Title 42, Vehicles and Traffic
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-804 Pedestrian to use right half of crosswalk. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2354, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 96: Entire section repealed, p. 564, � 29, effective April 24. 42-4-805. Pedestrians walking or traveling in a wheelchair on highways - riders of animals - penalty - definition. (1) …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-806 Driving through safety zone prohibited
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No vehicle at any time shall be driven through or within a safety zone. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2355, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. Editor's note: This s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-807 Drivers to exercise due care
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Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this article, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper precaution upon observing any chil…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-901 Required position and method of turning
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(1) The driver of a motor vehicle intending to turn shall do so as follows: (a) Right turns. Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway. (b) Left turns. The driver of a vehicle intending …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-902 Limitations on turning around
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(1) No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve or upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade where such vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within such distance as is necessar…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-903 Turning movements and required signals
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(1) No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in proper position upon the roadway as required in section 42-4-901, or turn a vehicle to enter a private road or driveway, or otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a ro…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-5-101 Definitions
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As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Calendar year means the twelve calendar months beginning January first and ending December thirty-first of any year. (2) Dealer means all persons, firms, partnerships, associations, or corporations engaged in the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-5-103 Tampering with a motor vehicle - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2440, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 98: (2)(a) and (2)(b) amended, p. 799, � 16, effective July 1; (2)(a) and (2)(b) amended, p. 1441, � 22, effective July 1. L. 2007: (2) amended, p. 1697, � 16, effective July 1. L. 2…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-5-104 Theft of motor vehicle parts - theft of license plates
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(1) to (3) Repealed. (4) (a) Any person who knowingly and with criminal intent removes, detaches, or takes from a motor vehicle that is the property of another a license plate or who aids, abets, or assists in the commission of such an act or acts is guilty of theft of a license …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-5-105 Daily record
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(1) (a) It is the duty of every dealer, and of the proprietor of every garage, to keep and maintain in such person's place of business an easily accessible and permanent daily record of all secondhand or used motor vehicle equipment, attachments, accessories, and appurtenances bo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-5-106 Duties of dealers - assembled motor vehicles
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It is the duty of every dealer and of every proprietor of a garage to examine, without charge, the engine or vehicle identification number of every motor vehicle bought, taken in trade, repaired, or stored by them. Such dealer shall not be required to examine the engine or vehicl…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-5-107 Seizure of motor vehicles or component parts by peace officers
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All peace officers are authorized to take and hold possession of any motor vehicle or component part if its engine number, vehicle identification number, or manufacturer's serial number has been altered, changed, or obliterated or if such officer has good and sufficient reason to…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-5-108 Penalty
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Any person violating any of the provisions of this part 1, unless otherwise specifically provided for in this part 1, commits a petty offense and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-503. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2443, � 1, effective Jan…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-5-109 Report of stored or parked motor vehicles - when
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Whenever any motor vehicle of a type subject to registration in this state has been stored, parked, or left in a garage, a trailer park, or any type of storage or parking lot for a period of over thirty days, the owner of such garage, trailer park, or lot shall report the make, e…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-5-111 Proof of authorized possession
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(1) Whenever any motor vehicle or major component part of a motor vehicle is transported, shipped, towed, or hauled by any means in this state, said vehicle or component part shall be accompanied by proper authorization of possession from the legal owner or a law enforcement agen…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-5-113 Colorado auto theft prevention cash fund - audit
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Beginning in the 2008-09 fiscal year, and every five years thereafter, the state auditor shall cause an audit to be made of the Colorado auto theft prevention cash fund created in section 42-5-112 (4) to include procedures to test distributions from the fund for compliance with p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-5-201 Definitions
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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Bonded title vehicle means a vehicle the owner of which has posted a bond for title pursuant to the provisions of section 42-6-115. (2) Commercial vehicle means any trailer as defined in section 42-1-102 (105), tr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-5-202 Vehicle identification number inspection
