Colorado § 42-4-607 Interference with official devices

Colorado Statutes

§ 42-4-607 — Interference with official devices

Colorado § 42-4-607

Title 42Vehicles and

Art.Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-607 (2026).

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(1)(a) No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, remove, or interfere with the effective operation of any official traffic control device or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon or any other part thereof. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, any person who violates any provision of this paragraph (a) commits a class B traffic infraction.

(b)No person shall possess or sell, without lawful authority, an electronic device that is designed to cause a traffic light to change. A person who violates any provision of this paragraph (b) commits a class B traffic infraction.

(2)(a) No person shall use an electronic device, without lawful authority, that causes a tr

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(1) (a) No person shall, without
lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, remove, or
interfere with the effective operation of any official traffic control device or any
railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon or any other part
thereof. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, any person
who violates any provision of this paragraph (a) commits a class B traffic infraction.

(b) No person shall possess or sell, without lawful authority, an electronic
device that is designed to cause a traffic light to change. A person who violates any
provision of this paragraph (b) commits a class B traffic infraction.

(2) (a) No person shall use an electronic device, without lawful authority, that
causes a traffic light to change. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of
this subsection (2), a person who violates any provision of this paragraph (a)
commits a class A traffic infraction.

(b) A person who violates any provision of paragraph (a) of this subsection (2)
and thereby proximately causes bodily injury to another person commits a class 1
misdemeanor traffic offense. In addition to any other penalty imposed by law, the
court shall impose a fine of one thousand dollars.

Legislative History

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2344, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 333, � 2, effective August 4. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 1711, � 1, effective June 6.