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Colorado Statutes, Title 42

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Title 42, Vehicles and Traffic

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-243 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 ca…

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. § 42-3-260 Special plates - Special Olympics Colorado - short title - definition

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(1) The short title of this section is the "Teri Leiker Act". (2) Beginning on or before 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 recreat…

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 wit…

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 sect…

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. § 42-3-267 Special plates - "Born to Be Wild" - gray wolf conflict mitigation and prevention

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(1) On or before 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. § 42-3-268 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. § 42-3-272 Special plates - wild horses - legislative declaration - repeal

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(1) Beginning on the earlier of January 1, 2027, or when the department is able to issue the plate, 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. § 42-3-301 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. § 42-3-303 Persistent drunk driver cash fund - programs to deter persistent drunk drivers

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(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the persistent drunk driver cash fund, which shall be composed of moneys collected for penalty surcharges under section 42-4-1307 (10)(b). The moneys in the fund are subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly: (a) To …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-304 Registration fees - passenger-mile taxes - clean screen fund - fees - report - rules - definitions - repeal

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(1) (a) In addition to other fees specified in this section, an applicant shall pay a motorist insurance identification fee in an amount determined by paragraph (d) of subsection (18) of this section when applying for registration or renewal of registration of a motor vehicle und…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-306 Registration fees - passenger and passenger-mile taxes - fee schedule - repeal

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(1) This section shall apply in any fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2010. (2) Fees required for the annual registration of passenger-carrying motor vehicles are as follows: (a) Motorcycles and autocycles, three dollars; (b) (I) Passenger cars, station wagons, taxicabs, …

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. § 42-3-308 Taxpayer statements - payment of tax - estimates - penalties - deposits - delinquency proceedings

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(1) (a) Every owner or operator of a motor vehicle operated on a public highway of this state and required to pay the passenger-mile tax imposed by sections 42-3-304 and 42-3-306 shall, on or before the twenty-fifth day of each month, file with the department, on forms prescribed…

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

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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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(1) 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 plate…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-313 Fee for long-term or permanent registration - trailers and semitrailers

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(1) In lieu of any other fee imposed for registration, the fee for registration issued under section 42-3-102 (4) is twenty-four dollars and fifty cents. (2) (a) The department or authorized agent who registered the commercial trailer or semitrailer may retain two dollars of the …

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…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-315 Fee for long-term or permanent registration - trailers

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[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 sect…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1001 Drive on right side - exceptions

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(1) Upon all roadways of sufficient width, a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway, except as follows: (a) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing such movement; (b) When an obstruction exists mak…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1002 Passing oncoming vehicles

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(1) Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right, and, upon roadways having width for not more than one lane of traffic in each direction, each driver shall give to the other at least one-half of the main-traveled portion of the roadway…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1003 Overtaking a vehicle on the left

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(1) The following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to the limitations, exceptions, and special rules stated in this section and sections 42-4-1004 to 42-4-1008: (a) The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehic…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1004 When overtaking on the right is permitted

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(1) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions: (a) When the vehicle overtaken is making or giving indication of making a left turn; (b) Upon a street or highway with unobstructed pavement not occupied by pa…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1005 Limitations on overtaking on the left

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(1) No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless authorized by the provisions of this article and unless such left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1006 One-way roadways and rotary traffic islands

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(1) Upon a roadway restricted to one-way traffic, a vehicle shall be driven only in the direction designated at all or such times as shall be indicated by official traffic control devices. (2) A vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of s…