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(1) No bonded title vehicle, homemade vehicle, rebuilt vehicle, reconstructed vehicle, or vehicle assembled from a kit shall be sold in the state of Colorado or issued a Colorado certificate of title unless the seller or owner of such vehicle has had its vehicle identification nu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-5-203 Inspections - street rod vehicles. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2447, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 1647, � 37, effective June 1. L. 2011: Entire section repealed, (SB 11-031), ch. 86, p. 249, � 22, effective August 10. Editor's note: This section w…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-5-204 Inspection fees - vehicle number inspection fund - definition
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(1) (a) (I) To have an inspection performed under this part 2, the requester must pay a fee of fifty dollars for each inspection performed. Upon payment of the fee, the inspector shall issue to the owner of the inspected vehicle or commercial vehicle a receipt as evidence of paym…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-5-206 Certification of inspectors
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, no peace officer shall be an inspector of vehicle identification numbers unless the peace officer has been certified by the peace officers standards and training board pursuant to section 24-31-303 (1)(e), C.R.S.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-5-207 Rules
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The executive director of the department of revenue may adopt rules necessary to implement this part 2. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2448, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 1648, � 39, effective June 1. CERTIFICATES OF…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-101 Short title
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This part 1 shall be known and may be cited as the Certificate of Title Act. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2448, � 1, effective January 1, 1995.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-102 Definitions
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As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) All-terrain vehicle means a three- or four-wheeled vehicle that travels on low-pressure tires with a seat that is straddled by the rider and with handlebars for steering control. (1.5) Authorized agent has the sam…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-103 Application
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, this part 1 applies to motor vehicles and off-highway vehicles. (2) This part 1 does not apply to an off-highway vehicle that: (a) Was first sold or transferred before July 1, 2014, until the off-highway vehicle is sold or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-104 Administration - rules
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The director is charged with the duty of administering this part 1. For that purpose the director is vested with the power to make such reasonable rules and require the use of such forms and procedures as are reasonably necessary for the efficient administration of this part 1. S…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-105 Authorized agents. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2451, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2001: Entire section amended, p. 272, � 26, effective November 15. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 566, � 12, effective July 1. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 809, � 3, effe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-106 Certificates of registration - plates
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(1) No certificate of registration or license plates shall be issued for a motor vehicle by the director or an authorized agent except in the following cases: (a) The applicant exhibits to the director or the authorized agent, or the director or the authorized agent has on file, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-107 Certificates of title - contents - rules
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(1) (a) (I) The department or authorized agent shall mail or deliver certificates of title to motor or off-highway vehicles issued under this part 1 to the applicant, except as provided in section 42-6-124, and the director shall retain and appropriately index and file informatio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-108 Identification number - title - street rod vehicles. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2452, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 1648, � 40, effective June 1. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 811, � 6, effective August 8. L. 2011: Entire section repealed, (SB 11-031), ch. 86…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-108.5 Rebuilder's certificate of title. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2006: Entire section added, p. 950, � 1, effective August 7. L. 2011: Entire section repealed, (SB 11-031), ch. 86, p. 249, � 22, effective August 10. Editor's note: This section was relocated to � 42-12-102 in 2011.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-109 Sale or transfer of vehicle - program
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(1) Except as provided in section 42-6-113, a person shall not sell or otherwise transfer a motor or off-highway vehicle to a purchaser or transferee without delivering to the purchaser or transferee a certificate of title to the vehicle duly transferred in the manner prescribed …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-111 Sale to dealers - certificate need not issue
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(1) Upon the sale or transfer to a dealer of a motor or off-highway vehicle for which a Colorado certificate of title has been issued, the dealer shall transfer and file the certificate of title to the motor or off-highway vehicle; except that, so long as the vehicle remains in t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-114 Transfers by bequest, descent, or law
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Upon the transfer of ownership of a motor or off-highway vehicle by inheritance or by operation of law, as in proceedings in bankruptcy, insolvency, replevin, attachment, execution, or other judicial sale, or if the vehicle is sold to satisfy storage or repair charges or reposses…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-115 Furnishing bond for certificates
