Title 42, Vehicles and Traffic
0 chapters · 632 sections in this title.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-234 Special plates - adopt a shelter pet
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(1) Beginning the earlier of January 1, 2011, or when the department is able to issue the plates created by this section, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, and noncomm…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-235 Livery license plates - luxury limousines
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(1) The livery license plate is hereby established. The plate consists of red letters on a white background and features the words Colorado across the top and Livery across the bottom of the plate. (2) (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) to (d) of this subsection (2), a pers…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-236 Taxicab license plates - taxicabs
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(1) The taxicab license plate is hereby established. The plate consists of black letters on a yellow background and features the words Colorado across the top and taxicab across the bottom of the plate. (2) A person that is authorized to provide taxicab service or large-market ta…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-237 Special plates - girl scouts
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(1) Beginning January 1, 2012, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles that do not exceed sixteen thousand pounds empty weigh…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-238 Special plates - juvenile diabetes
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(1) Beginning the earlier of January 1, 2012, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants under this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-239 Special plates - Colorado Avalanche or Denver Nuggets
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(1) Beginning the earlier of January 1, 2012, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants under this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-240 Special plates - Craig hospital
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(1) Beginning the earlier of January 1, 2012, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants under this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-241 Special plates - Colorado Rockies
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(1) Beginning the earlier of January 1, 2013, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants under this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-242 Special plates - fallen heroes
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(1) Beginning the earlier of January 1, 2013, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants under this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-243 Special plates - child loss awareness
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(1) Beginning the earlier of January 1, 2013, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to applicants under this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles that do no…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-244 Special plates - flight for life Colorado
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(1) Beginning the earlier of January 1, 2013, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants under this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-245 Special plates - wildlife sporting
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(1) Beginning the earlier of January 1, 2013, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants under this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-246 Special plates - Protect Our Rivers
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(1) Beginning the earlier of January 1, 2014, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants under this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-247 Special plates - emergency medical services (EMS)
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(1) Beginning the earlier of January 1, 2015, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational mo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-248 Special plates - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
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(1) Beginning the later of January 1, 2016, or when the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the ALS Association has complied with section 42-3-207 (6), the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-249 Special plates - Rocky Mountain National Park
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(1) Beginning the earlier of November 15, 2015, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-250 Special plates - Pueblo chile license plate
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(1) Beginning on the earlier of September 1, 2018, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreation…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-251 Special plates - aviation license plate
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(1) Beginning on the earlier of September 1, 2018, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreation…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-252 Special plates - childhood cancer awareness plate - short title
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(1) The short title of this section is the Gabriel Santistevan Childhood Cancer License Plate Act. (2) Beginning on or before January 1, 2019, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-253 Special plates - Mesa Verde National Park
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(1) The department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles that do not exceed sixteen thousand pounds empty weight. (2) (a) There is hereby …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-254 Special plates - Colorado professional fire fighters - definition
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(1) The department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles that do not exceed sixteen thousand pounds empty weight. (2) (a) There is hereby …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-255 Special plates - support foster families
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(1) On or after January 1, 2022, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-256 Special plates - hospice and palliative care
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(1) On and after January 1, 2022, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles that do not exceed sixteen thousand pounds empty we…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-257 Special plates - support pollinators
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(1) The department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles that do not exceed sixteen thousand pounds empty weight. (2) (a) There is hereby …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-258 Special plates - Colorado nurses - definition
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(1) Beginning the earlier of January 15, 2022, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational m…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-259 Electric vehicle license plates
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(1) The electric vehicle license plate is hereby established. On or after January 1, 2022, the department shall design the plate to indicate that the motor vehicle to which the plate is attached is an electric motor vehicle. (2) (a) Upon registering an electric motor vehicle, the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-261 Special plates - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority - short title
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(1) The short title of this section is the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority License Plate Act. (2) Beginning the earlier of January 1, 2023, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-262 Special plates - Colorado rotary - fees - definition
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(1) Beginning on or before January 1, 2023, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational moto…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-263 Special plates - CASA license plate - definition
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(1) As used in this section, CASA means Court Appointed Special Advocates. (2) Beginning on the earlier of January 1, 2023, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this sectio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-264 Special plates - Pikes Peak international hill climb
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(1) Beginning January 1, 2023, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-265 Special plates - epilepsy awareness
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(1) On January 1, 2023, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles that do n…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-266 Special plates - one hundred fiftieth anniversary
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(1) Beginning on or after August 1, 2023, and before August 1, 2027, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles that do not exce…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-268 Special plates - In God We Trust
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(1) Beginning on January 1, 2024, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-269 Special plates - stegosaurus state fossil
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(1) On January 1, 2024, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles that do n…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-270 Special plates - Chicana/o license plate
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(1) Beginning on January 1, 2025, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-271 Special plates - Colorado agriculture
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(1) On January 1, 2025, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles that do n…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-301 License plate cash fund - license plate fees - repeal
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(1) (a) In addition to the payment of any fees for motor vehicle registration or for the issuance of license plates, decals, or validating tabs, each owner of a motor vehicle issued a license plate, decal, or validating tab for a motor vehicle pursuant to this article shall also …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-302 Special plate fees
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(1) The fees collected pursuant to sections 42-3-213 and 42-3-217 for the issuance of a license plate pursuant to sections 42-3-213 (9) and 42-3-217 shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the license plate cash fund created in section 42-3-301. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-307 Enforcement powers of department
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(1) The department may administer and enforce sections 42-3-304 and 42-3-306, including the right to inspect and audit the books, records, and documents of an owner or operator of a vehicle operated upon the public highways who is required to pay any registration fee or tax impos…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-309 Permit to be secured - records kept - penalties
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(1) Every owner or operator of a motor vehicle operated over any public highway of this state who is required to pay the passenger-mile tax imposed by sections 42-3-304 and 42-3-306 shall apply to the department and secure a passenger-mile tax permit and shall keep and maintain t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-310 Additional registration fees - apportionment of fees - repeal
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(1) Every owner of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that is primarily designed to be operated or drawn upon a highway, except the vehicles specifically exempted from payment of registration fees by this article, shall, within the registration period prescribed by law or w…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-311 Low-power scooter registration - fee
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(1) Every low-power scooter sold in this state shall have an identification number stamped on its frame, which number shall be recorded upon registration. A low-power scooter shall be registered with the department, which registration shall be evidenced by a number decal that is …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-312 Special license plate surcharge
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In addition to any other fee imposed by this article 3, an applicant for a special license plate created by rule in accordance with section 42-3-207, as the section existed when the plate was created, personalized plates issued under section 42-3-211, or special license plates is…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-314 Military deployment
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(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 regis…