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2024 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102)
Article 9 - Offenses Against Public Peace, Order, and Decency (§§ 18-9-101 — 18-9-314)
Part 2 - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (§§ 18-9-201 — 18-9-209)
Section 18-9-209 - Immunity for reporting cruelty to animals - false report - penalty

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CO Rev Stat § 18-9-209 (2024)
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  • (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person who, in good faith, reports a suspected incident of cruelty to animals, service animals, or certified police working dogs or police working horses, as described in section 18-9-202, to a local law enforcement agency or to the state bureau of animal protection is immune from civil liability for reporting the incident.
  • (2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to a person who knowingly makes a false report of animal cruelty.
  • (3) A person who knowingly makes a false report of animal cruelty to a local law enforcement agency or to the state bureau of animal protection commits a civil infraction.

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 328, eff. 3/1/2022.

Amended by 2019 Ch. 75, § 3, eff. 4/4/2019.

Amended by 2018 Ch. 19, § 3, eff. 3/7/2018.

Amended by 2016 Ch. 236, § 3, eff. 6/6/2016.

L. 2005: Entire section added, p. 355, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2016: (1) amended, (HB 16-1348), ch. 236, p. 954, § 3, effective June 6. L. 2018: (1) amended, (HB 18 -1041), ch. 267, p. 267, § 3, effective March 7. L. 2019: (1) amended, (HB 19 -1180), ch. 277, p. 277, § 3, effective April 4. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3206, p. 3206, § 328, 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).

For the legislative declaration contained in the 2005 act enacting this section, see section 1 of chapter 102, Session Laws of Colorado 2005.

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