit means a state firearms dealer permit
described in section 18-12-401.5.