Colorado Posting Laws: How to Post Land

What the law asks for on signs

The definition of entering unlawfully in C.R.S. 18-4-201 covers unimproved, apparently unused land. For that land, notice by signs is one route. The text we checked sets no letter height, no minimum sign size, and no owner-name rule. Fenced or enclosed land does not need signs for notice.

Spacing and placement

Signs go at intervals of not more than 440 yards or, if there is a readily identifiable entrance, at that entrance. A distance of 440 yards is 1,320 ft, or one-quarter mile. On a long boundary that means many signs, so mark gates, track entrances and any spot where people already cross.

Hunting land and permission

Section 33-6-116 makes hunting, fishing and trapping on private land without permission unlawful whether or not the land is posted, according to a summary we used. We did not read the exact text. A sign is still a clear way to tell people what you expect, but that statute does not depend on it.

Practical tips

Colorado winters bury low signs and sun bleaches them, so mount signs where drifts will not reach and check them each spring. Put a sign at every readily identifiable entrance, even when your count along the boundary already seems enough. Keep dated photos as a record.

Questions about posting land in Colorado