Title 42, Vehicles and Traffic
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-101 Licenses for drivers required - penalty - definition
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in part 4 of this article for commercial drivers, no person shall drive any motor vehicle upon a highway in this state unless such person has been issued a currently valid driver's or minor driver's license or an instruction permit by the departme…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-102 Persons exempt from license
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(1) The following persons need not obtain a Colorado driver's license: (a) Any person who operates a federally owned military motor vehicle while serving in the armed forces of the United States; (b) Any person who temporarily drives or operates any road machine, farm tractor, or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-104 Licenses issued - denied
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the department may license the following persons in the manner prescribed in this article: (a) Any person twenty-one years of age or older, as a driver; (b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2000, p. 1348, � 11, effective July 1, 2001.) (…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-105 Special restrictions on certain drivers
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(1) A person under the age of eighteen years shall not drive any motor vehicle used to transport explosives or inflammable material or any motor vehicle used as a school vehicle for the transportation of pupils to or from school. A person under the age of eighteen years shall not…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-108 Application of minors - rules
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(1) (a) (I) The application of any person under eighteen years of age for an instruction permit or minor driver's license must be accompanied by either: (A) An affidavit of liability signed and verified by the parent, stepparent, foster parent, grandparent with power of attorney,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-109 Release from liability
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(1) Any person who has signed the affidavit of liability which accompanied the application of a minor for a minor driver's license or permit may thereafter file with the department a verified written request that the license of said minor be canceled. Upon receipt of such request…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-110 Revocation upon death of signer for minor
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(1) The department, upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death of the person who signed the affidavit of liability which accompanied the application for a license of such minor, shall cancel such license, unless the minor has already reached the age of eighteen years, and…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-111 Examination of applicants and drivers - when required
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(1) (a) The department shall examine every applicant for a driver's or minor driver's license. The executive director of the department, in the director's discretion, may conduct the examination in any county convenient for the applicant. The examination shall include a test of t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-112 Medical advice - use by department - provider immunity - rules
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(1) In order to determine whether a licensed driver or an applicant for a driver's license is physically or mentally able to operate a motor vehicle safely upon the highways of this state, the department is authorized, upon the adoption of rules concerning medical criteria for dr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-113 License examiners appointed
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The department may appoint license examiners for any county in this state to conduct local examinations for all types of drivers' licenses. The officers of the department shall conduct the examination as prescribed by law for all drivers in the county and collect the fees as prov…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-116 Restricted license
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(1) The department, upon issuing a driver's or minor driver's license or an instruction permit, has authority, whenever good cause appears, to impose restrictions, limitations, or conditions which are suitable to the licensee's driving ability with respect to the type of special …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-117 Duplicate permits and minor licenses - replacement licenses
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(1) If an instruction permit or a minor driver's license issued under this article is lost, stolen, or destroyed, the person to whom it was issued, upon request and the payment of a fee to the department, may obtain a duplicate or substitute upon furnishing satisfactory proof to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-118.1 Driver restoration and payment incentive program
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Beginning January 1, 2022, an outstanding judgement or warrant described in section 42-4-1709 (7) shall not serve as a basis for the department to deny an application for issuance, renewal, or reinstatement of a driver's license. The department shall not issue a license to a pers…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-119 Notices - change of address or name
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(1) (a) Whenever any person, after applying for or receiving a driver's license or identification card, moves from the address named in such application or in the license or identification card issued to such person or when the name of the licensee is changed, such person shall, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-120 Methods of service
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(1) Any notice or order required to be served under this article 2 may be served in any manner reasonably designed to notify the person to be served of the material provisions of the notice or order. A person has been served with a notice or order when the person has knowledge of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-124 When court to report convictions
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(1) (a) Except as otherwise provided, whenever any person is convicted of any offense for which this article makes mandatory the revocation or suspension of the driver's or minor driver's license of such person by the department, the court in which such conviction is had shall re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-125 Mandatory revocation of license and permit
