2023 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 44 - REVENUE - REGULATION OF ACTIVITIES (§§ 44-1-101 — 44-50-1001)
AUTOMOBILES (§§ 44-20-101 — 44-20-440)
Article 20 - SALE OF SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLES (§§ 44-20-101 — 44-20-440)
Part 1 - MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS (§§ 44-20-101 — 44-20-142)
Section 44-20-128 - Penalty

Universal Citation:
CO Code § 44-20-128 (2023)
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  • (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any person who willfully violates this part 1 or who willfully commits any offense in this part 1 declared to be unlawful commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.
  • (2)
    • (a) Any person who willfully violates section 44-20-124 (2) by acting as a manufacturer, distributor, or manufacturer representative without proper authorization commits a petty offense.
    • (b) Any person who willfully violates section 44-20-124 (2) by acting as a motor vehicle dealer, wholesaler, used motor vehicle dealer, buyer agent, wholesale motor vehicle auction dealer, business disposer, or motor vehicle salesperson without proper authorization commits a petty offense.

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 787, eff. 3/1/2022.

Amended by 2019 Ch. 309, § 10, eff. 8/2/2019.

Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-6-121 and amended by 2018 Ch. 7, § 2, eff. 10/1/2018.

Amended by 2017 Ch. 366, § 1, eff. 8/9/2017.

L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 18 -030), ch. 84, p. 84, § 2, effective October 1. L. 2019: (2)(b) amended, (SB 19-249), ch. 2806, p. 2806, § 10, effective August 2. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3328, p. 3328, § 787, effective 3/1/2022.

(1) This section is similar to former § 12-6-121 as it existed prior to 2018.

(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).


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