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.

• § 42-4-317 — Purchase or lease of new motor vehicles by state agencies - clean-burning alternative fuels - definitions
• § 42-4-401 — Definitions
• § 42-4-402 — Administration of inspection program
• § 42-4-403 — Powers and duties of the commission
• § 42-4-404 — Powers and duties of the executive director of the department of public health and environment
• § 42-4-405 — Powers and duties of executive director
• § 42-4-406 — Requirement of certification of emissions control for registration - testing for diesel smoke opacity compliance
• § 42-4-407 — Requirements for a diesel emission-opacity inspection - licensure as diesel emissions inspection station - licensure as emissions inspector
• § 42-4-408 — Operation of diesel inspection station
• § 42-4-409 — Improper representation of a diesel inspection station
• § 42-4-410 — Inclusion in the diesel inspection program
• § 42-4-411 — Applicability of this part to heavy-duty diesel fleets of nine or more
• § 42-4-412 — Air pollution violations
• § 42-4-413 — Visible emissions from diesel-powered motor vehicles unlawful - penalty
• § 42-4-414 — Heavy-duty diesel fleet inspection and maintenance program - penalty - rules
• § 42-4-501 — Size and weight violations - penalty
• § 42-4-502 — Width of vehicles
• § 42-4-503 — Projecting loads on passenger vehicles - penalty
• § 42-4-504 — Height and length of vehicles
• § 42-4-505 — Longer vehicle combinations - rules
• § 42-4-506 — Trailers and towed vehicles
• § 42-4-507 — (b) Subject to the limitations prescribed in section 42-4-507, the maximum gross weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles shall not exceed that determined by the formula W = 1,000 (L + 40), where W represents the gross weight in pounds and L represents the length in feet between the centers
• § 42-4-508 — Gross weight of vehicles and loads - definition
• § 42-4-509 — Vehicles weighed - excess removed
• § 42-4-510 — Permits for excess size and weight and for manufactured homes - rules - definitions
• § 42-4-511 — Any ordinances or resolutions of local authorities shall not conflict with this section
• § 42-4-511.2 — Authority for cooperative agreements with regional states on excess size or weight vehicles - regulations
• § 42-4-512 — Liability for damage to highway
• § 42-4-601 — Department to sign highways, where
• § 42-4-602 — Local traffic control devices
• § 42-4-603 — Obedience to official traffic control devices
• § 42-4-604 — Traffic control signal legend
• § 42-4-605 — Flashing signals
• § 42-4-606 — Display of unauthorized signs or devices
• § 42-4-607 — Interference with official devices
• § 42-4-608 — Signals by hand or signal device
• § 42-4-609 — (2) A signal of intention to turn right or left shall be given continuously during not less than the last one hundred feet traveled by the vehicle before turning in urban or metropolitan areas and shall be given continuously for at least two hundred feet on all four-lane highways and other highways
• § 42-4-610 — Unauthorized insignia
• § 42-4-611 — Paraplegic persons or persons with disabilities - distress flag
• § 42-4-612 — When signals are inoperative or malfunctioning - penalty
• § 42-4-613 — Failure to pay toll established by regional transportation authority
• § 42-4-614 — (4.5) If the state, a county, a city and county, or a municipality detects a violation of a county or municipal traffic regulation or traffic violation under state law for disobedience to a traffic control signal through the use of an automated vehicle identification system, the Colorado Revised Sta
• § 42-4-615 — School zones - increase in penalties for moving traffic violations
• § 42-4-616 — Wildlife crossing zones - increase in penalties for moving traffic violations
• § 42-4-617 — (II) (A) There is created, within the highway users tax fund, the mountain highways commercial motor vehicle safety account, referred to within this subsection (4)(d.7) as the "account"
• § 42-4-701 — Vehicles approaching or entering intersection
• § 42-4-702 — Vehicle turning left
• § 42-4-703 — Entering through highway - stop or yield intersection
• § 42-4-704 — (2) The driver of a vehicle entering an alley, driveway, or entranceway shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian within or about to enter the sidewalk or sidewalk area extending across such alleyway, driveway, or entranceway
• § 42-4-705 — Operation of vehicle approached by emergency vehicle - operation of vehicle approaching stationary emergency vehicle, stationary towing carrier vehicle, or stationary public utility service vehicle
• § 42-4-706 — Obedience to railroad signal
• § 42-4-707 — Certain vehicles must stop at railroad grade crossings - definitions
• § 42-4-708 — Moving heavy equipment at railroad grade crossing
• § 42-4-709 — Stop when traffic obstructed
• § 42-4-710 — Emerging from or entering alley, driveway, or building
• § 42-4-711 — Driving on mountain highways
• § 42-4-712 — (4) On or after January 1, 1978, only authorized service vehicles shall be equipped with the warning lights authorized in subsection (1) of this section
