Colorado

Colorado Revised Statutes — Title 42, Vehicles and Traffic

836 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 10-4-617 — The money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly for the direct and indirect costs associated with the implementation of this section
• § 15-19-220 — (IV) Appropriations made by the general assembly pursuant to subparagraph (III) of this paragraph (b) shall not exceed moneys in the Emily Keyes - John W
• § 16-5-402 — (2) For the legislative declaration in SB 17-242, see section 1 of chapter 263, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.
• § 18-8-503 — Thereupon, the holder of the released mortgage shall dispose of the certificate of title as follows: (a) If the motor or off-highway vehicle is encumbered by a mortgage filed under section 42-6-121 after the date on which the released mortgage was filed for record, the holder of the certificate of t
• § 18-9-116.5 — PART 1 TRAFFIC REGULATION - GENERALLY
• § 24-30-2205.5 — (2) Repealed
• § 24-30-2208 — This subsection (9) shall not be construed to require the department to send a renewal notice to the person who retains
• § 24-31-310 — (25) (a) In addition to any other fee imposed by this section, for registration periods beginning during state fiscal years prior to state fiscal year 2022-23, each authorized agent shall annually collect a fee of fifty dollars at the time of registration on every electric motor vehicle
• § 24-36-113 — All interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of money in the fund shall be Colorado Revised Statutes 2023Uncertified PrintoutPage 663 of 811 credited to the fund
• § 24-4-104 — Such hearing, if requested, must be held no later than thirty days from the date of such cancellation
• § 24-4-105 — Payment of a civil penalty under this section does not relieve any person from liability pursuant to article 11 of title 25, part 3 of article 15 of title 25, or article 22 of title 29
• § 24-71-101 — (6) "File" means the creation of or addition to an electronic record maintained for a certificate of title by the director or an authorized agent
• § 24-72-309 — (d) If a person refuses to take or to complete, or to cooperate with the completing of, any test or tests as provided in section 42-4-1301.1 and such person subsequently stands trial for DUI or DWAI, the refusal to take or to complete, or to cooperate with the completing of, any test or tests shall
• § 27-65-127 — (6) (a) A person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction
• § 27-80-117 — (e) Persons convicted of DUI, DUI per se, DWAI, vehicular assault as described in section 18-3-205 (1)(b), or vehicular homicide as described in section 18-3-106 (1)(b) shall pay a data-analysis surcharge of two dollars to be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall deposit money collected for
• § 28-5-100.3 — Colorado Revised Statutes 2023Uncertified PrintoutPage 4 of 811 (24.5) "Distinctive special license plate" means a special license plate that is issued to a person because such person has an immutable characteristic or special achievement honor
• § 33-1-112 — (III) A one-time special license plate issuance fee as specified in section
• § 42-1-101 — Short title
• § 42-1-102 — Definitions
• § 42-1-201 — Administration - supervisor
• § 42-1-202 — Have charge of all divisions
• § 42-1-203 — Executive director to cooperate with others - local compliance required
• § 42-1-204 — Uniform rules and regulations
• § 42-1-205 — Record of official acts - seal
• § 42-1-206 — Records open to inspection - furnishing of copies - rules
• § 42-1-207 — No supplies for private purposes - penalty
• § 42-1-208 — Information on accidents - published
• § 42-1-209 — Copies of law published
• § 42-1-210 — Authorized agents - legislative declaration - fee
• § 42-1-211 — Driver's license, record, identification, and vehicle enterprise solution
• § 42-1-212 — Consolidated data processing system - voter registration
• § 42-1-213 — Commission of authorized agents
• § 42-1-214 — Duties of authorized agents
• § 42-1-215 — Oaths
• § 42-1-216 — Destruction of obsolete records
• § 42-1-217 — Disposition of fines and surcharges
