Title 42, Vehicles and Traffic
0 chapters · 632 sections in this title.
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. § 42-2-133 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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-143 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly declares that the provisions of this article as enacted in Senate Bill No. 318 by the forty-ninth general assembly in its first regular session shall not supersede, unless in direct conflict, and shall be harmonized with, the provisions of any other act enact…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-202 Habitual offenders - frequency and type of violations
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(1) An habitual offender is any person, resident or nonresident, who has accumulated convictions for separate and distinct offenses described in subsection (2) of this section committed during a seven-year period or committed during a five-year period for separate and distinct of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-203 Authority to revoke license of habitual offender
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The department shall immediately revoke the license of any person whose record brings such person within the definition of an habitual offender in section 42-2-202. The procedure specified in section 42-2-125 (3) and (4) shall be employed for the revocation. Source: L. 94: Entire…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-204 Appeals
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An appeal may be taken from any action entered under the provisions of this part 2 as provided in section 42-2-135. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2160, � 1, effective January 1, 1995.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-205 Prohibition
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(1) No license to operate motor vehicles in this state shall be issued to an habitual offender, nor shall an habitual offender operate a motor vehicle in this state: (a) For a period of five years from the date of the order of the department finding such person to be an habitual …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-206 Driving after revocation prohibited
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(1) (a) (I) It is unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle in this state while the revocation of the department prohibiting the operation remains in effect. Any person found to be an habitual offender, who operates a motor vehicle in this state while the revocation of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-207 No existing law modified
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Nothing in this part 2 shall be construed as amending, modifying, or repealing any existing law of this state or any existing ordinance of any political subdivision relating to the operation of motor vehicles or the providing of penalties for the violation thereof; nor shall anyt…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-208 Computation of number of convictions
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With respect to persons charged as habitual offenders, in computing the number of convictions, all convictions must result from offenses occurring on or after July 1, 1973. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2160, � 1, effective January 1, 1995.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-301 Definitions
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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Department means the department of revenue. (2) Identification card means the identification card issued under this article. (3) Registrant means a person who acquires an identification card under the provisions o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-302 Department may or shall issue - limitations - rules
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(1) (a) (I) A person who is a resident of Colorado may be issued an identification card by the department, attested by the applicant and department as to true name, date of birth, current address, and other identifying data the department may require. (II) An application for an i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-304 Validity of identification card - rules
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an identification card issued pursuant to this part 3 expires on the birthday of the registrant in the fifth year after issuance of the identification card. The department may purge its records of such cards twelve years a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-305 Lost, stolen, or destroyed cards
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If an identification card is lost, destroyed, or mutilated or a new name is acquired, the registrant may obtain a new identification card upon furnishing satisfactory proof of such fact to the department. Any registrant who loses an identification card and who, after obtaining a …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-306 Fees - disposition
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(1) The department shall charge and collect the following fees: (a) (I) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2007, p. 1572, � 5, effective July 1, 2007.) (II) Except as provided in subparagraph (III.5) of this paragraph (a), a fee as determined by the department under section 42-2-114.5 for…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-307 Change of address - penalty
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(1) Any registrant who acquires an address different from the address shown on the identification card issued to the registrant shall, within thirty days thereafter, notify the department of such change as specified in section 42-2-119 (1)(a). The department may thereupon take an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-308 No liability on public entity
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No public entity shall be liable for any loss or injury directly or indirectly resulting from false or inaccurate information contained in identification cards provided for in this part 3. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2162, � 1, effective January 1, 19…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-309 Unlawful acts
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(1) It is unlawful for any person: (a) To display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have in that person's possession any surrendered, fictitious, fraudulently altered, or fraudulently obtained identification card; (b) To lend that person's identification card to any other pers…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-310 Violation
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Any person who violates any of the provisions of this part 3 commits a petty offense, pursuant to section 18-1.3-503. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2163, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1560, � 365, effective October …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-312 County jail identification processing unit fund. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2009: Entire section added, (SB 09-006), ch. 403, p. 2217, � 2, effective June 2. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1708, � 135, effective August 7. 42-2-313. Department consult with counties on county jail identification processing unit. The …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-401 Short title
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This part 4 shall be known and may be cited as the Commercial Driver's License Act. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2163, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 42-2-501 as it existed prior to 1994, and the form…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-402 Definitions
