Within ninety days after becoming a resident of Colorado, the owner of a motor vehicle shall apply for a Colorado certificate of title, a license, and registration for the vehicle that is registered, that is licensed, or for which a certificate of title is issued in another state. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is subject to the penalties provided in sections 42-6-139 and 43-4-804 (1)(d), C.R.S.
Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2467, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1003, § 8, effective August 6. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 824, § 29, effective August 8. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (SB 09-108), ch. 5, p. 52, § 12, effective March 2.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 42-6-138 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-6-140 was relocated to § 42-6-142.
Cross references: For registration requirements and exemptions, see § 42-3-103.
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