Colorado Code
Article 46 - Fence Law
§ 35-46-105. Grazing on Roads and in Municipalities - Penalty

(2) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Any person violating this section commits a civil infraction. It is the duty of every Colorado state trooper, sheriff, or other peace officer to prefer charges against any person violating this section and take custody of such livestock and place them on feed and water. Such livestock may be placed by such officer in the custody of a responsible person who shall care for the same pending disposition of any court action under this section. The livestock may be held in case of conviction of the owner or other person in charge for the payment of any reasonable costs of handling, care, and feed and of court and for the payment of all fines which may be levied against said owner or other person in charge. In the event such costs and fine are not paid within ten days after the entry of judgment, such court, after reasonable notice to such owner and any known persons in interest as determined by the court, may order sufficient numbers of such livestock sold to pay such costs and fine.


Source: L. 17: p. 347, § 8. L. 21: p. 567, § 1. C.L. § 3160. CSA: C. 160, § 63. L. 39: p. 554, § 1. L. 47: p. 850, § 1. L. 53: p. 591, § 8. CRS 53: § 8-13-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 8-13-5. L. 2013: (2) amended, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1698, § 111, effective August 7. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3283, § 644, 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 disposition of proceeds from sale of estrays, see § 35-44-106; for laws pertaining to hogs running at large, see § 35-43-125; for laws pertaining to horses and mules running at large, see article 47 of this title; for powers of municipalities to restrain and impound estrays, see § 31-15-401 (1)(m).

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