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(1) The department shall immediately revoke the license or permit of any driver or minor driver upon receiving a record showing that the driver has: (a) Been convicted of vehicular homicide or vehicular assault as described in sections 18-3-106 and 18-3-205, C.R.S., or of crimina…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-126 Revocation of license based on administrative determination
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(1) Legislative declaration. The purposes of this section are: (a) To provide safety for all persons using the highways of this state by quickly revoking the driver's license of any person who has shown himself or herself to be a safety hazard by driving with an excessive amount …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-126.3 Tampering with an ignition interlock device. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 95: Entire section added, p. 1304, � 3, effective July 1. L. 2000: (1) and (2) amended, p. 1079, � 9, effective July 1. L. 2001: (1) and (2) amended, p. 1284, � 68, effective June 5. L. 2002: (3) amended, p. 1560, � 362, effective October 1. L. 2012: Entire section rep…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-127.5 Authority to suspend license - violation of child support order
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(1) The department shall suspend the license of any driver who is not in compliance with a child support order pursuant to the provisions of this section. (2) Upon receipt of a notice of failure to comply from the state child support enforcement agency pursuant to section 26-13-1…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-128 Vehicular homicide - revocation of license
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The department shall revoke the driver's license of any person convicted of vehicular homicide, including the driver's license of any juvenile who has been adjudicated a delinquent upon conduct which would establish the crime of vehicular homicide if committed by an adult. Source…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-132 Period of suspension or revocation
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(1) The department shall not suspend a driver's or minor driver's license to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways for a period of more than one year, except as permitted under section 42-2-138 and except for noncompliance with the provisions of subsection (4) of this sect…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-133 Surrender and return of license
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(1) The department, upon suspending or revoking a license, shall require that such license be surrendered to the department. (2) At the end of the period of suspension, the licensee may apply for and receive a replacement license upon payment of a fee. The department shall set th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-134 Foreign license invalid during suspension
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No resident or nonresident whose driver's license or right or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been suspended or revoked as provided in this article shall operate a motor vehicle in this state under a license, permit, or registration certificate issued by an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-135 Right to appeal
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(1) Every person finally denied a license or identification card, whose identification card has been finally canceled, or whose license has been finally canceled, suspended, or revoked by or under the authority of the department may, within thirty-five days thereafter, obtain jud…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-136 Unlawful possession or use of license
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(1) (a) No person shall have in such person's possession a lawfully issued driver's, minor driver's, or temporary driver's license or instruction permit, knowing that such license or permit has been falsely altered by means of erasure, obliteration, deletion, insertion of new mat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-137 False affidavit - penalty
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Any person who makes any false affidavit or knowingly swears or affirms falsely to any matter or thing required by the terms of this part 1 to be sworn to or affirmed commits a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense. The department shall notify the district attorney's office in the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-138 Driving under restraint - penalty - definitions
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(1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1.5) of this section, any person who drives a motor vehicle or off-highway vehicle upon any highway of this state with knowledge that the person's license or privilege to drive, either as a resident or a nonresident, is under restraint fo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-139 Permitting unauthorized minor to drive
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(1) No parent or guardian shall cause or knowingly permit his or her child or ward under the age of eighteen years to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway when such minor has not been issued a currently valid minor driver's license or instruction permit or shall cause or knowin…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-140 Permitting unauthorized person to drive
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(1) No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle owned by such person or under such person's hire or control to be driven upon any highway by any person who has not been issued a currently valid driver's or minor driver's license or an instruction permit or shall…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-141 Renting or loaning a motor vehicle to another
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, no person shall rent or loan a motor vehicle to any other person unless the latter person is then duly licensed under this article or, in the case of a nonresident, duly licensed under the laws of the state or country of t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-142 Violation - penalty
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Any person who violates any provision of this part 1 for which no other penalty is provided in this part 1 commits a class B traffic infraction and shall be punished as provided in section 42-4-1701 (3)(a). Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2158, � 1, effec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-143 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly declares that the provisions of this article as enacted in Senate Bill No. 318 by the forty-ninth general assembly in its first regular session shall not supersede, unless in direct conflict, and shall be harmonized with, the provisions of any other act enact…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-202 Habitual offenders - frequency and type of violations
