Colorado Code § 18-9-110

Public buildings - trespass, interference - penalty
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(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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