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2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 42 - Vehicles And Traffic
Article 3. Registration, Taxation, and License Plates
Editor's note: This title was amended with relocations in 1994, and this article was subsequently amended with relocations in 2005, resulting in the addition, relocation, and elimination of sections as well as subject matter. For amendments to this article prior to 2005, consult the Colorado statutory research explanatory note beginning on page vii in the front of this volume and the editor's note following the title heading. Former C.R.S. section numbers are shown in editor's notes following those sections that were relocated. For a detailed comparison of this article, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index.
Cross references: For disposition of fines and penalties under this article, see ยง 42-1217.
PART 1 REGISTRATION AND TAXATION
- Section 42-3-101. Legislative declaration.
- Section 42-3-102. Periodic registration - rules.
- Section 42-3-103. Registration required - exemptions.
- Section 42-3-104. Exemptions - specific ownership tax - registration - domicile and residency - rules - definitions.
- Section 42-3-105. Application for registration - tax.
- Section 42-3-106. Tax imposed - classification - taxable value.
- Section 42-3-107. Taxable value of classes of property - rate of tax - when and where payable - department duties - apportionment of tax collections - definitions - rules - repeal.
- Section 42-3-108. Determination of year model - tax lists.
- Section 42-3-109. Tax for registration period.
- Section 42-3-110. Payment of motor vehicle registration fees and specific ownership taxes in installments.
- Section 42-3-111. Tax year - disposition.
- Section 42-3-112. Failure to pay tax - penalty - rules.
- Section 42-3-113. Records of application and registration - definitions.
- Section 42-3-113.5. Electronic vehicle registration and titling - electronic transmission of vehicle lien information - authority - rules - cash fund - gifts, grants, and donations repeal. (Repealed)
- Section 42-3-114. Expiration.
- Section 42-3-115. Registration upon transfer.
- Section 42-3-116. Manufacturers or dealers - definition.
- Section 42-3-117. Nonresidents.
- Section 42-3-118. Registration suspended upon theft - recovery - rules.
- Section 42-3-119. No application for registration granted - when.
- Section 42-3-120. Department may cancel or deny registration.
- Section 42-3-121. Violation of registration provisions - penalty.
- Section 42-3-122. Perjury on a motor vehicle registration application.
- Section 42-3-123. Dishonored payment - recovery of taxes, fees, and plates.
- Section 42-3-124. Violation - penalty.
- Section 42-3-125. Fleet operators - registration period certificates - multi-year registrations.
- Section 42-3-126. Notice - primary body color.
- Section 42-3-127. Sale of special mobile machinery.
- Section 42-3-201. Number plates furnished - style - periodic reissuance - tabs - rules.
- Section 42-3-202. Number plates furnished to be attached.
- Section 42-3-203. Standardized plates - notice of funding through gifts, grants, and donations - rules - repeal.
- Section 42-3-204. Reserved parking for persons with disabilities - applicability - definitions - rules.
- Section 42-3-205. Substitute plates - waiting period for reissuance of identical combination of numbers and letters.
- Section 42-3-206. Remanufacture of certain license plates.
- Section 42-3-207. Special plates - rules - new plates - retirement.
- Section 42-3-208. Special plates - qualifications for issuance of special license plates.
- Section 42-3-209. Legislative license plates.
- Section 42-3-210. Radio and television license plates.
- Section 42-3-211. Issuance of personalized plates authorized.
- Section 42-3-212. Issuance of optional plates authorized - retirement.
- Section 42-3-213. License plates - military veterans - rules - retirement.
- Section 42-3-214. Special plates - alumni associations - retirement.
- Section 42-3-215. Special plates - United States olympic committee - retirement. (Repealed)
- Section 42-3-216. Special plates - Colorado foundation for agriculture and natural resources - definitions - retirement. (Repealed)
- Section 42-3-217. Special plates - Colorado commission of Indian affairs.
- Section 42-3-217.5. Special plates - breast cancer awareness - retirement.
- Section 42-3-218. Special plates - active and retired members of the Colorado National Guard - retirement.
- Section 42-3-219. Special registration of collector's items. (Repealed)
- Section 42-3-220. Temporary special event license plates.
- Section 42-3-221. Special plates - Denver Broncos.
- Section 42-3-222. Special plates - support public education.
- Section 42-3-223. Special plates - support the troops - retirement.
- Section 42-3-224. Special plates - Colorado "Kids First".
- Section 42-3-225. Special plates - Italian-American heritage.
- Section 42-3-226. Special plates - share the road.
- Section 42-3-227. Special plates - Colorado horse development authority.
- Section 42-3-228. Special plates - Colorado carbon fund.
- Section 42-3-229. Special plates - boy scouts.
- Section 42-3-230. Special plates - "Alive at Twenty-five".
- Section 42-3-231. Special plates - Colorado ski country.
- Section 42-3-232. Special plates - donate life.
- Section 42-3-233. Special plates - Colorado state parks.
- Section 42-3-234. Special plates - adopt a shelter pet.
- Section 42-3-235. Livery license plates - luxury limousines.
- Section 42-3-235.5. Tow truck license plates - conditions for use - transitional provisions.
- Section 42-3-236. Taxicab license plates - taxicabs.
- Section 42-3-237. Special plates - girl scouts.
- Section 42-3-238. Special plates - juvenile diabetes.
- Section 42-3-239. Special plates - Colorado Avalanche or Denver Nuggets.
- Section 42-3-240. Special plates - Craig hospital.
- Section 42-3-242. Special plates - fallen heroes.
- Section 42-3-243. Special plates - child loss awareness.
- Section 42-3-244. Special plates - flight for life Colorado.
- Section 42-3-245. Special plates - wildlife sporting.
- Section 42-3-246. Special plates - "Protect Our Rivers".
- Section 42-3-247. Special plates - emergency medical services (EMS).
- Section 42-3-248. Special plates - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
- Section 42-3-249. Special plates - Rocky Mountain National Park.
- Section 42-3-250. Special plates - Pueblo chile license plate.
- Section 42-3-251. Special plates - aviation license plate.
- Section 42-3-252. Special plates - childhood cancer awareness plate - short title.
- Section 42-3-253. Special plates - Mesa Verde National Park.
- Section 42-3-254. Special plates - Colorado professional fire fighters - definition.
- Section 42-3-301. License plate cash fund - license plate fees.
- Section 42-3-302. Special plate fees.
- Section 42-3-303. Persistent drunk driver cash fund - programs to deter persistent drunk drivers.
- Section 42-3-304. Registration fees - passenger and passenger-mile taxes - clean screen fund - definitions.
- Section 42-3-305. Registration fees - passenger and passenger-mile taxes - fee schedule for years of TABOR surplus revenue - applicability. (Repealed)
- Section 42-3-306. Registration fees - passenger and passenger-mile taxes - fee schedule.
- Section 42-3-307. Enforcement powers of department.
- Section 42-3-308. Taxpayer statements - payment of tax - estimates - penalties - deposits delinquency proceedings.
- Section 42-3-309. Permit to be secured - records kept - penalties.
- Section 42-3-310. Additional registration fees - apportionment of fees.
- Section 42-3-311. Low-power scooter registration - fee.
- Section 42-3-312. Special license plate surcharge.
- Section 42-3-313. Fee for long-term or permanent registration - trailers and semitrailers.
- Section 42-3-314. Military deployment.
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