Colorado § 37-48-131 - Access to lands - penalty.
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§ 37-48-131. Access to lands - penalty.
The board of directors or its employees or agents, including contractors and their employees and appraisers retained by the board and their assistants, may enter upon lands within or without the district in order to make surveys and examinations to accomplish the necessary preliminary purposes of the district or to have access to the work, being liable, however, for actual damage done; but no unnecessary damage shall be done. Any person or corporation preventing such entry commits a civil infraction.
Source: L. 75: Entire section added, p. 1378, § 7, effective July 18. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3290, § 672, effective March 1, 2022.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 37-48-131 ("Access to lands - penalty.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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