Colorado § 33-14.5-109 Required equipment - off-highway vehicles

Colorado Statutes

§ 33-14.5-109 — Required equipment - off-highway vehicles

Colorado § 33-14.5-109

Title 33Parks and

Art.Off-highway Vehicles

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-14.5-109 (2026).

Text

(1)No off-highway vehicle shall be operated upon public land unless it is equipped with the following:

(a)At least one lighted head lamp and one lighted tail lamp, each having the minimum candlepower prescribed by regulation of the division while being operated between the hours of sunset and sunrise;

(b)Brakes and a muffler and spark arrester which conform to the standards prescribed by regulation of the division, which shall be applicable in all cases except for off-highway vehicles being operated in organized competitive events held on private lands with the permission of the landowner, lessee, or custodian of the land, on public lands and waters under the jurisdiction of the division with its permission, or on other public lands with the consent of the public agency owning

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(1) No off-highway vehicle shall be operated upon public land unless it is equipped with the
following:

(a) At least one lighted head lamp and one lighted tail lamp, each having the
minimum candlepower prescribed by regulation of the division while being operated
between the hours of sunset and sunrise;

(b) Brakes and a muffler and spark arrester which conform to the standards
prescribed by regulation of the division, which shall be applicable in all cases
except for off-highway vehicles being operated in organized competitive events
held on private lands with the permission of the landowner, lessee, or custodian of
the land, on public lands and waters under the jurisdiction of the division with its
permission, or on other public lands with the consent of the public agency owning
the land.

(2) A person who violates subsection (1) of this section commits a civil
infraction and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars; except
that the fine for a violation relating to a spark arrester is one hundred fifty dollars.

Legislative History

Source: L. 89: Entire article added, p. 1366, � 1, effective April 1, 1990. L. 95: (2) amended, p. 974, � 32, effective July 1. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 1952, � 39, effective May 22. L. 2013: (2) amended, (SB 13-067), ch. 106, p. 371, � 3, effective April 4. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3270, � 592, effective March 1, 2022.