A mortgage or lien on a motor or off-highway vehicle filed for record in a state other than Colorado is not valid and enforceable against the rights of subsequent purchasers for value, creditors, lienholders, or mortgagees having no actual notice of the existence of the mortgage or lien. If the certificate of title for the vehicle bears any notation adequate to apprise a purchaser, creditor, lienholder, or mortgagee of the existence of a mortgage or lien at the time a third party acquires a right in the motor vehicle, the mortgage or lien and the rights of the holder of the mortgage or lien are enforceable in this state as though the mortgage were filed in Colorado and noted on the certificate of title or noted in the record of the authorized agent for the vehicle under section 42-6-121.
Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2464, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 1668, § 24, effective July 1, 2001. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 818, § 22, effective August 8. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (SB 13-280), ch. 407, p. 2392, § 28, effective June 5.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 42-6-131 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-6-133 was relocated to § 42-6-135.
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