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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Commercial driver's license means a license issued to an individual in accordance with the requirements of the federal Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, 49 App. U.S.C. sec. 2701 et seq., and any rules o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-403 Department authority - rules - federal requirements
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(1) The department shall develop, adopt, and administer a procedure for licensing drivers of commercial motor vehicles in accordance with applicable federal law governing commercial motor vehicle safety and any rules promulgated thereunder. The department is hereby specifically a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-405.5 Violations of out-of-service order
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(1) A person who operates a commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order commits a class 1 traffic misdemeanor. (2) No court shall accept a plea of guilty to another offense from a person charged with a violation of subsection (1) of this section; except that …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-406 Fees - rules
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(1) A fee is required for the issuance of a commercial driver's license. The department shall set the fee in accordance with section 42-2-114.5. The department shall transfer the fee to the state treasurer, who shall credit it to the Colorado DRIVES vehicle services account creat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-408 Unlawful acts - penalty
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(1) It is unlawful for any person other than an employee of the department to perform commercial driver's license driving tests, to act as a commercial driver's license testing unit, or to act as a commercial driver's license driving tester unless such person has been duly licens…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-409 Unlawful possession or use of a commercial driver's license
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(1) (a) A person shall not have in his or her possession a lawfully issued commercial driver's license knowing that the license has been falsely altered by means of erasure, obliteration, deletion, insertion of new information, transposition of information, or any other means so …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-501 Short title
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This part 5 may be known and cited as the Colorado Road and Community Safety Act. Source: L. 2013: Entire part added, (SB 13-251), ch. 402, p. 2352, � 4, effective August 7.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-502 Legislative declaration
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The purpose of this part 5 is to authorize an individual to qualify for a driver's license, minor driver's license, instruction permit, or identification card despite the individual not being lawfully present or being temporarily lawfully present in the United States. This part 5…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-503 Definitions
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As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Identification document means a driver's license, minor driver's license, instruction permit, or identification card issued by the department of revenue under parts 1 and 3 of this article. (2) Proof of return fil…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-504 Applicability
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(1) This part 5 applies to identification documents for individuals who are not citizens of the United States and who do not have permanent residency status. (2) Other provisions. Parts 1 to 4 of this article 2 and article 7 of this title 42 apply to identification documents issu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-507 Taxpayer identification number - confidentiality
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The department shall keep the applicant's individual taxpayer identification number confidential and shall not place it on the applicant's document; except that this confidentiality requirement does not extend to the state child support enforcement agency, the department, or a co…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-508 Fees - operations - rule
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(1) The department may promulgate a rule imposing an additional fee for issuance of a document issued under this part 5 to cover the direct and indirect cost of implementing this part 5. The department shall set the fee in accordance with section 42-2-114.5 (2). The department sh…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-509 Renewal - duplicate - replacement - rules
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(1) Renewal. (a) An identification document issued under this part 5 expires three years after issuance. The holder of the document must apply for renewal in accordance with section 42-2-118 or 42-2-304, as applicable, to continue to hold a valid identification document; except t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-510 Peace officers - arrest authority
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An immigration status violation is a federal offense. A peace officer is not authorized to arrest an individual merely for possessing an identification document issued under this part 5. Source: L. 2013: Entire part added, (SB 13-251), ch. 402, p. 2354, � 4, effective August 7.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-511 Driving test - third-party option - definition
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(1) As used in this section, driving test means the demonstration of ordinary and reasonable care in the operation of a motor vehicle in accordance with section 42-2-111. (2) To use the procedure set forth in subsection (3) of this section, an applicant for an identification docu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-601 Definitions
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As used in this part 6, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Commercial driving instructor means an individual who has been employed by a commercial driving school. (2) Commercial driving school means any business or any person who, for compensation, provides or offers to p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-602 Equipment of vehicles
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(1) Every motor vehicle used by a commercial driving school in the conduct of its course of driver training shall be equipped as follows: (a) The vehicle shall be equipped as provided in article 4 of this title 42. (b) The vehicle shall be equipped with dual controls on the foot …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-603 Rules
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(1) The department is authorized to promulgate rules as necessary to carry out the provisions of this part 6. (2) Specifically, the department shall have power to adopt rules upon the following matters: (a) Prescribe the content of courses of instruction; (b) Prescribe the type o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-604 Violations - penalty
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Any person who violates any of the provisions of this part 6 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty days, or by both fine and impris…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-101 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly declares that its purpose in enacting this article is to implement by law the purpose and intent of section 6 of article X of the state constitution, wherein it is provided that The general assembly shall enact laws classifying motor vehicles and also whe…