Colorado Code
Part 1 - Certificates of Title
§ 42-6-110.5. Certificates of Title - Arrangements for Transfer of Title Upon Death - Beneficiary Designation Forms - Definitions

(I) Proof of the death of the vehicle's owner or proof of the death of the last surviving joint owner of the vehicle; and
(II) The fee for an application for a certificate of title, as described in section 42-6-137 (1).


(2.4) The personal representative, as defined in section 15-10-201 (39), of the estate of a deceased vehicle owner is not liable for obtaining a new certificate of title or for transferring title to the vehicle if the personal representative does not have actual knowledge of the existence of a valid, unrevoked beneficiary designation form.
(2.6) A successor, as defined in section 15-10-201 (51), of a decedent, or a person acting on behalf of a successor, is not liable for obtaining a new certificate of title or transferring title to the vehicle by an affidavit executed in accordance with section 15-12-1201 if the person does not have actual knowledge of the existence of a valid, unrevoked beneficiary designation form.
















Source: L. 2016: Entire section added, (HB 16-1051), ch. 47, p. 111, § 1, effective August 10. L. 2017: IP(1)(a), (1)(b), IP(2)(a), (2)(b), (6), and (7)(a) amended and (2.4), (2.6), (7)(c), (7)(d), (7)(e), and (7)(f) added, (HB 17-1213), ch. 184, p. 674, § 1, effective August 9. L. 2018: (1)(a)(V)(B) added by revision, (HB 18-1299), ch. 297, pp. 1813, 1815, §§ 9, 15; IP(2)(a), (2)(b), IP(3), and (4) amended, (HB 18-1299), ch. 297, p. 1813, § 9, effective July 1, 2019.
Editor's note: Subsection (1)(a)(V)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (1)(a)(V), effective July 1, 2019. (See L. 2018, pp. 1813, 1815.)

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