• § 42-1-218 — (2) Subsection (4)(b)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (4)(b), effective July 1, 2008
• § 42-1-218.5 — (c) The department shall consider all relevant evidence at the hearing, including the testimony of any law enforcement officer and the reports of any law enforcement officer that are submitted to the department
• § 42-1-219 — Appropriations for administration of title
• § 42-1-220 — Identification security fund - repeal
• § 42-1-221 — Fuel piracy computer reprogramming cash fund - repeal
• § 42-1-222 — Motor vehicle investigations unit
• § 42-1-223 — Monitoring driving improvement schools - fund - rules - repeal
• § 42-1-224 — Record check
• § 42-1-225 — Commercial vehicle enterprise tax fund - creation
• § 42-1-226 — (7) Statewide concern
• § 42-1-227 — Disabled parking education program
• § 42-1-228 — Revocation hearings - right of driver to challenge validity of initial traffic stop
• § 42-1-229 — Report - repeal
• § 42-1-230 — Exceptions processing - rules
• § 42-1-231 — Kiosk program
• § 42-1-232 — Third-party VIN inspection program - rules - definitions
• § 42-1-233 — Expedited registration program - private vendor providing services to register Class A commercial vehicles - rules
• § 42-1-234 — Electronic vehicle registration and titling - electronic transmission of vehicle lien information - authority - rules - electronic transactions fund - gifts, grants, and donations - repeal
• § 42-1-235 — Electronic records, documents, and signatures
• § 42-10-101 — Definitions
• § 42-10-102 — Repairs to conform vehicle to warranty
• § 42-10-103 — Failure to conform vehicle to warranty - replacement or return of vehicle
• § 42-10-104 — Affirmative defenses
• § 42-10-105 — Limitations on other rights and remedies
• § 42-10-106 — Applicability of federal procedures
• § 42-10-107 — Statute of limitations
• § 42-11-101 — Definitions
• § 42-11-102 — Reimbursement policy required for sale of service contract
• § 42-11-103 — Reimbursement policy - required provisions
• § 42-11-104 — Service contract - required statements
• § 42-11-105 — Manufacturers' express warranties and service contracts excluded
• § 42-11-106 — Deceptive trade practices prohibited
• § 42-11-107 — Enforcement
• § 42-11-108 — Remedies
• § 42-11-109 — Maintenance agreement excluded
• § 42-12-101 — Definitions
• § 42-12-102 — Rebuilder's certificate of title
• § 42-12-103 — Furnishing bond for certificates
• § 42-12-104 — Applicability of articles 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6
• § 42-12-105 — Evidence of ownership of parts - copy of nonrepairable title
• § 42-12-201 — Inspections - street-rod vehicles
• § 42-12-202 — The department shall not issue a certificate of title or registration card unless it uses the identification number of the motor vehicle
• § 42-12-203 — Identification number - title - street-rod vehicles
• § 42-12-204 — Furthermore, every vehicle registered in this state and manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1958, must be equipped with at least two tail lamps mounted on the rear, on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, which, when lighted as required in section 42-4-204, comply wit
• § 42-12-301 — Special registration of horseless carriages - rules
• § 42-12-302 — Original plates
• § 42-12-401 — (III) (A) Repealed
• § 42-12-402 — Storage
• § 42-12-403 — Special equipment or modification
• § 42-12-404 — (c) The annual registration fee for a truck or truck tractor that has an empty weight of six thousand one pounds or more, or a declared gross vehicle weight of sixteen thousand one pounds or more and is a collector's item, is sixty-five dollars if such vehicle is used exclusively for noncommercial t
• § 42-12-405 — Registration penalty
• § 42-13-101 — Scope and effect of article - exception to provisions
• § 42-13-102 — Return of property
• § 42-13-103 — Sale of unclaimed property
• § 42-13-104 — Deposit of proceeds
• § 42-13-105 — Release of impounded vehicles - penalty
• § 42-13-106 — Impounded vehicles - notice - hearing
• § 42-13-107 — Recovery of property - limitation
• § 42-13-108 — Damages
• § 42-13-109 — Local regulations
• § 42-14-101 — Legislative declaration
• § 42-14-102 — Definitions
