CO · jury_instructions
CJI-Civ. 20:15
Battery Defenses — Defense of Real Property
The defendant, (name), is not legally responsible to the plaintiff, (name), on (insert
applicable pronoun) claim of battery if the affirmative defense of defense of real property
has been proved. This defense is proved if you find all of the following:
1. The plaintiff was on the defendant’s property without permission; and
2. Before using any force the defendant (asked) (or) (told) the plaintiff to leave the
property and gave (insert applicable pronoun) a reasonable opportunity to leave (or the
defendant reasonably thought that under the circumstances such a request would have
been useless); and
3. The defendant reasonably thought it was necessary under the circumstances to
use force to remove the plaintiff from (insert applicable pronoun) property; and
4. The defendant used reasonable force to remove the plaintiff from his property.
History
CJI-Civ. (2026), Colorado Supreme Court Committee on Pattern Civil Jury Instructions. Dated 2026-02-25 by the committee page's "Revised 2/25/26".
Provenance
- Source
- www.coloradojudicial.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- civ-2026-02-25
- Content hash
8da5ff7815639399ca98e19da4c33a1a069f04f0484f3d418f2acebb84c274d2
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