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§ 43-5-301. Obstructing Highway – Penalty

[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] No person or corporation shall erect any fence, house, or other structure, or dig pits or holes in or upon any highway, or place thereon or cause or allow to be placed thereon any stones, timber, or trees or any […]

§ 43-5-302. Not to Dam Stream – Penalty

No person or corporation shall dam the waters of any stream so as to cause the same to overflow any road or damage or weaken the abutments, walls, or embankments of any bridge of any highway. Any person or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit the sum of fifty dollars […]

§ 43-5-303. Overflowing Highways – Penalty

[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] No person or corporation shall repeatedly, willfully, or negligently cause or allow water to flow, fall, or sprinkle from any ditch, lateral, canal, waste ditch, reservoir, pond, drain, flume, or agricultural crop sprinkler system upon any public road or highway […]

§ 43-5-304. Jurisdiction

The county court of the county wherein any of the offenses described in sections 43-5-301 and 43-5-303 may be committed shall have jurisdiction of complaints coming within the provisions of sections 43-5-301 and 43-5-303. Source: L. 15: p. 405, § 2. C.L. § 1284. CSA: C. 143, § 38. CRS 53: § 120-4-4. C.R.S. 1963: […]

§ 43-5-305. Owners Construct Culverts – Penalty

Any person or corporation owning or constructing any ditch, race, drain, or flume in, upon, or across any highway shall keep the highway open for safe and convenient travel by constructing culverts, bridges, or similar structures over such ditch, race, drain, or flume. When any ditch is constructed across, in, or upon any highway, the […]

§ 43-5-306. Transporting Heavy Machines

It is the duty of all persons, associations, and corporations operating threshing machines or vehicles or using the public roads for transporting such machines or other heavy machinery to use a sufficient number of heavy planks, wherever necessary, to protect all sidewalks, bridges, culverts, and causeways from being broken by said threshing machines or other […]

§ 43-5-307. Injury to Highway – Penalty

If any person, association, or corporation purposely destroys or injures any sidewalk, bridge, culvert, or causeway, or removes any of the timber or plank thereof, or obstructs the same, he shall forfeit a sum of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars and shall be liable for all damages occasioned […]

§ 43-5-308. Flagpersons – Definition – Penalty

[ Editor’s note: This version of subsection (1)(a) is effective until March 1, 2022.] A person shall not fail or refuse to obey the visible instructions, signals, or direction displayed or given by a flagperson. A person who violates this paragraph (a) commits a class A traffic infraction. (a) [ Editor’s note: This version of […]