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.

• § 42-2-508 — Fees - operations - rule
• § 42-2-509 — Renewal - duplicate - replacement - rules
• § 42-2-510 — Peace officers - arrest authority
• § 42-2-511 — Driving test - third-party option - definition
• § 42-2-601 — Definitions
• § 42-2-602 — Equipment of vehicles
• § 42-2-603 — Rules
• § 42-2-604 — Violations - penalty
• § 42-20-101 — Short title
• § 42-20-102 — Legislative declaration
• § 42-20-103 — Definitions
• § 42-20-104 — General powers and duties of chief - department of public safety - cooperation from other state agencies
• § 42-20-105 — Enforcement
• § 42-20-106 — Regulatory authority of local governments - preemption - disposition of local fines and penalties
• § 42-20-107 — Hazardous materials safety fund
• § 42-20-108 — Rules and regulations for transportation of hazardous materials
• § 42-20-108.5 — Materials used for agricultural production - exemption - legislative declaration
• § 42-20-109 — Penalty for violations
• § 42-20-110 — Immobilization of unsafe vehicles
• § 42-20-111 — Additional penalties
• § 42-20-112 — Reimbursement of local governments
• § 42-20-113 — Hazardous materials spill - abandonment of vehicle containing hazardous material - penalty - definition
• § 42-20-201 — Hazardous materials transportation permit required
• § 42-20-202 — Transportation permit - application fee - rules
• § 42-20-203 — Carrying of permit and shipping papers
• § 42-20-204 — Permit violations - penalties
• § 42-20-205 — Permit suspension or revocation - rules
• § 42-20-206 — Local government preemption
• § 42-20-300.3 — Definitions
• § 42-20-301 — Route designation
• § 42-20-302 — Application for route designation - procedure - approval
• § 42-20-303 — Road signs required - uniform standards
• § 42-20-304 — Emergency closure of public roads
• § 42-20-305 — Deviation from authorized route - penalty
• § 42-20-306 — Transportation of hazardous materials through Eisenhower-Edwin C Johnson Memorial Tunnels - study - definitions - repeal
• § 42-20-401 — Legislative declaration
• § 42-20-402 — Definitions
• § 42-20-403 — Chief to promulgate rules and regulations - motor vehicles
• § 42-20-404 — Inspections
• § 42-20-405 — Violations - criminal penalties - definition
• § 42-20-406 — Violations - civil penalties - motor vehicles
• § 42-20-407 — Repeat violations - civil penalties
• § 42-20-408 — Compliance orders - penalty
• § 42-20-501 — Nuclear materials transportation permit required - application
• § 42-20-502 — Permits - fees
• § 42-20-503 — Carrying of shipping papers
• § 42-20-504 — Rules and regulations
• § 42-20-505 — Penalties - permit system
• § 42-20-506 — Permit suspension and revocation
• § 42-20-507 — Local government preemption
• § 42-20-508 — Route designation - motor vehicles
• § 42-20-509 — Strict liability for nuclear incidents
• § 42-20-510 — Statute of limitations
• § 42-20-511 — Nuclear materials transportation fund
• § 42-21-101 — Definitions
• § 42-21-102 — Requirements for offering vehicle value protection agreements
• § 42-21-103 — Requirements for a provider to cancel a vehicle value protection agreement
• § 42-21-104 — Third-party administrator
• § 42-21-105 — Vehicle value protection agreements - contractual liability insurance policies
• § 42-21-106 — Vehicle value protection agreements not insurance
• § 42-3-101 — Legislative declaration
• § 42-3-102 — Periodic registration - rules
• § 42-3-103 — (b) In lieu of payment of the annual specific ownership tax in the manner provided in subsection (15) of this section, an owner may apply for and pay prorated specific ownership tax in accordance with this subsection (17)
• § 42-3-104 — Exemptions - specific ownership tax - registration - domicile and residency - rules - definitions
• § 42-3-105 — Application for registration - tax - definitions
• § 42-3-106 — Tax imposed - classification - taxable value
• § 42-3-107 — Taxable value of classes of property - rate of tax - when and where payable - department duties - apportionment of tax collections - definitions - rules - repeal
• § 42-3-108 — Determination of year model - tax lists
• § 42-3-109 — (IV) (A) The owner shall pay the annual registration fees required by sections 42-3-304 to 42-3-306 for special mobile machinery, reduced by twenty-five percent for each elapsed quarter, before applying for the balance of the registration period
• § 42-3-110 — Payment of motor vehicle registration fees and specific ownership taxes in installments
• § 42-3-111 — Tax year - disposition
• § 42-3-112 — Failure to pay tax - penalty - rules
• § 42-3-113 — Records of application and registration - disability of a driver - rules - definitions
