Colorado § 43-2-201.1 Closure of public highways extending to public lands - penalty

Colorado Statutes

§ 43-2-201.1 — Closure of public highways extending to public lands - penalty

Colorado § 43-2-201.1

Title 43Transportation

Art.State, County, and Municipal Highways

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-201.1 (2026).

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(1)Any person, other than a governing body of a municipality or county acting pursuant to part 3 of this article 2, who intentionally blocks, obstructs, or closes any public highway, as described in section 43-2-201, that extends to any public land, including public land belonging to the federal government, thereby closing public access to public lands, without good cause therefor, commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.

(2)The provisions of this section shall not apply to temporary and reasonable obstruction of the public highways described in subsection (1) of this section by a railroad train at a railroad crossing.

(3)Any peace officer of this state, as described in section 16-2.5-101, C.R.S., has the authority to enforce the p

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(1) Any person, other than a governing body of a municipality or county acting
pursuant to part 3 of this article 2, who intentionally blocks, obstructs, or closes
any public highway, as described in section 43-2-201, that extends to any public
land, including public land belonging to the federal government, thereby closing
public access to public lands, without good cause therefor, commits a class 2
misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.

(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to temporary and reasonable
obstruction of the public highways described in subsection (1) of this section by a
railroad train at a railroad crossing.

(3) Any peace officer of this state, as described in section 16-2.5-101, C.R.S.,
has the authority to enforce the provisions of this section.

(4) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, any
owner of private land who complies with the provisions of this subsection (4) may
post notice of intent to close a road crossing such land if such road has been
abandoned. Said owner shall promptly notify the board of county commissioners of
the county in which such road is located of such proposed closure. The board of
county commissioners so notified shall publish notice of such proposed closure in a
newspaper of general circulation in such county within sixty days after receipt of
notice from said owner and shall post notice of such proposed closure at each end
of the road described in the notice. If the board of county commissioners receives
no objection to such proposed closure within eighteen months after such
publication, the road described in such notice shall be closed to public access.

(b) If the board of county commissioners receives objection to such proposed
closure, it shall schedule a public hearing concerning the proposed closure and
shall publish notice of said hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in such
county at least ten days prior to said hearing. At said hearing, the board shall hear
objections to the proposed closure and shall decide, within thirty days of the
hearing, whether the road described in the notice shall be closed to public access.

Legislative History

Source: L. 76: Entire section added, p. 821, � 1, effective July 1. L. 98: (1) amended, p. 1444, � 35, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 1565, � 386, effective October 1. L. 2003: (3) amended, p. 1617, � 22, effective August 6. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3325, � 776, effective March 1, 2022.