{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-8-2-125","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 8-2-125","heading":"Identification of workers engaged in off-site work - permissible forms of identification - exceptions - definitions.","body":"(1) (a) When an employer dispatches an employee to an off-site premises to perform work on behalf of the employer for a customer located at the off-site premises, the employee may provide an employer-issued identification card to the custodian of the off-site premises in lieu of a government-issued identification card for purposes of verifying the identity of the employee. Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this subsection (1), the custodian of the off-site premises shall not require the employee to surrender his or her government-issued identification card to the custodian or retain the employee's government-issued identification card while the employee is physically present on the off-site premises engaged in the performance of work on behalf of the employer.\n\n(b) If the employee has an employer-issued identification card, the custodian may require the employee to surrender his or her employer-issued identification card for purposes of verifying the employee's identity, and the custodian may hold the employer-issued identification card at all times while the employee is present on the off-site premises.\n\n(c) Notwithstanding the prohibition in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), if the employee does not surrender an employer-issued identification card, the custodian may require the employee to surrender the employee's government-issued identification card to verify the employee's identity, and the custodian may hold the government-issued identification card at all times while the employee is present on the off-site premises.\n\n(d) If the employee provides his or her employer-issued identification card to the custodian pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), the custodian may require the employee to allow the custodian to examine a secondary form of identification containing the employee's photograph, including a government-issued identification card.\n\n(2) This section does not apply to a person who enters into a defense contract with the federal government pursuant to the national industrial security program, or its successor program, under which the person is contractually obligated to verify identification using a government-issued identification card.\n\n(3) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(a) \"Custodian\" means the person who is authorized to provide or restrict access to the off-site premises, including security personnel for a commercial building or multi-residential property.\n\n(b) \"Employer-issued identification card\" means an identification card issued by an employer to an employee that contains, at a minimum, the name of the employer and the employee's name and photograph.\n\n(c) \"Government-issued identification card\" means a state-issued driver's license or identification card containing the person's photograph, an identification card or passport issued by the federal government containing the person's photograph, a Native American tribal document identifying the person and containing the person's photograph, or any other form of identification issued by the federal or a state government that contains the person's photograph and identifying information.\n\n(d) \"Off-site premises\" means a building or property that is not owned, leased, operated, or otherwise under the control of the employer of the employee who is dispatched to the premises, including:\n\n(I) A commercial building, other than a federal, state, or local government building; or\n\n(II) A multi-residential property.","path":["Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY","Article 2 - Labor Relations, Generally","Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-08.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"1baf4b8de4cc0e6e966d24eeb12bd2bb5988c195535dad7c17e3d72c74e6a634","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-8-2-124.5","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-8-2-126"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}