Colorado § 42-4-1213 Parking in electric motor vehicle charging stations - definition

Colorado Statutes

§ 42-4-1213 — Parking in electric motor vehicle charging stations - definition

Colorado § 42-4-1213

Title 42Vehicles and

Art.Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1213 (2026).

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(1)(a) For the purposes of this section, official sign means a sign identifying a parking space for electric motor vehicle charging that cites this section or the equivalent local ordinance and that clearly displays the penalties for violating this section or the equivalent local ordinance.

(b)The owner of public or private property may install official signs that identify a parking space as a dedicated charging station. The installation operates as a waiver of any objection the owner may assert concerning enforcement of this section by a peace officer. A peace officer may enforce this section on private property.

(2)(a) A person shall not park a motor vehicle within a parking space designated for charging a plug-in electric motor vehicle unless the motor vehicle is a plug-in

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(1) (a) For the purposes of this section, official sign means a sign identifying a
parking space for electric motor vehicle charging that cites this section or the
equivalent local ordinance and that clearly displays the penalties for violating this
section or the equivalent local ordinance.

(b) The owner of public or private property may install official signs that
identify a parking space as a dedicated charging station. The installation operates
as a waiver of any objection the owner may assert concerning enforcement of this
section by a peace officer. A peace officer may enforce this section on private
property.

(2) (a) A person shall not park a motor vehicle within a parking space
designated for charging a plug-in electric motor vehicle unless the motor vehicle is
a plug-in electric motor vehicle.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a person shall not
park a plug-in electric motor vehicle in a parking space with a dedicated charging
connector for the parking space unless the person is parked in the charging station
for the purpose of charging the plug-in electric motor vehicle.

(c) A plug-in electric motor vehicle is rebuttably presumed to not be
charging if the motor vehicle is:

(I) Parked in a charging station parking space with a dedicated charging
connector for the space; and

(II) Not continuously and electrically connected to the charger for longer
than thirty minutes.

(3) (a) A person may park a plug-in electric motor vehicle at a charging
station after the motor vehicle is fully charged in a parking lot:

(I) That serves a lodging business if the person is a client of the lodging
business and has parked the plug-in electric motor vehicle in the lot to charge
overnight;

(II) That serves an airport if the person is a client of the airport and has
parked the plug-in electric motor vehicle in the lot to charge when traveling; or

(III) Between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.

(b) The exception in subsection (3)(a) of this section is an affirmative defense
to a violation of subsection (2) of this section.

(4) A person who violates this section commits a class B traffic infraction.