(1) Motor vehicle fees exempted. If the owner is a member of the United States armed forces and has orders to serve outside the United States, the owner may exempt the Class C personal property or Class B personal property under sixteen thousand pounds empty weight from the registration fees imposed under this part 3 during the time the owner is serving. If the owner serves less than one year outside the United States, the fees are exempt for the portion of the year that the owner served outside the United States, prorated according to the number of months the owner was in the United States.
(2) Qualifications. In order for a motor vehicle to qualify for the exemption from registration fees under this section, the owner must:
(a) Show the department military orders to serve outside the United States or any evidence acceptable to the department that the owner served outside the United States; and
(b) File a signed affidavit that the motor vehicle will not be operated on a highway during the exemption period.
(3) If a person has already paid the normal fees under this part 3 for a motor vehicle that is eligible for an exemption under this section, the department shall credit the person the exempted portion of the fee amount towards the person's fees for succeeding years.
(4) Violations. A person shall not operate the motor vehicle during the time covered by the affidavit filed under subsection (2) of this section. A violation of this section is a class B traffic infraction.
Source: L. 2014: Entire section added, (SB 14-075), ch. 264, p. 1060, � 2, effective August 6.
42-3-315. Fee for long-term or permanent registration - trailers. [Editor's note: This section is effective July 1, 2027. For the applicability of this section on or after January 1, 2028, see the editor's note following this section.]
(1) In lieu of any other fee imposed for registration of a trailer, the fee for registration issued under section 42-3-102 (5) is fifty-five dollars and eighty-two cents.
(2) (a) The department or authorized agent that registered the trailer may retain two dollars of the registration fee.
(b) The department or authorized agent shall retain one dollar and fifty cents of the fee, which the department shall transfer to the county where the registration occurred, if applicable, and the county shall allocate the money to the county road and bridge fund for the county created pursuant to section 43-2-202 (1)(a).
(c) The state treasurer shall credit the following amounts of the remainder of the fee to the following funds:
(I) Fifty cents to the Colorado DRIVES vehicle services account created in section 42-1-211 (2) within the highway users tax fund;
(II) Two dollars and fifty cents to the license plate cash fund created in section 42-3-301 (1)(b);
(III) Five dollars to the statewide bridge and tunnel enterprise special revenue fund created in section 43-4-805 (3)(a);
(IV) Sixteen dollars to the highway users tax fund created in section 43-4-201 and allocated as specified in section 43-4-205 (6)(b); and
(V) The remainder of the fee to the highway users tax fund created in section 43-4-201.
Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (HB 25-1121), ch. 392, p. 2214, � 3, effective July 1, 2027.
Editor's note: Section 5(2) of chapter 392 (HB 25-1121), Session Laws of Colorado 2025, provides that the act adding this section applies to registrations made on or after January 1, 2028.
REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC