Colorado § 35-50-119 Criminal penalties

Colorado Statutes

§ 35-50-119 — Criminal penalties

Colorado § 35-50-119

Title 35Agriculture

Art.Livestock Health Act

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-50-119 (2026).

Text

(1)Except as set forth in subsection (2) of this section, any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, and any officer or agent thereof, who violates any of the provisions of this article 50 or any lawful order or rule of the commissioner commits a class 2 misdemeanor.

(2)A person who moves or causes to be moved any single head or any herd of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, swine, poultry, or other livestock from a hold or quarantined area in violation of a hold or quarantine order or who knowingly or unlawfully introduces a reportable disease into the state commits a class 1 misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished pursuant to title 18. A plea of nolo contendere accepted by the court shall be considered a conviction for the purposes of this sect

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(1) Except as set forth in subsection (2) of
this section, any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, and any
officer or agent thereof, who violates any of the provisions of this article 50 or any
lawful order or rule of the commissioner commits a class 2 misdemeanor.

(2) A person who moves or causes to be moved any single head or any herd
of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, swine, poultry, or other livestock from a hold or
quarantined area in violation of a hold or quarantine order or who knowingly or
unlawfully introduces a reportable disease into the state commits a class 1
misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished pursuant to title 18. A
plea of nolo contendere accepted by the court shall be considered a conviction for
the purposes of this section.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2005: Entire article R&RE, p. 460, � 1, effective December 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3283, � 648, effective March 1, 2022.