Colorado Code
Part 1 - Department of Public Health and Environment
§ 25-1-114. Unlawful Acts - Penalties

(4) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (4) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, any person, association, or corporation, or the officers thereof, who violates any provision of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor and is also liable for any expense incurred by health authorities in removing any nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness. Conviction under the penalty provisions of this part 1 or any other public health law shall not relieve any person from any civil action in damages that may exist for an injury resulting from any violation of the public health laws.







Source: L. 47: p. 515, § 12. CSA: C. 78, § 21(13). CRS 53: § 66-1-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-1-14. L. 64: p. 478, § 2. L. 75: (1)(i) added, p. 870, § 2, effective June 20. L. 86: (1)(i) amended, p. 1220, § 25, effective May 30. L. 87: (4) amended and (5) added, p. 610, § 21, effective July 1. L. 2002: (5)(b)(I) and (5)(b)(II) amended, p. 1536, § 262, effective October 1. L. 2019: (1)(j) added, (HB 19-1174), ch. 171, p. 1995, § 7, effective January 1, 2020. L. 2021: (4) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3232, § 441, 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 legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.

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