2023 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106)
CERTIFICATES OF TITLE (§§ 42-6-101 — 42-6-206)
Article 6 - CERTIFICATES OF TITLE - USED MOTOR VEHICLE SALES (§§ 42-6-101 — 42-6-206)
Part 2 - USED MOTOR VEHICLE SALES (§§ 42-6-201 — 42-6-206)
Section 42-6-202 - Prohibited acts - penalty

• (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 driven by the vehicle as registered by the odometer within the manufacturer's designed tolerance.

• (2) It is unlawful for any person or the person's agent to disconnect, reset, or alter the odometer of any motor vehicle with the intent to change the number of miles indicated thereon.

• (3) It is unlawful for any person, with the intent to defraud, to operate a motor vehicle on any street or highway knowing that the odometer of such vehicle is disconnected or nonfunctional.

• (4) Nothing in this part 2 shall prevent the service, repair, or replacement of an odometer, if the mileage indicated thereon remains the same as before the service, repair, or replacement. When the odometer is incapable of registering the same mileage as before such service, repair, or replacement, the odometer shall be adjusted to read zero, and a notice in writing shall be attached to the left door frame of the vehicle by the owner or the owner's agent specifying the mileage prior to repair or replacement of the odometer and the date on which it was repaired or replaced. Any removal or alteration of such notice so affixed is unlawful.

• (5) It is unlawful for any transferor to fail to comply with 49 U.S.C. sec. 32705 and any rule concerning odometer disclosure requirements or to knowingly give a false statement to a transferee in making any disclosure required by such law.

• (6)
  • (a) A person who violates subsection (1), (2), or (5) of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
  • (b) A person who violates subsection (3) of this section commits a petty offense.

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 759, eff. 3/1/2022.

L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2470, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 2005: (5) amended, p. 826, § 37, effective August 8. L. 2021: (6) added, (SB 21-271), ch. 3321, p. 3321, § 759, effective 3/1/2022.

(1) This section is similar to former § 42-6-206 as it existed prior to 1994.

(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.

2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).

For penalties for misdemeanors, see § 18-1.3-501 ; for penalties for petty offenses, see § 18-1.3-503 .