2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 42 - Vehicles And Traffic
Article 2. Drivers' Licenses

Cross references: For the short title of this part 1 ("Uniform Safety Code of 1935"), see § 42-4-101.

Law reviews: For article, "There Must Be Fifty Ways to Lose Your (Driver's) License", see 22 Colo. Law. 2385 (1993).

• Section 42-2-101. Licenses for drivers required.
• Section 42-2-102. Persons exempt from license.
• Section 42-2-103. Motorcycles - low-power scooters - driver's license required.
• Section 42-2-104. Licenses issued - denied.
• Section 42-2-105. Special restrictions on certain drivers.
• Section 42-2-105.5. Restrictions on minor drivers under eighteen years of age - penalties legislative declaration.
• Section 42-2-106. Instruction permits and temporary licenses.
• Section 42-2-107. Application for license or instruction permit - anatomical gifts - donations to Emily Keyes - John W. Buckner organ and tissue donation awareness fund - legislative declaration - rules - annual report - repeal.
• Section 42-2-108. Application of minors.
• Section 42-2-109. Release from liability.
• Section 42-2-110. Revocation upon death of signer for minor.
• Section 42-2-111. Examination of applicants and drivers - when required.
• Section 42-2-112. Medical advice - use by department - provider immunity.
• Section 42-2-113. License examiners appointed.
• Section 42-2-114. License issued - fees - rules.
• Section 42-2-114.5. Licensing services cash fund - fee setting procedures - rules.
• Section 42-2-115. License, permit, or identification card to be exhibited on demand.
• Section 42-2-116. Restricted license.
• Section 42-2-117. Duplicate permits and minor licenses - replacement licenses.
• Section 42-2-118. Renewal of license in person or by mail - donations to Emily Keyes - John W. Buckner organ and tissue donation awareness fund - repeal.
• Section 42-2-119. Notices - change of address or name.
• Section 42-2-120. Methods of service.
• Section 42-2-121. Records to be kept by department - admission of records in court.
• Section 42-2-121.5. Emergency contact information - website form - license application driver's license database.
• Section 42-2-122. Department may cancel license - limited license for physical or mental limitations.
• Section 42-2-123. Suspending privileges of nonresidents and reporting convictions.
• Section 42-2-124. When court to report convictions.
• Section 42-2-125. Mandatory revocation of license and permit.
• Section 42-2-126. Revocation of license based on administrative determination.
• Section 42-2-126.1. Probationary licenses for persons convicted of alcohol-related driving offenses - ignition interlock devices - fees - interlock fund created - violations of probationary license - repeal. (Repealed)
• Section 42-2-126.3. Tampering with an ignition interlock device. (Repealed)
• Section 42-2-126.5. Revocation of license based on administrative actions taken under tribal law - repeal.
• Section 42-2-127. Authority to suspend license - to deny license - type of conviction - points.
• Section 42-2-127.3. Authority to suspend license - controlled substance violations. (Repealed)
• Section 42-2-127.4. Authority to suspend license - forgery of a penalty assessment notice issued to minor under the age of eighteen years. (Repealed)
• Section 42-2-127.5. Authority to suspend license - violation of child support order.
• Section 42-2-127.6. Authority to suspend license - providing alcohol to an underage person.
• Section 42-2-127.7. Authority to suspend driver's license - uninsured motorists - legislative declaration.
• Section 42-2-127.9. Authority to suspend driver's license - leaving the scene of an accident.
• Section 42-2-128. Vehicular homicide - revocation of license.
• Section 42-2-129. Mandatory surrender of license or permit for driving under the influence or with excessive alcoholic content.
• Section 42-2-130. Mandatory surrender of license or permit for drug convictions. (Repealed.)
• Section 42-2-131. Revocation of license or permit for failing to comply with a court order relating to nondriving alcohol convictions.
• Section 42-2-131.5. Revocation of license or permit for convictions involving defacing property. (Repealed)
• Section 42-2-132. Period of suspension or revocation.
• Section 42-2-132.5. Mandatory and voluntary restricted licenses following alcohol convictions - rules.
• Section 42-2-133. Surrender and return of license.
• Section 42-2-134. Foreign license invalid during suspension.
• Section 42-2-135. Right to appeal.
• Section 42-2-136. Unlawful possession or use of license.
• Section 42-2-137. False affidavit - penalty.
• Section 42-2-138. Driving under restraint - penalty.
• Section 42-2-139. Permitting unauthorized minor to drive.
• Section 42-2-140. Permitting unauthorized person to drive.
• Section 42-2-141. Renting or loaning a motor vehicle to another.
• Section 42-2-142. Violation - penalty.
• Section 42-2-143. Legislative declaration.
• Section 42-2-144. Reporting by certified level II alcohol and drug education and treatment program providers - notice of administrative remedies against a driver's license - rules.