• § 42-14-103 — Uniform standard - local governments
• § 42-14-104 — Applicability
• § 42-14-105 — Idling
• § 42-14-106 — Penalties
• § 42-2-101 — Licenses for drivers required - penalty - definition
• § 42-2-102 — Persons exempt from license
• § 42-2-103 — Motorcycles - autocycles - low-power scooters - driver's license required
• § 42-2-104 — The permit shall expire three years after issuance
• § 42-2-105 — Special restrictions on certain drivers
• § 42-2-105.5 — Restrictions on minor drivers under eighteen years of age - penalties - legislative declaration
• § 42-2-106 — Instruction permits and temporary licenses
• § 42-2-107 — Application for license or instruction permit - anatomical gifts - donations to Emily Keyes - John W
• § 42-2-108 — Application of minors - rules
• § 42-2-109 — Release from liability
• § 42-2-110 — Revocation upon death of signer for minor
• § 42-2-111 — Examination of applicants and drivers - when required
• § 42-2-112 — Medical advice - use by department - provider immunity
• § 42-2-113 — License examiners appointed
• § 42-2-114 — License issued - voluntary disability identifier symbol - fees - rules - report - definitions
• § 42-2-114.5 — The department shall use the one dollar that is credited to the licensing services cash fund to offset the cost to the department to implement sections 42-3-103 (4)(a)(II) and 42-3-112 (1)(a)(II)
• § 42-2-115 — License, permit, or identification card to be exhibited on demand - penalty
• § 42-2-116 — (2) (a) The time periods provided in subsection (1) of this section for the accumulation of points shall be based on the date of violation, but points shall not be assessed until after conviction for any such traffic violation
• § 42-2-117 — Duplicate permits and minor licenses - replacement licenses
• § 42-2-118 — Renewal of license in person, by mail, or electronically - donations to Emily Keyes - John W
• § 42-2-118.1 — Driver restoration and payment incentive program
• § 42-2-119 — Notices - change of address or name
• § 42-2-120 — Methods of service
• § 42-2-121 — Records to be kept by department - admission of records in court
• § 42-2-121.5 — Emergency contact information - website form - license application - driver's license database
• § 42-2-122 — Department may cancel license - limited license for physical or mental limitations - rules
• § 42-2-123 — Suspending privileges of nonresidents and reporting convictions
• § 42-2-124 — When court to report convictions
• § 42-2-125 — Mandatory revocation of license and permit
• § 42-2-126 — (5) The tests shall be administered at the direction of a law enforcement officer having probable cause to believe that the person had been driving a motor vehicle in violation of section 42-4-1301 and in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the department of public health and environ
• § 42-2-126.1 — Probationary licenses for persons convicted of alcohol-related driving offenses - ignition interlock devices - fees - interlock fund created - violations of probationary license - repeal
• § 42-2-126.3 — Tampering with an ignition interlock device
• § 42-2-126.5 — Revocation of license based on administrative actions taken under tribal law - repeal
• § 42-2-127 — Authority to suspend license - to deny license - type of conviction - points
• § 42-2-127.3 — Authority to suspend license - controlled substance violations
• § 42-2-127.4 — Authority to suspend license - forgery of a penalty assessment notice issued to minor under the age of eighteen years
• § 42-2-127.5 — Authority to suspend license - violation of child support order
• § 42-2-127.6 — Authority to suspend license - providing alcohol to an underage person
• § 42-2-127.7 — Authority to suspend driver's license - uninsured motorists - legislative declaration
• § 42-2-127.9 — Authority to suspend driver's license - leaving the scene of an accident
• § 42-2-128 — Vehicular homicide - revocation of license
• § 42-2-129 — Mandatory surrender of license or permit for driving under the influence or with excessive alcoholic content
• § 42-2-130 — Mandatory surrender of license or permit for drug convictions
