Colorado · Colorado Revised Statutes — Title 42, Vehicles and Traffic
C.R.S. Title 42 § 42-4-1409: (3) If a title to or interest in a motor vehicle is transferred by operation of law, as upon inheritance, devise, or bequest, order in bankruptcy of insolvency, execution, sale, repossession upon default in performing the terms of a lease or executory sales contract, chattel mortgage, secured transa
What this law says, in plain English
Motor vehicle registration expires when title transfers by law (inheritance, bankruptcy, repossession, etc.). Number plates expire and cannot transfer to another vehicle when ownership changes.
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