Colorado statute

C.R.S. § 18-9-110 — Public buildings - trespass, interference - penalty.

Current through 2025 Regular Session

Part of Part 1: PUBLIC PEACE AND ORDER, Colorado Revised Statutes.

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Public buildings

Full text of C.R.S. § 18-9-110

Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.

C.R.S. § 18-9-110Primary source, current through the 2025 Regular Session

(1) No person shall so conduct himself at or in any public building owned, operated, or controlled by the state, or any of the political subdivisions of the state or at any building owned, operated, or controlled by the federal government as to willfully deny to any public official, public employee, or invitee on such premises the lawful rights of such official, employee, or invitee to enter, to use the facilities of, or to leave any such public building. (2) No person shall, at or in any such public building, willfully impede any public official or employee in the lawful performance of duties or activities through the use of restraint, abduction, coercion, or intimidation or by force and violence or threat thereof. (3) No person shall willfully refuse or fail to leave any such public building upon being requested to do so by the chief administrative officer or his designee charged with maintaining order in such public building, if the person has committed, is committing, threatens to commit, or incites others to commit any act which did, or would if completed, disrupt, impair, interfere with, or obstruct the lawful missions, processes, procedures, or functions being carried on in the public building. (4) No person shall, at any meeting or session conducted by any judicial, legislative, or administrative body or official at or in any public building, willfully impede, disrupt, or hinder the normal proceedings of such meeting or session by any act of intrusion into the chamber or other areas designated for the use of the body or official conducting the meeting or session or by any act designed to intimidate, coerce, or hinder any member of such body or official engaged in the performance of duties at such meeting or session. (5) No person shall, by any act of intrusion into the chamber or other areas designated for the use of any executive body or official at or in any public building, willfully impede, disrupt, or hinder the normal proceedings of such body or official. (6) No person, alone or in concert with another, shall picket inside any building in which the chambers, galleries, or offices of the general assembly, or either house thereof, are located, or in which the legislative office of any member of the general assembly is located, or in which a legislative hearing or meeting is being or is to be conducted. (7) The term "public building", as used in this section, includes any premises being temporarily used by a public officer or employee in the discharge of his official duties. (8) (a) Any person who violates subsection (2) or (4) of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor. (b) Any person who violates subsection (1), (3), (5), or (6) of this section commits a petty offense.

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Is public buildings a felony or a misdemeanor in Colorado?

It depends on the circumstances: public buildings ranges from a petty offense to a class 2 misdemeanor in Colorado under C.R.S. § 18-9-110.

Impeding public official/employee by force or intimidation (subsection 2): class 2 misdemeanor (C.R.S. § 18-9-110(8)(a)) · Disrupting judicial, legislative, or administrative meeting (subsection 4): class 2 misdemeanor (C.R.S. § 18-9-110(8)(a)) · Denying lawful rights to enter, use, or leave public building (subsection 1): petty offense (C.R.S. § 18-9-110(8)(b)) · Refusal to leave building when ordered (subsection 3): petty offense (C.R.S. § 18-9-110(8)(b)) · Disrupting executive body proceedings (subsection 5): petty offense (C.R.S. § 18-9-110(8)(b)) · Picketing inside legislative building (subsection 6): petty offense (C.R.S. § 18-9-110(8)(b))

Which Colorado statute covers public buildings?

Public buildings is governed by C.R.S. § 18-9-110 (Public buildings - trespass, interference - penalty).

This reference is informational and is not legal advice.