Colorado § 42-4-1406 Foreign matter on highway prohibited - penalty - definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 42-4-1406 — Foreign matter on highway prohibited - penalty - definitions

Colorado § 42-4-1406

Title 42Vehicles and

Art.Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1406 (2026).

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(1)

(a)No person shall throw or deposit upon or along any highway any glass bottle, glass, stones, nails, tacks, wire, cans, container of human waste, or other substance likely to injure any person, animal, or vehicle upon or along such highway.

(b)No person shall throw, drop, or otherwise expel a lighted cigarette, cigar, match, or other burning material from a motor vehicle upon any highway.

(2)Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any highway or structure any destructive or injurious material or lighted or burning substance shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed.

(3)Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle. (4

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(1)
(a) No person shall throw or deposit upon or along any highway any glass bottle,
glass, stones, nails, tacks, wire, cans, container of human waste, or other substance
likely to injure any person, animal, or vehicle upon or along such highway.

(b) No person shall throw, drop, or otherwise expel a lighted cigarette, cigar,
match, or other burning material from a motor vehicle upon any highway.

(2) Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any
highway or structure any destructive or injurious material or lighted or burning
substance shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed.

(3) Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall
remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such
vehicle.

(4) No person shall excavate a ditch or other aqueduct, or construct any
flume or pipeline or any steam, electric, or other railway, or construct any approach
to a public highway without written consent of the authority responsible for the
maintenance of that highway.

(5) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (5), any person
who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.

(b) (I) Any person who violates subsection (1)(b) of this section commits a
petty offense and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-503.

(II) Any person who violates paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section by
throwing or depositing a container of human waste upon or along any highway shall
be punished by a fine of five hundred dollars in lieu of the penalty and surcharge
prescribed in section 42-4-1701 (4)(a)(I)(N).

(6) As used in this section:

(a) Container includes, but is not limited to, a bottle, a can, a box, or a
diaper.

(b) Human waste means urine or feces produced by a human.

Legislative History

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2393, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2002, 3rd Ex. Sess.: Entire section amended, p. 52, � 1, effective July 18. L. 2005: (1)(a) and (5)(b) amended and (6) added, p. 137, � 1, effective April 5. L. 2006: (5)(b)(I) amended, p. 1512, � 74, effective June 1. L. 2021: (5)(b)(I) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3308, � 734, effective March 1, 2022.