C.R.S. Section 33-6-124
Use of a motor vehicle or aircraft

  • rules

(1)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

Unless otherwise permitted by commission rule, it is unlawful for a person to hunt, take, or harass wildlife from or with a motor vehicle. A person who violates this paragraph (a) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of two hundred dollars and an assessment of ten license suspension points.

(b)

Unless otherwise permitted by commission rule, it is unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm or release an arrow from a motor vehicle with the intent to take wildlife. A person who violates this paragraph (b) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of two hundred dollars and an assessment of ten license suspension points.

(2)

It is unlawful for any person airborne in any aircraft to spot or locate any wildlife and communicate its location to a person on the ground as an aid to hunting or pursuing wildlife; and it is unlawful for such airborne person or person on the ground receiving such communication to pursue, hunt, or take game on the same day or the day following such flight. A person who violates this subsection (2) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of two thousand dollars and an assessment of fifteen license suspension points.

(3)

It is unlawful for two or more people on the ground, in a motor vehicle, or in a vessel to use electronic devices to communicate information in the furtherance of a violation of articles 1 to 6 of this title or of a commission rule. A person who violates this subsection (3) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of two hundred dollars and an assessment of fifteen license suspension points.

(4)

A person who violates section 33-14.5-108 (3)(a) while engaged in the act of hunting, fishing, trapping, or a related activity at the time of the unlawful activity shall be punished by a penalty of ten license suspension points; except that, if the person was within a federal wilderness area at the time of the unlawful activity, the person shall be punished by a penalty of fifteen license suspension points. A person who violates section 33-14.5-108 (3)(b) while engaged in the act of hunting, fishing, or trapping or a related activity at the time of the unlawful activity shall be punished by a penalty of five license suspension points.

Source: Section 33-6-124 — Use of a motor vehicle or aircraft - rules, 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
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 33-6-124’s source at colorado​.gov