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C.R.S. § 18-9-107 — Obstructing highway or other passageway.

Current through 2025 Regular Session

Part of Part 1: PUBLIC PEACE AND ORDER, Colorado Revised Statutes.

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Full text of C.R.S. § 18-9-107

Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.

C.R.S. § 18-9-107Primary source, current through the 2025 Regular Session
(1) An individual or corporation commits an offense if without legal privilege such individual or corporation intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly: (a) Obstructs a highway, street, sidewalk, railway, waterway, building entrance, elevator, aisle, stairway, or hallway to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access or any other place used for the passage of persons, vehicles, or conveyances, whether the obstruction arises from his acts alone or from his acts and the acts of others; or (b) Disobeys a reasonable request or order to move issued by a person the individual or corporation knows to be a peace officer, a firefighter, or a person with authority to control the use of the premises, to prevent obstruction of a highway or passageway or to maintain public safety by dispersing those gathered in dangerous proximity to a fire, riot, or other hazard. (2) For purposes of this section, "obstruct" means to render impassable or to render passage unreasonably inconvenient or hazardous. (3) An offense under this section is a petty offense; except that knowingly obstructing the entrance into, or exit from, a funeral or funeral site, or knowingly obstructing a highway or other passageway where a funeral procession is taking place is a class 2 misdemeanor.

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Is obstructing highway or other passageway a felony or a misdemeanor in Colorado?

It depends on the circumstances: obstructing highway or other passageway ranges from a petty offense to a class 2 misdemeanor in Colorado under C.R.S. § 18-9-107.

Obstructing highway or passageway (general): petty offense (C.R.S. § 18-9-107(3)) · Obstructing funeral entrance/exit or funeral procession: class 2 misdemeanor (C.R.S. § 18-9-107(3))

Which Colorado statute covers obstructing highway or other passageway?

Obstructing highway or other passageway is governed by C.R.S. § 18-9-107 (Obstructing highway or other passageway).

This reference is informational and is not legal advice.