The liens or mortgages filed for record or noted on a certificate of title to a motor or off-highway vehicle, as provided in section 42-6-121, take priority in the same order that they were filed with the authorized agent; except that the priority of a purchase-money security interest, as defined in section 4-9-103, C.R.S., is determined in accordance with sections 4-9-317 (e) and 4-9-324 (a), C.R.S.
Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2463, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 1668, § 23, effective July 1, 2001. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 818, § 19, effective August 8. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (SB 09-150), ch. 182, p. 802, § 4, effective April 22. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (SB 13-280), ch. 407, p. 2391, § 26, effective June 5.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 42-6-128 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-6-130 was relocated to § 42-6-132.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic
Article 6 - Certificates of Title - Used Motor Vehicle Sales
Part 1 - Certificates of Title
§ 42-6-104. Administration - Rules
§ 42-6-106. Certificates of Registration - Plates
§ 42-6-107. Certificates of Title - Contents - Rules
§ 42-6-109. Sale or Transfer of Vehicle - Program
§ 42-6-110. Certificate of Title - Transfer - Department Records - Rules - Definition
§ 42-6-111. Sale to Dealers - Certificate Need Not Issue
§ 42-6-113. New Vehicles - Bill of Sale - Certificate of Title - Rental Businesses - Rules
§ 42-6-114. Transfers by Bequest, Descent, or Law
§ 42-6-115. Furnishing Bond for Certificates
§ 42-6-116. Applications for Filing of Certificates of Title - Rules
§ 42-6-117. Filing of Certificate
§ 42-6-118. Amended Certificate
§ 42-6-119. Certificates for Vehicles Registered in Other States
§ 42-6-120. Security Interests Upon Vehicles
§ 42-6-121. Filing of Mortgage - Rules
§ 42-6-122. Disposition of Mortgages by Agent - Rules
§ 42-6-123. Disposition After Mortgaging
§ 42-6-124. Disposition of Certificates of Title
§ 42-6-125. Release of Mortgages - Rules
§ 42-6-126. New Certificate Upon Release of Mortgage
§ 42-6-127. Duration of Lien of Mortgage - Extensions - Rules
§ 42-6-128. Validity of Mortgage Between Parties
§ 42-6-129. Second or Other Junior Mortgages
§ 42-6-130. Priority of Secured Interests
§ 42-6-131. Mechanic's, Warehouse, and Other Liens
§ 42-6-133. Foreign Mortgages and Liens
§ 42-6-134. Where Application for Certificates of Title Made
§ 42-6-135. Lost Certificates of Title
§ 42-6-136. Surrender and Cancellation of Certificate - Penalty for Violation
§ 42-6-138. Disposition of Fees
§ 42-6-139. Registration and Title Application - Where Made
§ 42-6-140. Registration Upon Becoming Resident
§ 42-6-141. Director's Records to Be Public
§ 42-6-143. Altering or Using Altered Certificate
§ 42-6-145. Use of Vehicle Identification Numbers in Applications - Rules