{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-12-115","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 18-12-115","heading":"Waiting period for firearms sales - background check required - penalty - exceptions.","body":"(1) (a) It is unlawful for any person who sells a firearm, including a licensed gun dealer as defined in section 18-12-506 (6), to deliver the firearm to the purchaser until the later in time occurs:\n\n(I) Three days after a licensed gun dealer has initiated a background check of the purchaser that is required pursuant to state or federal law; or\n\n(II) The seller has obtained approval for the firearm transfer from the bureau after it has completed any background check required by state or federal law.\n\n(b) A person who violates this subsection (1) commits a civil infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of five hundred dollars; except that for a second or subsequent offense, the fine shall be not less than five hundred dollars and not more than five thousand dollars.\n\n(2) This section does not apply to:\n\n(a) The sale of an antique firearm, as defined in 18 U.S.C. sec. 921 (a)(16), as amended, or a curio or relic, as defined in 27 CFR 478.11, as amended;\n\n(b) The sale of a firearm by a person serving in the armed forces of the United States who will be deployed outside of the United States within the next thirty days to any family member, including:\n\n(I) Regardless of age, a biological, adopted, or foster child; a stepchild or legal ward; a child of a domestic partner; a child to whom the seller stands in loco parentis; or a person to whom the seller stood in loco parentis when the person was a minor;\n\n(II) A biological, adoptive, or foster parent; a stepparent or legal guardian of the seller or seller's spouse or domestic partner; or a person who stood in loco parentis when the seller or seller's spouse or domestic partner was a minor child;\n\n(III) A person to whom the seller is legally married under the laws of any state or a domestic partner of a seller;\n\n(IV) A grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, whether a biological, foster, adoptive, or step relationship, of the seller or seller's spouse or domestic partner; or\n\n(V) As shown by the seller, any other individual with whom the seller has a significant personal bond that is or is like a family relationship, regardless of biological or legal relationship; or\n\n(c) A firearm transfer for which a background check is not required pursuant to state or federal law.\n\n(3) Pursuant to the authority granted in section 29-11.7-103, a local government may enact an ordinance, regulation, or other law concerning a waiting period.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE","Article 12 - Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons","Part 1 - FIREARMS AND WEAPONS - GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-18.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"15ed15c38dc2c19e434e1ea91ac85d6f910aafb605acd1c28542ef19e65f6d5a","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-12-114.5","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-12-116"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}