• § 42-4-713 — Yielding right-of-way to transit buses - definitions
• § 42-4-714 — Bicyclist or other authorized user in bicycle lane
• § 42-4-715 — Yielding right-of-way in roundabouts - definitions
• § 42-4-801 — Pedestrian obedience to traffic control devices and traffic regulations
• § 42-4-802 — (d) Nonintersection signal: In the event an official traffic control signal is erected and maintained at a place other than an intersection, the provisions of this section shall be applicable except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application
• § 42-4-803 — (3) A pedestrian shall not suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and ride a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter, or walk or run into the path of a moving vehicle that is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard
• § 42-4-804 — Cross references: For duty to yield when entering a roadway from a driveway or alley, see §
• § 42-4-805 — Pedestrians walking or traveling in a wheelchair on highways
• § 42-4-806 — Driving through safety zone prohibited
• § 42-4-807 — Drivers to exercise due care
• § 42-4-808 — Drivers and pedestrians, other than persons in wheelchairs, to yield to individuals with disabilities
• § 42-4-901 — Required position and method of turning
• § 42-4-902 — However, this subsection (1) does not prohibit a left turn across a median island formed by standard pavement markings or other mountable or traversable devices as prescribed Colorado Revised Statutes 2023Uncertified PrintoutPage 511 of 811 in the state traffic control manual when such movement can
• § 42-4-903 — Turning movements and required signals
• § 42-5-101 — Definitions
• § 42-5-102 — Stolen motor vehicle parts - buying, selling - removed or altered motor vehicle parts - possession
• § 42-5-103 — Tampering with a motor vehicle - repeal
• § 42-5-104 — Theft of motor vehicle parts - theft of license plates
• § 42-5-105 — Daily record
• § 42-5-106 — Duties of dealers - assembled motor vehicles
• § 42-5-107 — Seizure of motor vehicles or component parts by peace officers
• § 42-5-108 — Penalty
• § 42-5-109 — Report of stored or parked motor vehicles - when
• § 42-5-110 — Possession of removed, defaced, altered, or destroyed motor vehicle identification numbers
• § 42-5-111 — Proof of authorized possession
• § 42-5-112 — Automobile theft prevention authority - board - creation - duties - rules - fund - repeal
• § 42-5-113 — Colorado auto theft prevention cash fund - audit
• § 42-5-201 — Definitions
• § 42-5-202 — Vehicle identification number inspection
• § 42-5-203 — Inspections - street rod vehicles
• § 42-5-204 — Inspection fees - vehicle number inspection fund - definition
• § 42-5-205 — Assignment of a special vehicle identification number by the department of revenue
• § 42-5-206 — Certification of inspectors
• § 42-5-207 — Rules
• § 42-6-101 — Short title
• § 42-6-102 — Definitions
• § 42-6-103 — Application
• § 42-6-104 — Administration - rules
• § 42-6-105 — Authorized agents
• § 42-6-106 — Certificates of registration - plates
• § 42-6-107 — Certificates of title - contents - rules
• § 42-6-108 — Identification number - title - street rod vehicles
• § 42-6-108.5 — Rebuilder's certificate of title
• § 42-6-109 — Sale or transfer of vehicle - program
• § 42-6-110 — Certificate of title - transfer - department records - rules - definition
• § 42-6-110.5 — Certificates of title - arrangements for transfer of title upon death - beneficiary designation forms - definitions
• § 42-6-111 — Sale to dealers - certificate need not issue
• § 42-6-112 — Initial registration of a vehicle - dealer responsibility to timely forward certificate of title to purchaser or holder of a chattel mortgage - penalty
• § 42-6-113 — New vehicles - bill of sale - certificate of title - rental businesses - rules
• § 42-6-114 — Transfers by bequest, descent, or law
• § 42-6-115 — Furnishing bond for certificates
• § 42-6-116 — (c) The director or the authorized agent may maintain any evidence submitted to the director or the authorized agent in a paper or electronic version
• § 42-6-117 — Filing of certificate
• § 42-6-118 — Amended certificate
• § 42-6-119 — Certificates for vehicles registered in other states
• § 42-6-120 — Security interests upon vehicles
• § 42-6-121 — Filing of mortgage - rules
• § 42-6-122 — If there is more than one mortgage or lien on the motor or off-highway vehicle, the department's authorized agent may electronically transmit the mortgage or lien to the first mortgage or lienholder and notify the first mortgage or lienholder of any additional mortgages or liens
• § 42-6-123 — Disposition after mortgaging
• § 42-6-124 — Disposition of certificates of title
• § 42-6-125 — Release of mortgages - rules
• § 42-6-126 — New certificate upon release of mortgage
• § 42-6-127 — Duration of lien of mortgage - extensions - rules
• § 42-6-128 — Validity of mortgage between parties
• § 42-6-129 — Second or other junior mortgages
• § 42-6-130 — Priority of secured interests
