Title 42, Vehicles and Traffic
0 chapters · 632 sections in this title.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-101 Short title
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Articles 1 to 4 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Motor Vehicle Law. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2094, � 1, effective January 1, 1995.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-102 Definitions
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As used in articles 1 to 4 of this title 42, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Acceleration lane means a speed-change lane, including tapered areas, for the purpose of enabling a vehicle entering a roadway to increase its speed to a rate at which it can more safely merge…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-201 Administration - supervisor
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The executive director of the department is empowered to administer and enforce the provisions of articles 1 to 4 of this title. There shall be at least one supervisor who shall be employed under section 13 of article XII of the state constitution. Source: L. 94: Entire title ame…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-202 Have charge of all divisions
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The supervisor shall have charge of all divisions as provided in articles 1 to 4 of this title to carry out the purposes of said articles. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2106, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. 42-1-203. Executive director to cooperate with…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-204 Uniform rules and regulations
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The executive director of the department has the power to make uniform rules and regulations not inconsistent with articles 1 to 4 of this title and to enforce the same. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2107, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. Cross reference…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-205 Record of official acts - seal
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The executive director of the department shall keep a record of all the executive director's official acts and shall preserve a copy of all decisions, rules, and orders made by the executive director, and the executive director shall adopt an official seal for the department. Cop…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-206 Records open to inspection - furnishing of copies - rules
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(1) (a) Except as provided in part 2 of article 72 of title 24, C.R.S., and subsection (6) of this section, all records made public records by any provision of this title and kept in the office of the department shall be open to inspection by the public during business hours unde…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-207 No supplies for private purposes - penalty
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An officer or employee shall not, at any time, use for private or pleasure purposes any of the equipment or supplies furnished for the discharge of such officer or employee's duties. The use of equipment for private or personal use is a civil infraction punishable by both fine an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-208 Information on accidents - published
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The department shall receive accident reports required to be made by law and shall tabulate and analyze such reports and publish annually, or at more frequent intervals, statistical information based thereon as to the number, cause, and location of highway accidents. The statisti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-209 Copies of law published. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2108, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2007: Entire section repealed, p. 30, � 3, effective August 3.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-210 Authorized agents - legislative declaration - fee
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(1) (a) (I) Authorized agents are hereby designated as the authorized agents of the department, under direction of the executive director of the department, for the administration of articles 1, 3, 4, 6, and 12 of this title and rules adopted under those articles relating to the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-213 Commission of authorized agents
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Authorized agents may retain fifty cents out of the money collected by them on each transaction in which specific ownership tax is collected, which fifty cents is the only remuneration an authorized agent is allowed to retain for collecting specific ownership taxes and issuing re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-214 Duties of authorized agents
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(1) Every authorized agent, on or before the fifteenth day of each calendar month, shall transmit to the department all fees and money collected by the agent under articles 1 to 4 (except part 3 of article 2) of this title 42 during the preceding calendar month, except such sums …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-215 Oaths
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The executive director of the department, the deputy director of the department, the supervisor, and the authorized agents of the department are empowered to administer oaths or affirmations as provided in articles 1 to 4 of this title. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-216 Destruction of obsolete records
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The department is empowered to destroy or otherwise dispose of all obsolete motor and other vehicle records, number plates, and badges after the same have been in its possession for twelve calendar months; but all records of accidents must be preserved by the department for a per…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-217 Disposition of fines and surcharges
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(1) All judges, clerks of a court of record, or other officers imposing or receiving fines, penalties, or forfeitures, except those moneys received pursuant to sections 42-4-313 (3), 42-4-413, 42-4-1409, 42-4-1701 (5)(a), 42-8-105, and 42-8-106, collected pursuant to or as a resu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-218 Revocations and suspensions of licenses published. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2113, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2007: Entire section repealed, p. 30, � 4, effective August 3.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-218.5 Electronic hearings
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(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title to the contrary, at the discretion of the department, any hearing held by the department pursuant to this title may be conducted in whole or in part, in real time, by telephone or other electronic means. (2) The general assemb…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-219 Appropriations for administration of title
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The general assembly shall make appropriations for the expenses of administration of this title. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2113, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 42-1-218 as it existed prior to 1994.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-220 Identification security fund - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 940, � 5, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 535, � 1, effective May 24. L. 2006: (2) and (3) amended, p. 656, � 2, effective April 24. L. 2009: (3) amended, (SB 09-025), ch. 266, p. 1215, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2014: (1) amend…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-222 Motor vehicle investigations unit
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(1) The department shall establish a motor vehicle investigations unit to investigate and prevent fraud concerning the use of official documents, as defined in section 18-5-121 (1)(b), issued by the department or the department's agents. The unit shall also assist victims of iden…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-224 Record check
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(1) The department may submit fingerprints of an employee or prospective employee to the Colorado bureau of investigation to obtain a fingerprint-based criminal history record check if the employee's duties do or will provide them with access to Colorado driver's licenses and ide…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-225 Commercial vehicle enterprise tax fund - creation - repeal
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(1) (a) The commercial vehicle enterprise tax fund is hereby created in the state treasury. (b) (I) Prior to July 1, 2025, the fund consists of money collected and transmitted to the fund pursuant to section 42-4-1701 (4)(a)(II). The general assembly shall annually appropriate th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-227 Disabled parking education program
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(1) Subject to the availability of money appropriated to the department of labor and employment, pursuant to section 42-1-226, the Colorado disability funding committee, created in section 8-88-202: (a) May make grants or develop, implement, or deliver education programs for the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-229 Report - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2014: Entire section added, (SB 14-087), ch. 306, p. 1297, � 1, effective August 6. L. 2017: (2) added, (HB 17-1137), ch. 45, p. 135, � 7, effective August 9. Editor's note: Subsection (2) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 2, 2018. (See L. 2017, p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-230 Exceptions processing - rules
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Beginning September 1, 2014, the department of revenue shall provide the opportunity for exceptions processing in person at a minimum of four regional offices that are actually operated by the department of revenue and that issue driver's licenses. The department shall promulgate…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-231 Kiosk program
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(1) An authorized agent may conduct a kiosk program using a private provider to provide services concerning any function the authorized agent performs under article 2, 3, or 6 of this title 42, not including part 5 of article 2 of this title 42. The kiosk program may include mobi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-232 Third-party VIN inspection program - rules - definitions
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(1) For the purposes of this section: (a) Chief means the chief of the Colorado state patrol. (b) Convicted means a conviction of, or pleading guilty or nolo contendere to, a violation of the law. (c) Permit means authority for an organization to employ people to verify informati…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-235 Electronic records, documents, and signatures
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A record covered by article 3 of this title 42, including a signature on the record or document, may not be denied legal effect, validity, or enforceability solely because it is in the form of an electronic record, document, or signature. Except as otherwise provided in article 3…