Colorado Code
Part 1 - Motor Vehicle Dealers
§ 44-20-125. New, Reopened, or Relocated Dealer - