Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-46-109

Current through Acts effective through 7/1/2024 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 35-46-109 - Taking into custody or release unlawful - penalty

It is unlawful for any person to take into the person's custody any livestock without complying with the provisions of sections 35-46-102 to 35-46-105 unless such taking be done in good faith. It is unlawful for any person, forcibly or by trickery, fraud, or deceit, or without the knowledge and consent of the person having possession of any livestock taken under such provisions, to remove the same from the possession of such person. Any person violating the provisions of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor.

C.R.S. § 35-46-109

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 645, eff. 3/1/2022.

L. 17: p. 348, § 12. C.L. § 3164. CSA: C. 160, § 67. L. 53: p. 592, § 9. CRS 53: § 8-13-9. L. 63: p. 322, § 6. C.R.S. 1963: § 8-13-9. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3283, p. 3283, § 645, effective 3/1/2022.

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.

2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).