Colorado Code
Part 1 - Certificates of Title
§ 42-6-136.5. Salvage Title












(c) (I) [ Editor's note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (2)(c)(I) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Except as provided in subsection (2)(c)(II) of this section, a person commits a class 2 misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501 if the person:
(A) Intentionally removes or alters a salvage brand; or
(B) Possesses a motor vehicle without retitling the vehicle with a salvage brand for forty-five days after learning that the motor vehicle's salvage brand may have been removed or altered.


Source: L. 2014: Entire section added, (HB 14-1100), ch. 122, p. 436, § 6, effective August 6. L. 2021: IP(2)(c)(I) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3321, § 755, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: 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.

Structure Colorado Code

Colorado Code

Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic

Article 6 - Certificates of Title - Used Motor Vehicle Sales

Part 1 - Certificates of Title

§ 42-6-101. Short Title

§ 42-6-102. Definitions

§ 42-6-103. Application

§ 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

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

§ 42-6-111. Sale to Dealers - Certificate Need Not Issue

§ 42-6-112. Initial Registration of a Vehicle - Dealer Responsibility to Timely Forward Certificate of Title to Purchaser or Holder of a Chattel Mortgage

§ 42-6-112. Initial Registration of a Vehicle - Dealer Responsibility to Timely Forward Certificate of Title to Purchaser or Holder of a Chattel Mortgage - Penalty

§ 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

§ 42-6-136.5. Salvage Title

§ 42-6-137. Fees

§ 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

§ 42-6-142. Penalties

§ 42-6-143. Altering or Using Altered Certificate

§ 42-6-144. False Oath

§ 42-6-145. Use of Vehicle Identification Numbers in Applications - Rules

§ 42-6-146. Repossession of Motor Vehicle or Off-Highway Vehicle - Owner Must Notify Law Enforcement Agency - Definition - Penalty

§ 42-6-147. Central Registry - Rules

§ 42-6-148. Off-Highway Vehicles - Sales