• § 42-3-113.5 — Electronic vehicle registration and titling - electronic transmission of vehicle lien information - authority - rules - cash fund - gifts, grants, and donations - repeal
• § 42-3-114 — The owner shall be required to remove an identifying decal upon the sale or change of ownership of such item of equipment
• § 42-3-115 — Registration upon transfer - rules - definitions
• § 42-3-116 — Manufacturers or dealers - fees - rules - definition - penalty
• § 42-3-117 — Nonresidents
• § 42-3-118 — Registration suspended upon theft - recovery - rules
• § 42-3-118.5 — Inoperable vehicle - rules
• § 42-3-119 — No application for registration granted - when
• § 42-3-120 — Department may cancel or deny registration
• § 42-3-121 — Violation of registration provisions - penalty
• § 42-3-122 — Perjury on a motor vehicle registration application
• § 42-3-123 — Dishonored payment - recovery of taxes, fees, and plates
• § 42-3-124 — Violation - penalty
• § 42-3-125 — (37) "Foreign vehicle" means every motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which is brought into this state otherwise than in the ordinary course of business by or through a manufacturer or dealer and which has not been registered in this state
• § 42-3-126 — Notice - primary body color
• § 42-3-127 — Sale of special mobile machinery
• § 42-3-201 — (19) (a) "Motor vehicle dealer test facility" means a stationary or mobile facility which is operated by a state trade association for motor vehicle dealers which is licensed to operate by the executive director as a motor vehicle dealer test facility to conduct emissions inspections
• § 42-3-202 — Number plates furnished to be attached - penalty
• § 42-3-203 — Standardized plates - notice of funding through gifts, grants, and donations - rules - repeal
• § 42-3-204 — (g) "Reserved parking" means a parking space reserved for a person with a disability
• § 42-3-205 — Substitute plates - waiting period for reissuance of identical combination of numbers and letters
• § 42-3-206 — Remanufacture of certain license plates
• § 42-3-206.5 — Issuance of plates in a retired style authorized - additional fee - rules
• § 42-3-207 — (102.8) "Third-party provider" means an electronic vehicle or special mobile machinery registration, lien, or titling service provider that is approved by the department to perform the registration, lien, and titling functions set forth in articles 1 to 6 of this title 42
• § 42-3-208 — Special plates - qualifications for issuance of special license plates
• § 42-3-209 — Legislative license plates
• § 42-3-210 — Radio and television license plates
• § 42-3-211 — If an applicant has existing personalized license plates for a motor vehicle, the applicant may transfer the combination of letters or numbers to a new set of identifying plates for the vehicle upon payment of the fee imposed by section 42-3-211 (6) and upon turning in the existing plates to the dep
• § 42-3-212 — Issuance of optional plates authorized - retirement
• § 42-3-213 — License plates - military veterans - rules - retirement
• § 42-3-214 — Special plates - alumni associations - retirement
• § 42-3-215 — Special plates - United States olympic committee - retirement
• § 42-3-216 — Special plates - Colorado foundation for agriculture and natural resources - definitions - retirement
• § 42-3-217 — Special plates - Colorado commission of Indian affairs
• § 42-3-217.5 — Special plates - breast cancer awareness - retirement
• § 42-3-218 — Special plates - active and retired members of the Colorado National Guard - retirement
• § 42-3-219 — Special registration of collector's items
• § 42-3-220 — Temporary special event license plates
• § 42-3-221 — Special plates - Denver Broncos
• § 42-3-222 — Special plates - support public education
• § 42-3-223 — Special plates - support the troops - retirement
• § 42-3-224 — Special plates - Colorado "Kids First"
• § 42-3-225 — Special plates - Italian-American heritage
• § 42-3-226 — Special plates - share the road
• § 42-3-227 — Special plates - Colorado horse development authority
• § 42-3-228 — Special plates - Colorado carbon fund
• § 42-3-229 — Special plates - boy scouts
• § 42-3-230 — Special plates - "Alive at Twenty-five"
• § 42-3-231 — Special plates - Colorado ski country
• § 42-3-232 — Special plates - donate life
• § 42-3-233 — Special plates - Colorado state parks
• § 42-3-234 — Special plates - adopt a shelter pet
• § 42-3-235 — Livery license plates - luxury limousines
• § 42-3-235.5 — Tow truck license plates - conditions for use - transitional provisions
• § 42-3-236 — Taxicab license plates - taxicabs
• § 42-3-237 — Special plates - girl scouts
• § 42-3-238 — Special plates - juvenile diabetes
• § 42-3-239 — Special plates - Colorado Avalanche or Denver Nuggets
• § 42-3-240 — Special plates - Craig hospital