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(1) An habitual offender is any person, resident or nonresident, who has accumulated convictions for separate and distinct offenses described in subsection (2) of this section committed during a seven-year period or committed during a five-year period for separate and distinct of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-203 Authority to revoke license of habitual offender
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The department shall immediately revoke the license of any person whose record brings such person within the definition of an habitual offender in section 42-2-202. The procedure specified in section 42-2-125 (3) and (4) shall be employed for the revocation. Source: L. 94: Entire…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-204 Appeals
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An appeal may be taken from any action entered under the provisions of this part 2 as provided in section 42-2-135. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2160, � 1, effective January 1, 1995.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-205 Prohibition
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(1) No license to operate motor vehicles in this state shall be issued to an habitual offender, nor shall an habitual offender operate a motor vehicle in this state: (a) For a period of five years from the date of the order of the department finding such person to be an habitual …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-206 Driving after revocation prohibited
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(1) (a) (I) It is unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle in this state while the revocation of the department prohibiting the operation remains in effect. Any person found to be an habitual offender, who operates a motor vehicle in this state while the revocation of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-207 No existing law modified
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Nothing in this part 2 shall be construed as amending, modifying, or repealing any existing law of this state or any existing ordinance of any political subdivision relating to the operation of motor vehicles or the providing of penalties for the violation thereof; nor shall anyt…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-208 Computation of number of convictions
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With respect to persons charged as habitual offenders, in computing the number of convictions, all convictions must result from offenses occurring on or after July 1, 1973. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2160, � 1, effective January 1, 1995.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-301 Definitions
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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Department means the department of revenue. (2) Identification card means the identification card issued under this article. (3) Registrant means a person who acquires an identification card under the provisions o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-302 Department may or shall issue - limitations - rules
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(1) (a) (I) A person who is a resident of Colorado may be issued an identification card by the department, attested by the applicant and department as to true name, date of birth, current address, and other identifying data the department may require. (II) An application for an i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-304 Validity of identification card - rules
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an identification card issued pursuant to this part 3 expires on the birthday of the registrant in the fifth year after issuance of the identification card. The department may purge its records of such cards twelve years a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-305 Lost, stolen, or destroyed cards
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If an identification card is lost, destroyed, or mutilated or a new name is acquired, the registrant may obtain a new identification card upon furnishing satisfactory proof of such fact to the department. Any registrant who loses an identification card and who, after obtaining a …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-306 Fees - disposition
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(1) The department shall charge and collect the following fees: (a) (I) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2007, p. 1572, � 5, effective July 1, 2007.) (II) Except as provided in subparagraph (III.5) of this paragraph (a), a fee as determined by the department under section 42-2-114.5 for…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-307 Change of address - penalty
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(1) Any registrant who acquires an address different from the address shown on the identification card issued to the registrant shall, within thirty days thereafter, notify the department of such change as specified in section 42-2-119 (1)(a). The department may thereupon take an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-308 No liability on public entity
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No public entity shall be liable for any loss or injury directly or indirectly resulting from false or inaccurate information contained in identification cards provided for in this part 3. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2162, � 1, effective January 1, 19…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-309 Unlawful acts
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(1) It is unlawful for any person: (a) To display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have in that person's possession any surrendered, fictitious, fraudulently altered, or fraudulently obtained identification card; (b) To lend that person's identification card to any other pers…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-310 Violation
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Any person who violates any of the provisions of this part 3 commits a petty offense, pursuant to section 18-1.3-503. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2163, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1560, � 365, effective October …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-312 County jail identification processing unit fund. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2009: Entire section added, (SB 09-006), ch. 403, p. 2217, � 2, effective June 2. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1708, � 135, effective August 7. 42-2-313. Department consult with counties on county jail identification processing unit. The …