• Section 42-2-201. Legislative declaration concerning habitual offenders of motor vehicle laws.
• Section 42-2-202. Habitual offenders - frequency and type of violations.
• Section 42-2-203. Authority to revoke license of habitual offender.
• Section 42-2-204. Appeals.
• Section 42-2-205. Prohibition.
• Section 42-2-206. Driving after revocation prohibited.
• Section 42-2-207. No existing law modified.
• Section 42-2-208. Computation of number of convictions.

• Section 42-2-301. Definitions.
• Section 42-2-302. Department may or shall issue - limitations - rules.
• Section 42-2-303. Contents of identification card.
• Section 42-2-304. Validity of identification card - rules.
• Section 42-2-304.5. Cancellation or denial of identification card - failure to register vehicles in Colorado.
• Section 42-2-305. Lost, stolen, or destroyed cards.
• Section 42-2-306. Fees - disposition.
• Section 42-2-307. Change of address.
• Section 42-2-308. No liability on public entity.
• Section 42-2-309. Unlawful acts.
• Section 42-2-310. Violation.
• Section 42-2-311. County jail identification processing unit - report - repeal. (Repealed)
• Section 42-2-312. County jail identification processing unit fund. (Repealed)
• Section 42-2-313. Department consult with counties on county jail identification processing unit.

Law reviews. For article, "Handling Criminal or Traffic Citations Issued to Commercial Drivers", see 40 Colo. Law. 23 (Feb. 2011).

• Section 42-2-401. Short title.
• Section 42-2-402. Definitions.
• Section 42-2-403. Department authority - rules - federal requirements.
• Section 42-2-404. License for drivers - limitations - rules.
• Section 42-2-405. Driver's license disciplinary actions - grounds for denial - suspension revocation - disqualification.
• Section 42-2-405.5. Violations of out-of-service order.
• Section 42-2-406. Fees - rules.
• Section 42-2-407. Licensing of testing units and driving testers - hearings - regulations.
• Section 42-2-408. Unlawful acts - penalty.
• Section 42-2-409. Unlawful possession or use of a commercial driver's license.

• Section 42-2-501. Short title.
• Section 42-2-502. Legislative declaration.
• Section 42-2-503. Definitions.
• Section 42-2-504. Applicability.
• Section 42-2-505. Identification documents - individuals not lawfully present - rules.
• Section 42-2-506. Identification documents - individuals temporarily lawfully present.
• Section 42-2-507. Taxpayer identification number - confidentiality.
• Section 42-2-508. Fees - operations - rule.
• Section 42-2-509. Renewal - duplicate - replacement - rules.
• Section 42-2-510. Peace officers - arrest authority.
• Section 42-2-511. Driving test - third-party option - definition.

Editor's note: This part 6 was added with relocations in 2017. Former C.R.S. section numbers are shown in editor's notes following those sections that were relocated.

• Section 42-2-601. Definitions.
• Section 42-2-602. Equipment of vehicles.
• Section 42-2-603. Rules.
• Section 42-2-604. Violations - penalty.