{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-42-4-238","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 42-4-238","heading":"Blue and red lights - illegal use or possession.","body":"(1) A person shall not be in actual physical control of a vehicle, except an authorized emergency vehicle as defined in section 42-1-102 (6), that the person knows contains a lamp or device that is designed to display, or that is capable of displaying if affixed or attached to the vehicle, a red or blue light visible directly in front of the center of the vehicle.\n\n(2) It shall be an affirmative defense that the defendant was:\n\n(a) A peace officer as described in section 16-2.5-101, C.R.S.; or\n\n(b) In actual physical control of a vehicle expressly authorized by a chief of police or sheriff to contain a lamp or device that is designed to display, or that is capable of displaying if affixed or attached to the vehicle, a red or blue light visible from directly in front of the center of the vehicle; or\n\n(c) A member of a volunteer fire department or a volunteer ambulance service who possesses a permit from the fire chief of the fire department or chief executive officer of the ambulance service through which the volunteer serves to operate a vehicle pursuant to section 42-4-222 (1)(b); or\n\n(d) A vendor who exhibits, sells, or offers for sale a lamp or device designed to display, or that is capable of displaying, if affixed or attached to the vehicle, a red or blue light; or\n\n(e) A collector of fire engines, fire suppression vehicles, or ambulances and the vehicle to which the red or blue lamps were affixed is valued for the vehicle's historical interest or as a collector's item.\n\n(3) A violation of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor.","path":["Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","Article 4 - Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic","Part 2 - EQUIPMENT"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-42.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"92f34867e763e9d33af43a7010175eac9110a968a2899666476ca280708270bc","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-42-4-237","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-42-4-239"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}