Title 42, Vehicles and Traffic
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-131 Mechanic's, warehouse, and other liens
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Nothing in this part 1 impairs the rights of lien claimants arising under a mechanic's lien or the lien of a warehouse or other person claimed for repairs on or storage of a motor or off-highway vehicle when a mechanic's lien or storage lien originated prior to a mortgage or lien…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-132 Existing mortgages not affected. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2464, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 818, � 21, effective August 8. L. 2009: Entire section repealed, (HB 09-1089), ch. 196, p. 883, � 6, effective October 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-133 Foreign mortgages and liens
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A mortgage or lien on a motor or off-highway vehicle filed for record in a state other than Colorado is not valid and enforceable against the rights of subsequent purchasers for value, creditors, lienholders, or mortgagees having no actual notice of the existence of the mortgage …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-134 Where application for certificates of title made
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Except as otherwise provided in this part 1, a person shall apply for recording of a certificate of title upon the sale or transfer of a motor or off-highway vehicle with the authorized agent of the county where the vehicle will be registered for operation. If the certificate of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-135 Lost certificates of title
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(1) If data is lost transmitting an application for a certificate of title and accompanying documentation, which may be transmitted by the authorized agent to the director and upon an appropriate application of the owner or other person entitled to such certificate of title, such…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-136 Surrender and cancellation of certificate - penalty for violation
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(1) (a) The owner of a motor or off-highway vehicle for which a Colorado certificate of title has been issued, upon the destruction or dismantling of the vehicle or upon its being changed so that it is no longer a motor or off-highway vehicle, shall surrender the certificate of t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-136.5 Salvage title
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(1) Upon the sale or transfer of a motor vehicle for which a current Colorado certificate of title has been issued or filed and that has become a salvage vehicle, the purchaser or transferee shall apply for a salvage certificate of title. The owner of the vehicle may apply for a …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-137 Fees
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(1) (a) Upon filing with the authorized agent an application for a certificate of title, the applicant shall pay to the agent a fee of seven dollars and twenty cents, which shall be in addition to the fees for the registration of such motor vehicle. If the additional fee of seven…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-138 Disposition of fees
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(1) (a) All fees received by the authorized agent under section 42-6-137 (1)(a), (2), or (4) or 38-29-138 (1)(a), (2), or (4) upon application for a certificate of title, shall be disposed of as follows: Four dollars shall be retained by the authorized agent and disposition made …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-139 Registration and title application - where made
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(1) (a) For purposes of this section, a person's residence is the person's principal or primary home or place of abode, to be determined in the same manner as residency for voter registration purposes as provided in sections 1-2-102 and 31-10-201, C.R.S.; except that, in applying…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-140 Registration upon becoming resident
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Within ninety days after becoming a resident of Colorado, the owner of a motor vehicle shall apply for a Colorado certificate of title, a license, and registration for the vehicle that is registered, that is licensed, or for which a certificate of title is issued in another state…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-141 Director's records to be public
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Records in the director's office pertaining to the title to a motor or off-highway vehicle are public records subject to section 42-1-206. This includes records regarding ownership of and mortgages or liens on a vehicle for which a Colorado certificate of title has been issued. S…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-142 Penalties
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(1) A person shall not sell, transfer, or in any manner dispose of a motor or off-highway vehicle in this state without complying with this part 1. (2) A person who violates subsection (1) of this section for which no other penalty is expressly provided commits a petty offense. S…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-143 Altering or using altered certificate
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A person who causes to be altered or forged a certificate of title issued by the director pursuant to this part 1, or a written transfer of a title, or any other notation placed on the title by the director or under the director's authority concerning a mortgage or lien or who us…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-144 False oath
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A person who applies for a certificate of title, written transfer of a title, satisfaction and release, oath, affirmation, affidavit, statement, report, or deposition required to be made or taken under any of the provisions of this article, and who, upon such application, transfe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-145 Use of vehicle identification numbers in applications - rules
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(1) (a) A person required to apply for a certificate of title or registration of a motor vehicle shall use the identification number placed upon the motor vehicle by the manufacturer or the special vehicle identification number assigned to the motor vehicle by the department purs…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-147 Central registry - rules