• § 42-3-241 — Special plates - Colorado Rockies
• § 42-3-242 — Special plates - fallen heroes
• § 42-3-243 — Special plates - child loss awareness
• § 42-3-244 — Special plates - flight for life Colorado
• § 42-3-245 — Special plates - wildlife sporting
• § 42-3-246 — Special plates - "Protect Our Rivers"
• § 42-3-247 — Special plates - emergency medical services (EMS)
• § 42-3-248 — Special plates - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
• § 42-3-249 — Special plates - Rocky Mountain National Park
• § 42-3-250 — Special plates - Pueblo chile license plate
• § 42-3-251 — Special plates - aviation license plate
• § 42-3-252 — Special plates - childhood cancer awareness plate - short title
• § 42-3-253 — Special plates - Mesa Verde National Park
• § 42-3-254 — Special plates - Colorado professional fire fighters - definition
• § 42-3-255 — Special plates - support foster families
• § 42-3-256 — Special plates - hospice and palliative care
• § 42-3-257 — Special plates - support pollinators
• § 42-3-258 — Special plates - Colorado nurses - definition
• § 42-3-259 — Electric vehicle license plates
• § 42-3-260 — Special plates - Special Olympics Colorado - short title - definition
• § 42-3-261 — Special plates - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority - short title
• § 42-3-262 — Special plates - Colorado rotary - fees - definition
• § 42-3-263 — Special plates - CASA license plate - definition
• § 42-3-264 — Special plates - Pikes Peak international hill climb
• § 42-3-265 — Special plates - epilepsy awareness
• § 42-3-266 — Special plates - one hundred fiftieth anniversary
• § 42-3-267 — Special plates - "Born to Be Wild" - gray wolf conflict mitigation and prevention
• § 42-3-268 — Special plates - "In God We Trust"
• § 42-3-269 — Special plates - stegosaurus state fossil
• § 42-3-301 — License plate cash fund - license plate fees
• § 42-3-302 — Special plate fees
• § 42-3-303 — Persistent drunk driver cash fund - programs to deter persistent drunk drivers
• § 42-3-304 — Registration fees - passenger-mile taxes - clean screen fund - pilot program - report - rules - definitions
• § 42-3-305 — Registration fees - passenger and passenger-mile taxes - fee schedule for years of TABOR surplus revenue - applicability
• § 42-3-306 — Registration fees - passenger and passenger-mile taxes - fee schedule - repeal
• § 42-3-307 — Enforcement powers of department
• § 42-3-308 — Taxpayer statements - payment of tax - estimates - penalties - deposits - delinquency proceedings
• § 42-3-309 — Permit to be secured - records kept - penalties
• § 42-3-310 — (IV) The department may promulgate rules to establish the process by which an owner applies for a registration exempt certificate, allow the department to verify that the owner satisfies the requirements set forth in subsection (16)(g)(I) of this section, and otherwise implement this subsection (16)
• § 42-3-311 — Low-power scooter registration - fee
• § 42-3-312 — Special license plate surcharge
• § 42-3-313 — (26) Notwithstanding the amount specified for the fees in paragraph (e) of subsection (11) and paragraph (b) of subsection (16) of this section, the executive director of the department by rule or as otherwise provided by law may reduce the amount of one or more of the fees if necessary pursuant to
• § 42-3-314 — Military deployment
• § 42-4-1001 — Drive on right side - exceptions
• § 42-4-1002 — Passing oncoming vehicles
• § 42-4-1003 — Overtaking a vehicle on the left
• § 42-4-1004 — When overtaking on the right is permitted
• § 42-4-1005 — Limitations on overtaking on the left
• § 42-4-1006 — One-way roadways and rotary traffic islands
• § 42-4-1007 — Driving on roadways laned for traffic
• § 42-4-1008 — Following too closely
• § 42-4-1008.5 — Crowding or threatening bicyclist
• § 42-4-1009 — Coasting prohibited
• § 42-4-101 — Short title
• § 42-4-1010 — Driving on divided or controlled-access highways
• § 42-4-1011 — Use of runaway vehicle ramps
• § 42-4-1012 — High occupancy vehicle (HOV) and high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes - penalty
• § 42-4-1013 — Passing lane - definitions - penalty
• § 42-4-102 — Legislative declaration
• § 42-4-103 — Scope and effect of article - exceptions to provisions
• § 42-4-104 — Adoption of traffic control manual
• § 42-4-105 — Local traffic control devices
• § 42-4-106 — Who may restrict right to use highways - definitions - rules
• § 42-4-107 — Obedience to police officers
• § 42-4-108 — Public officers to obey provisions - exceptions for emergency vehicles
• § 42-4-109 — Low-power scooters, animals, skis, skates, and toy vehicles on highways
• § 42-4-109.5 — Low-speed electric vehicles
• § 42-4-109.6 — Class B low-speed electric vehicles - effective date - rules