Colorado Code
Part 5 - Trespass, Tampering, and Criminal Mischief
§ 18-4-511. Littering of Public or Private Property - Repeal

(4) (a) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (4)(a) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4)(b)(I) of this section and sections 33-15-108 (2) and 42-4-1406, littering is a civil infraction punishable, upon conviction, notwithstanding the provisions of section 18-1.3-503, by a mandatory fine of not less than twenty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars upon a first conviction, by a mandatory fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars upon a second conviction, and by a mandatory fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars upon a third or subsequent conviction.

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 432, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-4-511. L. 73: p. 537, § 1. L. 77: (4) amended, p. 1195, § 2, effective July 1. L. 79: (7) amended, p. 1212, § 2, effective June 21. L. 81: (4) amended, p. 2025, § 18, effective July 14. L. 85: (4) R&RE and (5) amended, p. 670, §§ 1, 2, effective July 1. L. 2002, 3rd Ex. Sess.: (4) amended, p. 53, § 3, effective July 18. L. 2019: (4) amended, (SB 19-192), ch. 362, p. 3353, § 3, effective August 2. L. 2021: (4)(a) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3180, § 218, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
Cross references: For the power and duty of the executive director of the department of natural resources to establish programs to control litter in Colorado, see § 24-33-102 (5); for prohibitions against putting foreign matters on highways, see § 42-4-1406; for littering lands or waters under the control of the division of wildlife in the department of natural resources, see §§ 33-10-102 (10) and 33-15-108; for affirmative defenses generally, see §§ 18-1-407, 18-1-710, and 18-1-805.