• § 42-2-131 — Revocation of license or permit for failing to comply with a court order relating to nondriving alcohol convictions
• § 42-2-131.5 — Revocation of license or permit for convictions involving defacing property
• § 42-2-132 — If the person files proof of financial responsibility for the future, such proof of financial responsibility for the future must be maintained for three years from the date such proof of financial responsibility for the future is received by the department
• § 42-2-132.5 — (a.7) "Continuous alcohol monitoring" means monitoring the alcohol content in a person by using a device or instrument that is attached to the person and designed to automatically test the alcohol content in the person by contact with the person's skin at least once every one-half hour regardless of
• § 42-2-133 — Surrender and return of license
• § 42-2-134 — (2) Subsections (9)(b) and (9)(c)(II) were originally numbered as § 42-2-122.1 (8)(b) and (8)(c)(III), and the amendments to them in House Bill 94-1029 were harmonized with Senate Bill 94-001
• § 42-2-135 — (13) If the driver fails to appear at such hearing after proper notification as provided in subsections (7) and (8) of this section and a delay or continuance has not been requested and granted as provided in subsection (10) of this section, the department shall immediately suspend the license of th
• § 42-2-136 — Unlawful possession or use of license
• § 42-2-137 — False affidavit - penalty
• § 42-2-138 — Driving under restraint - penalty - definitions
• § 42-2-139 — Permitting unauthorized minor to drive
• § 42-2-140 — (2) Amendments to subsection (2)(a)(III) by Senate Bill 02-159 and Senate Bill 02-057 were harmonized
• § 42-2-141 — Renting or loaning a motor vehicle to another
• § 42-2-142 — Violation - penalty
• § 42-2-143 — Legislative declaration
• § 42-2-144 — Reporting by certified level II alcohol and drug education and treatment program providers - notice of administrative remedies against a driver's license - rules
• § 42-2-201 — Legislative declaration concerning habitual offenders of motor vehicle laws
• § 42-2-202 — Habitual offenders - frequency and type of violations
• § 42-2-203 — Authority to revoke license of habitual offender
• § 42-2-204 — Appeals
• § 42-2-205 — Prohibition
• § 42-2-206 — Driving after revocation prohibited
• § 42-2-207 — No existing law modified
• § 42-2-208 — Computation of number of convictions
• § 42-2-301 — Definitions
• § 42-2-302 — Department may or shall issue - limitations - rules
• § 42-2-303 — Contents of identification card - disability identifier symbol - rules - definition
• § 42-2-304 — Validity of identification card - rules
• § 42-2-304.5 — Cancellation or denial of identification card - failure to register vehicles in Colorado
• § 42-2-305 — Lost, stolen, or destroyed cards
• § 42-2-306 — (2) Amendments to subsections (1) and (1.5) by House Bill 94-1028 were harmonized with Senate Bill 94-001
• § 42-2-307 — Change of address - penalty
• § 42-2-308 — No liability on public entity
• § 42-2-309 — Unlawful acts
• § 42-2-310 — Violation
• § 42-2-311 — County jail identification processing unit - report - repeal
• § 42-2-312 — County jail identification processing unit fund
• § 42-2-313 — Department consult with counties on county jail identification processing unit
• § 42-2-401 — Short title
• § 42-2-402 — Definitions
• § 42-2-403 — Department authority - rules - federal requirements
• § 42-2-404 — Commercial driver's license - limitations - rules
• § 42-2-405 — Driver's license disciplinary actions - grounds for denial - suspension - revocation - disqualification
• § 42-2-405.5 — Violations of out-of-service order
• § 42-2-406 — Fees - rules
• § 42-2-407 — Licensing of testing units and driving testers - hearings - regulations
• § 42-2-408 — Unlawful acts - penalty
• § 42-2-409 — Unlawful possession or use of a commercial driver's license
• § 42-2-501 — Short title
• § 42-2-502 — Legislative declaration
• § 42-2-503 — Definitions
• § 42-2-504 — Applicability
• § 42-2-505 — Identification documents - individuals not lawfully present - rules
• § 42-2-506 — Identification documents - individuals temporarily lawfully present
• § 42-2-507 — Taxpayer identification number - confidentiality