Colorado § 40-10.1-806 - Signage required to immobilize a vehicle.

§ 40-10.1-806. Signage required to immobilize a vehicle.

(1) In order for a vehicle immobilization company to immobilize a vehicle, the property owner must have posted signage that:

(a) Is not less than two square feet in size;

(b) Has lettering not less than one inch in height;

(c) Has lettering that contrasts sharply in color with the background on which the letters are placed and contrasts sharply with the structure the signs are placed on;

(d) Contains the following information in the order listed below:

(I) The restriction or prohibition on parking;

(II) The times of the day and days that the restriction is applicable, but, if the restriction applies twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week, the sign must say "Authorized Parking Only";

(III) Notice that violating the regulation subjects the violating vehicle to be immobilized at the vehicle owner's expense; and

(IV) The name and telephone number of the vehicle immobilization company authorized to perform immobilizations on the private property;

(e) Is printed in English and Spanish;

(f) Is permanently mounted both:

(I) At each entrance to the private property so that the sign faces outward toward the street and is visible before and upon entering the private property; and

(II) Inside the private property so that the sign faces outward toward the parking area;

(g) Is not obstructed from view or placed in a manner that prevents direct visibility;

(h) Is not placed higher than ten feet or lower than three feet from the surface closest to the sign's placement;

(i) Has the same number of signs as the number of lampposts if the parking area has more than ten freestanding lampposts on the property, and:

(I) A sign is posted on each lamppost; or

(II) A sign is posted upright in conspicuous locations evenly distributed across the parking area.

(2) The signage required by this section may be combined with the signage required in section 40-10.1-405.

(3) Repealed.

Source: L. 2025: Entire part amended, (HB 25-1117), ch. 391, p. 2207, § 3, effective (see editor's note).

Editor's note: (1) Section 6 of chapter 391 (HB 25-1117), Session Laws of Colorado 2025, provides that the act amending this part 8 takes effect June 3, 2025. Prior to its repeal, subsection (3)(a) provided that this section takes effect January 1, 2026.

(2) Subsection (3)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (3), effective July 2, 2026. (See L. 2025, p. 2207.)