**Pursuant to PUC Rule 6501(u), “property owner” means (I) the owner or lessee of the private property or public property; (II) a person who has been authorized to act as an authorized agent for the property owner or lessee of the private property or public property; or (III) a federal, state, county, municipal, or other government entity that is the owner or lessee of the private property or public property, or such entity’s employees responsible for such property. In addition, a person, pursuant to §§ 40-10.1-805(1)(a)(II)(B) and (C), C.R.S., (e.g., an HOA board member) may be considered a property owner, for purposes of authorizing a nonconsensual tow. Please note that state law requires a vehicle immobilization on residential private property to be authorized by the owner or lessee of the private property, their direct employees, or direct employees of a retained property management company.