• § 42-6-131 — Mechanic's, warehouse, and other liens
• § 42-6-132 — Colorado Revised Statutes 2023Uncertified PrintoutPage 697 of 811
• § 42-6-133 — Foreign mortgages and liens
• § 42-6-134 — Where application for certificates of title made
• § 42-6-135 — Lost certificates of title
• § 42-6-136 — Surrender and cancellation of certificate - penalty for violation
• § 42-6-136.5 — Salvage title
• § 42-6-137 — Fees
• § 42-6-138 — Disposition of fees
• § 42-6-139 — Registration and title application - where made
• § 42-6-140 — Registration upon becoming resident
• § 42-6-141 — (2) Amendments to subsections (3) and (4) by Senate Bill 05-038 and House Bill 05-1107 were harmonized
• § 42-6-142 — Penalties
• § 42-6-143 — Altering or using altered certificate
• § 42-6-144 — False oath
• § 42-6-145 — Use of vehicle identification numbers in applications - rules
• § 42-6-146 — Repossession of motor vehicle or off-highway vehicle - owner must notify law enforcement agency - definition - penalty
• § 42-6-147 — Central registry - rules
• § 42-6-148 — Off-highway vehicles - sales
• § 42-6-201 — Definitions
• § 42-6-202 — Prohibited acts - penalty
• § 42-6-203 — Penalty - repeal
• § 42-6-204 — Private civil action
• § 42-6-205 — Consumer protection
• § 42-6-206 — Disclosure requirements upon transfer of ownership of a salvage vehicle - rules - definitions
• § 42-7-101 — Short title
• § 42-7-102 — Legislative declaration
• § 42-7-103 — Definitions
• § 42-7-201 — (d) The date on which such person's license or nonresident's operating privilege would otherwise be suspended shall be postponed during the pendency of such hearing if the request for a hearing is made within twenty days after the mailing of said notice and if the person files security and evidence
• § 42-7-202 — Report of accident required
• § 42-7-301 — Security and proof of financial responsibility for the future required under certain circumstances
• § 42-7-301.5 — Proof of financial responsibility
• § 42-7-302 — Exemptions from requirement of filing security and proof of financial responsibility for the future
• § 42-7-303 — Duration of suspension
• § 42-7-304 — Custody and disposition of security
• § 42-7-401 — Proof required on judgments
• § 42-7-402 — Suspension, duration, bankruptcy
• § 42-7-403 — Sufficiency of payments
• § 42-7-404 — Payment of judgment in installments
• § 42-7-405 — Suspension upon second judgment
• § 42-7-406 — Proof required under certain conditions
• § 42-7-407 — Duty of courts to report
• § 42-7-408 — Proof of financial responsibility - methods of giving proof - duration - exception
• § 42-7-409 — Proof for member of family or chauffeur
• § 42-7-410 — Certificate for insurance policy
• § 42-7-411 — Restrictions in certain type of policy
• § 42-7-412 — Certificate furnished by nonresident
• § 42-7-413 — Motor vehicle liability policy
• § 42-7-414 — Requirements to be complied with
• § 42-7-415 — When insurance carrier to issue certificate
• § 42-7-416 — The notice of cancellation shall be delivered to the named insured in person or mailed by certified mail, post-office receipt secured, or by registered mail prior to such cancellation
• § 42-7-417 — Article not to affect other policies
• § 42-7-418 — (b) Proof of financial responsibility for the future in the amounts provided in section 42-7-103 (14) shall be maintained for three years from the date last required and shall be furnished for each motor vehicle registered during that period; except that, if during such three-year period the insured
• § 42-7-419 — Substitution of proof
• § 42-7-420 — Failure of proof - other proof
• § 42-7-421 — When director may release proof of financial responsibility
• § 42-7-422 — (e) Records or documents filed with, maintained by, or prepared by another state that are equivalent to the records maintained in Colorado under paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) shall be admissible in a trial or hearing in accordance with this section
• § 42-7-501 — Self-insurers
• § 42-7-502 — Action against nonresident - reciprocity with other states
• § 42-7-503 — Director to furnish operating record
• § 42-7-504 — Matters not to be evidence in litigation
• § 42-7-505 — Forging ability to respond in damages
• § 42-7-505.5 — Motor carrier indemnity agreements void - choice of law for transportation contracts
• § 42-7-506 — Surrender of license
• § 42-7-507 — Penalty
• § 42-7-508 — No repeal of motor vehicle laws
• § 42-7-509 — Article does not prevent other process
• § 42-7-510 — Insurance or bond required
• § 42-7-601 — Short title
• § 42-7-602 — Uninsured motorist identification database program - creation
• § 42-7-603 — Definitions
• § 42-7-604 — Motorist insurance identification database program - creation - administration - selection of designated agent - legislative declaration
• § 42-7-605 — Notice of lack of financial responsibility
• § 42-7-606 — Disclosure of insurance information - penalty
• § 42-7-607 — Part 6 not to supersede other provisions
• § 42-7-608 — Review by department of regulatory agencies - repeal
• § 42-7-609 — Report