§ 40-10.1-806 — Signage required to immobilize a vehicle - effective date

Colorado § 40-10.1-806

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 40: Utilities
• Art.: Motor Carriers

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(1)
In order for a vehicle immobilization company to immobilize a vehicle, the property
owner must have posted signage that:

(a) Is not less than two square feet in size;

(b) Has lettering not less than one inch in height;

(c) Has lettering that contrasts sharply in color with the background on
which the letters are placed and contrasts sharply with the structure the signs are
placed on;

(d) Contains the following information in the order listed below:

(I) The restriction or prohibition on parking;

(II) The times of the day and days that the restriction is applicable, but, if the
restriction applies twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week, the sign must
say Authorized Parking Only;

(III) Notice that violating the regulation subjects the violating vehicle to be
immobilized at the vehicle owner's expense; and

(IV) The name and telephone number of the vehicle immobilization company
authorized to perform immobilizations on the private property;

(e) Is printed in English and Spanish;

(f) Is permanently mounted both:

(I) At each entrance to the private property so that the sign faces outward
toward the street and is visible before and upon entering the private property; and

(II) Inside the private property so that the sign faces outward toward the
parking area;

(g) Is not obstructed from view or placed in a manner that prevents direct
visibility;

(h) Is not placed higher than ten feet or lower than three feet from the
surface closest to the sign's placement;

(i) Has the same number of signs as the number of lampposts if the parking
area has more than ten freestanding lampposts on the property, and:

(I) A sign is posted on each lamppost; or

(II) A sign is posted upright in conspicuous locations evenly distributed
across the parking area.

(2) The signage required by this section may be combined with the signage
required in section 40-10.1-405.

(3) (a) This section is effective January 1, 2026.

(b) This subsection (3) is repealed, effective July 2, 2026.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2025: Entire part amended, (HB 25-1117), ch. 391, p. 2207, � 3, effective June 3.