§ 18-9-110 — Public buildings - trespass, interference - penalty

Colorado § 18-9-110

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 18: Criminal
• Art.: Offenses Against Public Peace,

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(1) No person
shall so conduct himself at or in any public building owned, operated, or controlled
by the state, or any of the political subdivisions of the state or at any building
owned, operated, or controlled by the federal government as to willfully deny to
any public official, public employee, or invitee on such premises the lawful rights of
such official, employee, or invitee to enter, to use the facilities of, or to leave any
such public building.

(2) No person shall, at or in any such public building, willfully impede any
public official or employee in the lawful performance of duties or activities through
the use of restraint, abduction, coercion, or intimidation or by force and violence or
threat thereof.

(3) No person shall willfully refuse or fail to leave any such public building
upon being requested to do so by the chief administrative officer or his designee
charged with maintaining order in such public building, if the person has committed,
is committing, threatens to commit, or incites others to commit any act which did, or
would if completed, disrupt, impair, interfere with, or obstruct the lawful missions,
processes, procedures, or functions being carried on in the public building.

(4) No person shall, at any meeting or session conducted by any judicial,
legislative, or administrative body or official at or in any public building, willfully
impede, disrupt, or hinder the normal proceedings of such meeting or session by
any act of intrusion into the chamber or other areas designated for the use of the
body or official conducting the meeting or session or by any act designed to
intimidate, coerce, or hinder any member of such body or official engaged in the
performance of duties at such meeting or session.

(5) No person shall, by any act of intrusion into the chamber or other areas
designated for the use of any executive body or official at or in any public building,
willfully impede, disrupt, or hinder the normal proceedings of such body or official.

(6) No person, alone or in concert with another, shall picket inside any
building in which the chambers, galleries, or offices of the general assembly, or
either house thereof, are located, or in which the legislative office of any member of
the general assembly is located, or in which a legislative hearing or meeting is
being or is to be conducted.

(7) The term public building, as used in this section, includes any premises
being temporarily used by a public officer or employee in the discharge of his
official duties.

(8) (a) Any person who violates subsection (2) or (4) of this section commits a
class 2 misdemeanor.

(b) Any person who violates subsection (1), (3), (5), or (6) of this section
commits a petty offense.

Legislative History

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 469, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-9-110. L. 73: p. 683, � 2. L. 86: (1) amended, p. 771, � 12, effective July 1. L. 2021: (8) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3203, � 313, effective March 1, 2022.