Colorado § 33-14.5-109 - Required equipment - off-highway vehicles.
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§ 33-14.5-109. Required equipment - off-highway vehicles.
(1) No off-highway vehicle shall be operated upon public land unless it is equipped with the following:
(a) At least one lighted head lamp and one lighted tail lamp, each having the minimum candlepower prescribed by regulation of the division while being operated between the hours of sunset and sunrise;
(b) Brakes and a muffler and spark arrester which conform to the standards prescribed by regulation of the division, which shall be applicable in all cases except for off-highway vehicles being operated in organized competitive events held on private lands with the permission of the landowner, lessee, or custodian of the land, on public lands and waters under the jurisdiction of the division with its permission, or on other public lands with the consent of the public agency owning the land.
(2) A person who violates subsection (1) of this section commits a civil infraction and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars; except that the fine for a violation relating to a spark arrester is one hundred fifty dollars.
Source: L. 89: Entire article added, p. 1366, § 1, effective April 1, 1990. L. 95: (2) amended, p. 974, § 32, effective July 1. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 1952, § 39, effective May 22. L. 2013: (2) amended, (SB 13-067), ch. 106, p. 371, § 3, effective April 4. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3270, § 592, effective March 1, 2022.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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