What DOES Obstructing a Highway or Other Passageway MEAN?

• Obstructing a Highway or other Passageway is when a person knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly obstructs the public or any other substantial group from the use or access of a highway, street, sidewalk, railway, waterway, building entrance, elevator, aisle, or hallway.

• Obstructing a Highway or other Passageway may also be charged in a person disobeys a reasonable request or order to move which is issued by a person or individual whom the individual knows to be a police officer, fireman, or other person with the authority to control the use of the premises or highway, street, sidewalk, etc.

• If charged with Obstructing a Highway or Other Passageway, the charge is a Class 2 Misdemeanor, which can include up to 364 Days in jail, and a fine of up to $1,000.

C.R.S. 18-9-107 - OBSTRUCTING HIGHWAY OR OTHER PASSAGEWAY

(1) An individual or corporation commits an offense if without legal privilege such individual or corporation intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly:

(a) Obstructs a highway, street, sidewalk, railway, waterway, building entrance, elevator, aisle, stairway, or hallway to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access or any other place used for the passage of persons, vehicles, or conveyances, whether the obstruction arises from his acts alone or from his acts and the acts of others; or

(b) Disobeys a reasonable request or order to move issued by a person the individual or corporation knows to be a peace officer, a firefighter, or a person with authority to control the use of the premises, to prevent obstruction of a highway or passageway or to maintain public safety by dispersing those gathered in dangerous proximity to a fire, riot, or other hazard.

(2) For purposes of this section, "obstruct" means to render impassable or to render passage unreasonably inconvenient or hazardous.

(3) An offense under this section is a petty offense; except that knowingly obstructing the entrance into, or exit from, a funeral or funeral site, or knowingly obstructing a highway or other passageway where a funeral procession is taking place is a class 2 misdemeanor.