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(1) (a) If the applicant for a certificate of title to a motor or off-highway vehicle is unable to provide the director or the authorized agent with a certificate of title duly transferred to the applicant or other evidence of ownership satisfactory to the director as specified i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-116 Applications for filing of certificates of title - rules
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(1) If a person who desires or who is entitled to a filing of a certificate of title to a motor or off-highway vehicle is required to apply to the director or the authorized agent, the applicant shall apply upon a form provided by the director in which appears a description of th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-117 Filing of certificate
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(1) The director or the authorized agent shall use reasonable diligence to ascertain whether the facts stated in an application and other documents submitted to the director or the authorized agent are true. In appropriate cases, the director or authorized agent may require the a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-118 Amended certificate
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If the owner of a motor or off-highway vehicle for which a Colorado certificate of title has been issued or filed replaces any part of the motor or off-highway vehicle on which appears the identification number or symbol described in the certificate of title and the identificatio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-119 Certificates for vehicles registered in other states
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(1) When a resident of the state acquires the ownership of a motor or off-highway vehicle for which a certificate of title has been issued by a state other than Colorado, the person acquiring the vehicle shall apply to the director or an authorized agent for the filing of a certi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-120 Security interests upon vehicles
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(1) Except as provided in this section and sections 42-6-130 and 42-6-148, the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, title 4, C.R.S., relating to the filing, recording, releasing, renewal, priority, and extension of chattel mortgages, as defined in section 42-6-102 (9), do n…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-121 Filing of mortgage - rules
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(1) The holder of a chattel mortgage on a motor or off-highway vehicle desiring to secure the rights provided for in this part 1 and to have the existence of the mortgage and the fact of the filing of the mortgage noted in the filing of the certificate of title to the encumbered …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-122 Disposition of mortgages by agent - rules
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(1) The authorized agent, upon receipt of the mortgage, shall file the mortgage in the agent's office, appropriately indexed and cross-indexed: (a) Under one or more of the following headings in accordance with the rules adopted by the director: (I) Make or vehicle identification…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-123 Disposition after mortgaging
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After a mortgage on a motor or off-highway vehicle has been filed in the authorized agent's office, the authorized agent shall mail, deliver, or electronically transfer to the director the certificate of title or other evidence of ownership satisfactory to the director as specifi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-124 Disposition of certificates of title
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(1) The director shall dispose of a certificate of title issued by the director or the authorized agent in the following manner: (a) If the certificate of title that is filed by the authorized agent is maintained in an electronic format within the director's and the authorized ag…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-125 Release of mortgages - rules
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(1) Upon the payment or discharge of the undertaking secured by a mortgage on a motor or off-highway vehicle that has been filed for record under section 42-6-121, the legal holder, on a form approved by the director, shall notify the director or authorized agent of the discharge…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-126 New certificate upon release of mortgage
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(1) (a) Upon the satisfaction of the debt and release of a mortgage on a motor or off-highway vehicle filed for record as required by section 42-6-121: (I) The owner of the vehicle encumbered by the mortgage, the purchaser from or transferee of the owner as appears on the certifi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-127 Duration of lien of mortgage - extensions - rules
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(1) The lien of a mortgage or refinancing of a mortgage filed in the manner prescribed in section 42-6-121 or 42-6-129 shall remain valid and enforceable for a period of ten years after the filing of the certificate in the office of the director's authorized agent or until the di…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-128 Validity of mortgage between parties
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Nothing in this part 1 impairs the validity of a mortgage on a motor or off-highway vehicle between the parties as long as no purchaser for value, mortgagee, or creditor without actual notice of the existence of a mortgage has acquired an interest in the motor or off-highway vehi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-129 Second or other junior mortgages
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(1) On and after July 1, 1977, a person who takes a junior mortgage on a motor or off-highway vehicle for which a Colorado certificate of title has been issued or filed may file the mortgage for public record and have the existence of the mortgage noted or filed on the certificat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-130 Priority of secured interests
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The liens or mortgages filed for record or noted on a certificate of title to a motor or off-highway vehicle, as provided in section 42-6-121, take priority in the same order that they were filed with the authorized agent; except that the priority of a purchase-money security int…