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2022 Colorado Code
Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic
Article 2 - Drivers' Licenses
Part 1 - Drivers' Licenses
§ 42-2-139. Permitting Unauthorized Minor to Drive

Universal Citation:
CO Rev Stat § 42-2-139 (2022)
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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 knowingly permit such child or ward to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway in violation of the conditions, limitations, or restrictions contained in a license or permit which has been issued to such child or ward.
  2. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2157, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2000: (1) amended, p. 1358, § 35, effective July 1, 2001.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 42-2-131 as it existed prior to 1994.

Cross references: For the penalty for a class B traffic infraction, see § 42-4-1701 (3)(a)(I).

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