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(1) The director shall maintain a central registry of electronic files for all certificates of title, mortgages, liens, releases of liens or mortgages, and extensions. The authorized agents shall transmit all electronic filing information to the director for maintenance of the re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-148 Off-highway vehicles - sales
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(1) (a) Unless the owner has obtained a certificate of title for an off-highway vehicle under this article, a person shall not sell the off-highway vehicle and a vehicle dealer shall not purchase the off-highway vehicle; except that the dealer may purchase an off-highway vehicle …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-201 Definitions
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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Owner means the person who holds the legal title of a motor vehicle, but, in the event a motor vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof, with the right to purchase upon the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-202 Prohibited acts - penalty
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(1) It is unlawful for any person to advertise for sale, to sell, to use, or to install or to have installed any device which causes an odometer to register any mileage other than the true mileage driven. For purposes of this section, the true mileage driven is that mileage drive…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-203 Penalty - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2471, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2021: (2) added by revision, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, pp. 3321, 3331, �� 760, 803. Editor's note: (1) This section was similar to former � 42-6-207 as it existed prior to 1994. (2) Subs…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-204 Private civil action
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(1) Any person who, with intent to defraud, violates any requirement imposed under this part 2 shall be liable in an amount equal to the sum of: (a) Three times the amount of actual damages sustained or three thousand dollars, whichever is greater; and (b) In the case of any succ…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-6-205 Consumer protection
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All provisions of section 6-1-708, C.R.S., concerning deceptive trade practices in the sale of motor vehicles shall apply to the sale of used motor vehicles. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2471, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 99: Entire section amend…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2473, � 1, effective January 1, 1995.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly is acutely aware of the toll in human suffering and loss of life, limb, and property caused by negligence in the operation of motor vehicles in our state. Although it recognizes that this basic problem can be and is being dealt with by direct measures des…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-103 Definitions
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As used in this article 7, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Accident means a motor vehicle accident occurring on public or private property within this state. (2) Automobile liability policy or bond means a liability policy or bond subject, if the accident has resulted …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-201 Director to administer article
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(1) The director shall administer and enforce the provisions of this article and may make rules and regulations in writing necessary for the administration of this article. (2) (a) The director shall provide for a hearing upon request of any person affected by an order or act of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-202 Report of accident required. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2475, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 96: (1) and (3) amended, p. 1209, � 5, effective July 1. L. 2003: (5) amended, p. 1575, � 14, effective July 1. L. 2004: Entire section repealed, p. 462, � 1, effective August 4.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-301.5 Proof of financial responsibility
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(1) Any person who presents an altered or counterfeit letter or altered or counterfeit insurance identification card from an insurer or agent for the purpose of proving financial responsibility for purposes of this article 7 shall be in violation of section 18-5-104, and the mini…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-303 Duration of suspension
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(1) The license or nonresident's operating privilege suspended under section 42-7-301 shall remain so suspended and not be renewed, nor shall any such license be issued to such person, unless there is filed with the director evidence satisfactory to the director that such person …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-304 Custody and disposition of security
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(1) Security deposited in compliance with the requirements of section 42-7-301 shall be placed by the director in the custody of the state treasurer and shall be applied only to the payment of a judgment rendered against the person on whose behalf the deposit was made, for damage…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-401 Proof required on judgments
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(1) The director shall also suspend the license issued to any person upon receiving an affidavit from the judgment creditor that such person has failed for a period of thirty days to satisfy any final judgment in amounts and upon a cause of action as stated in this article, or, i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-402 Suspension, duration, bankruptcy
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(1) The suspension required in section 42-7-401 shall remain in effect and no new license shall be issued to such person unless and until such judgment is satisfied or vacated or execution therein stayed and proof of financial responsibility given, except under the conditions sta…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-403 Sufficiency of payments
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(1) Every judgment referred to in this article and for the purposes of this article shall be deemed satisfied: (a) When twenty-five thousand dollars has been credited upon any judgment rendered in excess of that amount for or on account of bodily injury to or the death of one per…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-404 Payment of judgment in installments
