Prohibited practices.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 2-312
in effectSec. 2-312. - Prohibited practices.
No person engaging in lobbying shall:
(1) Attempt to influence any covered official by means of deceit or by threat of violence or economic or political reprisal against any person or property, with intent thereby to alter or affect such covered official's decision, vote, opinion, or action concerning any legislative matter which is to be considered or performed by him or her or the agency or body of which he or she is a member;
(2) Knowingly provide false information to any covered official as to any material fact pertaining to any legislative matter which is to be considered or performed by him or her or the agency or body of which he or she is a member;
(3) Misappropriate or misuse city office supplies;
(4) Use city reproduction machines without paying for such use;
(5) Enter or use a covered official's office, phone, or parking space without explicit permission;
(6) View, remove, or attempt to remove any document, record, or information in any form whatsoever, from any covered official's office, desk, files, reproduction machine, computer equipment, or computer files or from any other place or source without explicit permission;
(7) Lobby a covered official in any city building unless the lobbyist is wearing a clearly visible badge identifying his or her name and firm, and unless the lobbyist discloses to the covered official the person whom the lobbyist is representing if requested by the covered official; provided, however, that the penalty for failing to wear a clearly visible badge shall be a letter of reprimand from the clerk.
(Ord. No. 1033-95, § 9, 12-11-95; Ord. No. 56-05, § 1, 1-31-05)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH2AD_ARTXIIIRELO_S2-312PRPRFetched: 10/27/2026