C.R.S. Section 33-6-115.5
Hunting, trapping, and fishing

  • intentional interference with lawful activities

(1)

No person shall willfully prevent or interfere with the lawful participation of any individual in the activity of hunting, trapping, or fishing in accordance with this article.

(2)

A person commits intentional interference with lawful hunting, trapping, and fishing activities if he:

(a)

Acts with intent to alarm, distract, or frighten prey and causes prey to flee by:

(I)

Use of any natural or artificial source of noise or light;

(II)

Giving chase to prey on foot or by use of any vehicle;

(III)

Throwing objects or making movements;

(b)

Intentionally harasses any person lawfully participating in the activity of hunting, trapping, and fishing by use of threats or actions;

(c)

Erects barriers with the intent to deny ingress to lawfully designated hunting, trapping, and fishing areas;

(d)

Intentionally interjects himself into the line of fire;

(e)

Engages in any other conduct with the intent to disrupt or prevent lawful hunting, trapping, and fishing activities.

(3)

Any person who violates this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor and is assessed twenty license suspension points.

(4)

Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be liable for all damages incurred by the individual whose lawful activity was obstructed and for all court costs of prosecution.

(5)

Nothing in this section shall limit the actions of law enforcement officers and personnel of the division of parks and wildlife in the performance of their official duties nor apply to landowners, tenants, or leaseholders exercising their legal rights to the enjoyment of land, including, but not limited to, farming, ranching, and restricting trespass, nor will anything in this section be construed to prohibit any incidental interference arising from the lawful use of land or water.

Source: Section 33-6-115.5 — Hunting, trapping, and fishing - intentional interference with lawful activities, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-33.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

33‑6‑101
Powers and duties of officers 33‑6‑102
Items constituting public nuisance - when - seizure 33‑6‑103
Prosecution of offenses 33‑6‑104
Imposition of penalty - procedures 33‑6‑105
Disposition of fines and surcharges 33‑6‑106
Suspension of license privileges 33‑6‑107
Licensing violations - penalties - rule 33‑6‑108
Possession as prima facie evidence 33‑6‑109
Wildlife - illegal possession 33‑6‑110
Division action to recover possession and value of wildlife unlawfully taken 33‑6‑111
Inspection of license and wildlife - check stations - failure to tag - eluding an officer 33‑6‑112
Evidence of wildlife sex and species 33‑6‑113
Illegal sale of wildlife 33‑6‑113.5
Illegal businesses on division property 33‑6‑114
Transportation, importation, exportation, and release of wildlife 33‑6‑114.5
Native and nonnative fish - possession, transportation, importation, exportation, and release - penalties 33‑6‑115
Theft of wildlife - tampering with trap 33‑6‑115.5
Hunting, trapping, and fishing - intentional interference with lawful activities 33‑6‑116
Hunting, trapping, or fishing on private property - posting public lands 33‑6‑117
Willful destruction of wildlife - legislative intent 33‑6‑118
Killing of big game animals in contest prohibited 33‑6‑119
Pursuit of wounded game - waste of edible game wildlife - use of wildlife as bait 33‑6‑120
Hunting, trapping, or fishing out of season or in a closed area 33‑6‑121
Hunters to wear fluorescent pink or daylight fluorescent orange garments 33‑6‑122
Hunting in a careless manner - definition 33‑6‑123
Hunting under the influence 33‑6‑124
Use of a motor vehicle or aircraft - rules 33‑6‑125
Possession of a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle 33‑6‑126
Shooting from a public road 33‑6‑127
Hunting with artificial light, night vision, or thermal imaging devices 33‑6‑128
Damage or destruction of dens or nests - harassment of wildlife 33‑6‑129
Damage to property or habitat under division control 33‑6‑130
Explosives, toxicants, and poisons not to be used 33‑6‑131
Knowingly luring bears 33‑6‑132
Computer-assisted remote hunting prohibited 33‑6‑201
Legislative declaration - scope and purpose of part 33‑6‑202
Definitions 33‑6‑203
General prohibition - penalties 33‑6‑204
General exemptions - conduct “authorized by law” 33‑6‑205
Exemption - departments of health 33‑6‑206
Exemptions - nonlethal methods 33‑6‑207
Exemption - landowners’ protection of crops and livestock - definitions - authority of division and of department of agriculture 33‑6‑208
Thirty-day period - administration - conditions precedent to use of exemption 33‑6‑209
Poisons - labeling - definitions
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 33-6-115.5’s source at colorado​.gov