Colorado § 28-3-501 Nonliability for official acts

Colorado Statutes

§ 28-3-501 — Nonliability for official acts

Colorado § 28-3-501

Title 28Military and

Art.National Guard

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-3-501 (2026).

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The commanding officer of any of
the military forces engaged in the suppression of an insurrection, the dispersion of
a mob, or the enforcement of the laws shall exercise his or her discretion as to the
propriety of firing upon or otherwise attacking any mob or other unlawful assembly;
and, if he or she exercises his or her honest judgment thereon, he or she shall not be
liable in either a civil or a criminal action for any act done while on such duty. No
officer or enlisted person shall be held liable in either a civil or criminal action for
any act done under lawful orders and in the performance of his or her duty.

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The commanding officer of any of
the military forces engaged in the suppression of an insurrection, the dispersion of
a mob, or the enforcement of the laws shall exercise his or her discretion as to the
propriety of firing upon or otherwise attacking any mob or other unlawful assembly;
and, if he or she exercises his or her honest judgment thereon, he or she shall not be
liable in either a civil or a criminal action for any act done while on such duty. No
officer or enlisted person shall be held liable in either a civil or criminal action for
any act done under lawful orders and in the performance of his or her duty.