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Home » US Law » 2022 Colorado Code » Title 40 - Utilities » Article 30 - Fire Guards

§ 40-30-101. Fire Guard by Plowing

Every railroad corporation operating its lines of road or any part thereof within this state, between the fifteenth day of July and the first day of November of each and every year, upon each side of its line of road, shall plow as a fire guard a continuous strip of not less than six feet […]

§ 40-30-102. Penalty for Noncompliance

Any railroad company failing to comply with the provisions of section 40-30-101 shall be liable to pay a penalty of two hundred dollars for each and every mile or fractional part thereof of such strip of land it neglects to plow on either side of the line of its road in this state, in each […]

§ 40-30-103. Liability of Railroad Company

Every railroad company operating its line of road, or any part thereof, within this state shall be liable for all damages by fires that are set out or caused by operating any such line of road, or any part thereof, in this state, whether negligently or otherwise. Such damages may be recovered by the party […]