Colorado Code
Part 17 - Penalties and Procedure
§ 42-4-1709. Penalty Assessment Notice for Traffic Infractions - Violations of Provisions by Officer - Driver's License - Definition

(1.5) A penalty assessment notice issued and served pursuant to subsection (1) of this section on a minor under the age of eighteen years shall also contain or be accompanied by a document containing:

(b) The restrictions in paragraph (a) of this subsection (7) shall not apply in cases where an appeal from any determination of liability and penalty is pending and not disposed of at the time of such application for obtaining or renewing a driver's license.
(7) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (7) is effective January 1, 2022. ] (a) A person is not allowed or permitted to obtain or renew a permanent driver's, minor driver's, or probationary license if such person has, at the time of making application for obtaining or renewing such driver's license:
(I)
(J)
(K)
(L)
(M)
(N)
(O)
(P)
(Q)
(R)
(S)
(T)
(U)
(V) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2021.)
(VI) Issued a check or order to the department to pay a penalty assessment, a driver's license fee, a license reinstatement fee, or a motor vehicle record fee and such check or order is returned for insufficient funds or a closed account and remains unpaid. For the purposes of this subsection (7), the term "insufficient funds" means having an insufficient balance on account with a bank or other drawee for the payment of a check or order when the check or order is presented for payment within thirty days after issue.
(VII) Repealed.
(VIII) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2021.)
(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2021.)

(I) An outstanding judgment entered against such person on and after January 1, 1983, pursuant to section 42-4-1710 (2) or (3);
(II) An outstanding judgment entered against such person by a county or municipal court for a violation of a statute or ordinance relating to the regulation of motor vehicles or traffic, excluding traffic infractions defined by state statute or ordinance and violations relating to parking;
(III) A bench warrant issued against such person by a county or municipal court for failure to appear to answer a citation for an alleged violation of a statute or ordinance relating to the regulation of motor vehicles or traffic, excluding traffic infractions defined by state statute or ordinance and violations relating to parking;

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2423, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 95: (7)(a) amended, p. 1004, § 2, effective July 1. L. 96: IP(7)(a) amended, p. 1205, § 6, effective July 1. L. 97: (7)(a)(VI) added, p. 1386, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2000: (2) amended, p. 1645, § 33, effective June 1; IP(7)(a) amended, p. 1359, § 39, effective July 1, 2001. L. 2003: (7)(a)(VII) added, p. 1388, § 1, effective August 6. L. 2004: (1.5) added, p. 1334, § 7, effective July 1, 2005. L. 2005: (7)(a)(VII) repealed, p. 838, § 3, June 1. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 1121, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2009: (1) amended, (SB 09-241), ch. 295, p. 1580, § 8, effective July 1. L. 2012: IP(7)(a) amended and (7)(a)(VIII) added, (SB 12-044), ch. 274, p. 1448, § 3, effective June 8. L. 2021: (7) amended, (HB 21-1314), ch. 460, p. 3098, § 7, effective January 1, 2022.
Editor's note: Section 22 of chapter 460 (HB 21-1314), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed and applications submitted on or after January 1, 2022.