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(1) The director shall not suspend a license and shall restore any suspended license following nonpayment of a final judgment when the judgment debtor gives proof of financial responsibility and obtains an order from the trial court in which such judgment was rendered permitting …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-405 Suspension upon second judgment
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After one judgment is satisfied and proof of financial responsibility is given as required in this article and another such judgment is rendered against the judgment debtor for any accident occurring prior to the date of the giving of said proof and such person fails to satisfy t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-406 Proof required under certain conditions
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(1) Whenever the director revokes the license of any person pursuant to section 42-2-125 or 42-2-126, or cancels any license pursuant to section 42-2-122 because of the licensee's inability to operate a motor vehicle because of physical or mental incompetence, or cancels any prob…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-407 Duty of courts to report
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The clerk of a court or the judge of a court which has no clerk shall forward to the director a certified record of any judgment for damages, the rendering and nonpayment of which judgment requires the director to suspend the license and registrations in the name of the judgment …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-409 Proof for member of family or chauffeur
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Whenever the director determines that any person required to give proof by reason of a conviction is not the owner of a motor vehicle but was at the time of such conviction a chauffeur or motor vehicle operator, however designated, in the employ of an owner of a motor vehicle or …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-410 Certificate for insurance policy
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(1) Proof of financial responsibility may be made by filing with the director the written certificate of any insurance carrier duly authorized to do business in this state, certifying that it has issued to or for the benefit of the person furnishing such proof and named as the in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-411 Restrictions in certain type of policy
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(1) When a certificate is filed showing that a policy has been issued covering all motor vehicles owned by the insured but not insuring such person when operating any motor vehicle not owned by that person, it is unlawful for such person to operate any motor vehicle not owned by …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-412 Certificate furnished by nonresident
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(1) The nonresident owner of a foreign vehicle may give proof of financial responsibility by filing with the director a written certificate of an insurance carrier authorized to transact business in the state in which the motor vehicle described in such certificate is registered …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-413 Motor vehicle liability policy
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(1) Motor vehicle liability policy, as used in this article, means a policy of liability insurance issued by an insurance carrier authorized to transact business in this state to or for the benefit of the person named therein as insured, which policy shall meet the following requ…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-414 Requirements to be complied with
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(1) Except as provided in section 42-7-417, no motor vehicle liability policy or operator's policy of liability insurance shall be issued in this state unless and until all of the requirements of subsection (2) of this section are met. (2) Every motor vehicle liability policy and…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-415 When insurance carrier to issue certificate
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An insurance carrier which has issued a motor vehicle liability policy or an operator's policy of liability insurance meeting the requirements of this article shall upon request of the insured therein deliver to the insured for filing or at the request of the insured shall file d…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-416 Notice required upon cancellation
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When an insurance carrier has certified a motor vehicle liability policy under this article, it shall give written notice to the director during the ten-day period immediately following the effective date of the cancellation of such policy stating that the policy has been cancele…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-417 Article not to affect other policies
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(1) This article shall not be held to apply to or affect policies of automobile insurance against liability which may be required by any other law of this state, and such policies, if endorsed to conform to the requirements of this article, shall be accepted as proof of financial…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-418 Money - securities for financial responsibility
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(1) A person may give proof of financial responsibility by delivering to the director money in an amount or securities approved by said director and of a market value in a total amount as would be required for coverage in a motor vehicle liability policy furnished by the person g…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-419 Substitution of proof
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The director shall cancel any bond or return any certificate of insurance or the director shall direct and the state treasurer shall return any money or securities to the person entitled thereto, upon the substitution and acceptance of other adequate proof of financial responsibi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-7-420 Failure of proof - other proof
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Whenever any evidence of proof of ability to respond in damages filed by any person under the provisions of this article no longer fulfills the purpose for which required, the director, for the purpose of this article, shall require other evidence of ability to respond in damages…