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Colorado Statutes, Title 42

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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. § 42-2-103 Motorcycles - autocycles - low-power scooters - driver's license required
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(1) (a) The department shall establish a motorcycle endorsement program for driver's licenses, minor driver's licenses, and instruction permits issued pursuant to this article. (b) The department shall require an applicant for a general motorcycle endorsement to demonstrate the a…
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. § 42-2-105.5 Restrictions on minor drivers under eighteen years of age - penalties - legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that: (a) Teenage drivers, in order to become safe and responsible drivers, need behind-the-wheel driving experience before they can begin to drive without restrictions; (b) Providing additional behind-the-wheel training wi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-106 Instruction permits and temporary licenses - penalty

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[Editor's note: For the applicability of this section on or after January 1, 2027, see the editor's note following this section.] (1) (a) The department shall issue an instruction permit to a minor who is fifteen years of age or older and under eighteen years of age and who: (I) …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-107 Application for license or instruction permit - anatomical gifts - donations to Emily Keyes - John W. Buckner organ and tissue donation awareness fund - legislative declaration - rules - annual report

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(1) (a) (I) To be acceptable, every application for an instruction permit or for a driver's or minor driver's license must be made upon forms furnished by the department and accompanied by the required fee. The department shall set the fee in accordance with section 42-2-114.5 (2…

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. § 42-2-114 License issued - voluntary disability identifier symbol - fees - rules - report - definitions

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(1) (a) (I) The department, upon payment of the required fee and the surrender or cancellation of any previously issued Colorado identification card, shall issue to every applicant, who is not a first time applicant in Colorado or who is under eighteen years of age and is accompa…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-114.5 Fees for driver's licenses, identification cards, and related services - crediting to DRIVES account - fee setting procedures - rules

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(1) All net revenue received by the department from the fees specified in subsection (2) of this section, as such fees may be raised or lowered by the department in accordance with subsection (3) of this section, shall be credited to the Colorado DRIVES vehicle services account c…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-115 License, permit, or identification card to be exhibited on demand - penalty

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(1) No person who has been issued a driver's or minor driver's license or an instruction permit or an identification card as defined in section 42-2-301 (2), who operates a motor vehicle in this state, and who has such license, permit, or identification card in such person's imme…

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 Renewal of license in person, by mail, or electronically - donations to Emily Keyes - John W. Buckner organ and tissue donation awareness fund - rules - definitions

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(1) (a) (I) Except as provided in subsection (1)(a)(I.5) of this section, every license issued pursuant to section 42-2-114 or part 5 of this article 2 is renewable prior to its expiration, upon application in person, by mail as provided in subsection (1.3) of this section, or by…

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. § 42-2-121 Records to be kept by department - admission of records in court

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(1) The department shall file every completed application for a license received by it and shall maintain suitable indexes containing in alphabetical order: (a) All applications denied and on each thereof note the reasons for such denial; (b) All applications granted; and (c) The…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-121.5 Emergency contact information - website form - license application - driver's license database

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(1) (a) No later than January 1, 2009, the department shall create and make available on its official website an electronic form that allows a person with a driver's license, minor driver's license, instruction permit, or temporary driver's license issued pursuant to this part 1 …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-122 Department may cancel license - limited license for physical or mental limitations - rules

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(1) The department has the authority to cancel, deny, or deny the reissuance of any driver's or minor driver's license upon determining that the licensee was not entitled to the issuance for any of the following reasons: (a) Failure to give the required or correct information in …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-123 Suspending privileges of nonresidents and reporting convictions

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(1) The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state given to a nonresident is subject to suspension or revocation by the department in like manner and for like cause as a driver's license may be suspended or revoked. (2) The department is further authorized…

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 a 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 or of criminally neglige…

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. § 42-2-126.5 Revocation of license based on administrative actions taken under tribal law - repeal

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(1) As used in this section: (a) "Indian" means a person who is a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe. (b) "Reservation" means the Southern Ute Indian reservation, the exterior boundaries of which were confirmed in the Act of May 21, 1984, Pub.L. 98-290, 98 Stat. 201, 2…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-127 Authority to suspend license - to deny license - type of conviction - points

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(1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (8)(b) of this section, the department has the authority to suspend the license of any driver who, in accordance with the schedule of points set forth in this section, has been convicted of traffic violations resulting in the accumulation …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-127.1 Driving improvement course - points waiver - rules - definitions - notice to revisor of statutes - repeal

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Commercial driver's license" has the meaning set forth in section 42-2-402 (1). (b) "Commercial driving school" has the meaning set forth in section 42-2-601 (2). (c) "Driving improvement course" means a cla…

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. § 42-2-127.7 Authority to suspend driver's license - uninsured motorists - legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that the purpose of this section is to induce and encourage all motorists to provide for their financial responsibility for the protection of others and to assure the widespread availability to the insuring public of…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-127.9 Authority to suspend driver's license - leaving the scene of a crash

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(1) (a) The department may suspend the driver's license of any person upon the department's determination that there is proof by a preponderance of the evidence that the person was the driver of a vehicle directly involved in a crash resulting in serious bodily injury to or death…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-128 Vehicular homicide - criminally negligent homicide while operating a motor vehicle - revocation of license

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The department shall revoke the driver's license of a person convicted of vehicular homicide pursuant to section 18-3-106 or criminally negligent homicide pursuant to section 18-3-105 (1)(b), including the driver's license of a juvenile who has been adjudicated a delinquent upon …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-129 Mandatory surrender of license or permit for driving under the influence or with excessive alcoholic content

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Upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or a verdict of guilty by the court or a jury, to DUI or DUI per se, or, for a person under twenty-one years of age, to DUI, DUI per se, DWAI, or UDD, the court shall require the offender to immediately surrender the offender's driver's, …

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. § 42-2-132.5 Mandatory and voluntary restricted licenses following alcohol convictions - rules

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(1) Persons required to hold an interlock-restricted license. (a) The following persons shall hold an interlock-restricted license pursuant to this section for at least one year following reinstatement prior to being eligible to obtain any other driver's license issued under this…

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…