Colorado § 8-2-106 Armed guards - when lawful

Colorado Statutes

§ 8-2-106 — Armed guards - when lawful

Colorado § 8-2-106

Title 08Labor and

Art.Labor Relations, Generally

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-2-106 (2026).

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Any person who hires, aids, abets, or
assists in hiring, through agencies or otherwise, persons to guard with arms or
deadly weapons of any kind other persons or property in this state, or any person
who enters this state armed with deadly weapons of any kind for any such purpose,
without a permit in writing from the governor of this state commits a class 6 felony
and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S. Nothing in sections
8-2-104 to 8-2-107 shall be construed to interfere with the right of any person,
company, corporation, society, association, or organization to guard or protect its
private property or private interests as is now provided by law. Sections 8-2-104 to
8-2-107 shall be construed only to apply in cases where workmen are brought into
this sta

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Any person who hires, aids, abets, or
assists in hiring, through agencies or otherwise, persons to guard with arms or
deadly weapons of any kind other persons or property in this state, or any person
who enters this state armed with deadly weapons of any kind for any such purpose,
without a permit in writing from the governor of this state commits a class 6 felony
and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S. Nothing in sections
8-2-104 to 8-2-107 shall be construed to interfere with the right of any person,
company, corporation, society, association, or organization to guard or protect its
private property or private interests as is now provided by law. Sections 8-2-104 to
8-2-107 shall be construed only to apply in cases where workmen are brought into
this state, or induced to go from one place to another in this state by any false
pretenses, false advertising, or deceptive representations, or brought into this state
under arms, or removed from one place to another in this state under arms.

Legislative History

Source: L. 11: p. 487, � 3. C.L. � 4158. CSA: C. 97, � 73. CRS 53: � 80-4-6. C.R.S. 1963: � 80-11-6. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 869, � 19, effective July 1, 1979. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 821, � 5, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1466, � 17, effective October 1.