Colorado § 33-6-203 General prohibition - penalties

Colorado Statutes

§ 33-6-203 — General prohibition - penalties

Colorado § 33-6-203

Title 33Parks and

Art.Law Enforcement and Penalties - Wildlife

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-6-203 (2026).

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(1)Except as otherwise provided in this part 2, it is unlawful to take wildlife with any leghold trap, any instant kill body-gripping design trap, or by poison or snare in the state of Colorado. Penalties shall be as provided in section 33-6-109 unless a different penalty is specifically provided in this part 2.

(2)Except as otherwise provided in this part 2, any person who attempts to take wildlife using any leghold trap, instant kill body-gripping design trap, poison, or snare commits a petty offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of forty dollars and is assessed four license suspension points.

(3)An owner or lessee of private property or an employee of such owner or lessee, as such terms are defined and used in sections 33-6-207 and 33-6-208, who

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(1) Except as otherwise provided
in this part 2, it is unlawful to take wildlife with any leghold trap, any instant kill
body-gripping design trap, or by poison or snare in the state of Colorado. Penalties
shall be as provided in section 33-6-109 unless a different penalty is specifically
provided in this part 2.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this part 2, any person who attempts to
take wildlife using any leghold trap, instant kill body-gripping design trap, poison,
or snare commits a petty offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by
a fine of forty dollars and is assessed four license suspension points.

(3) An owner or lessee of private property or an employee of such owner or
lessee, as such terms are defined and used in sections 33-6-207 and 33-6-208, who
takes wildlife using any leghold trap, instant kill body-gripping design trap, poison,
or snare on such private property under circumstances that give rise to the
exemption set forth in section 33-6-207 (1) but without complying with the notice
and certification requirements of section 33-6-208 (1)(c) commits a petty offense
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of twenty-five dollars;
except that, upon conviction of a second or subsequent offense, the fine shall be
fifty dollars.

(4) Any person convicted of violating subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall
be subject to twice the applicable penalty if the offense occurred pursuant to an
unlawful entry onto the privately owned or leased property of another.

Legislative History

Source: L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1066, � 1, effective May 27. L. 2021: (2) and (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3261, � 562, effective March 1, 2022.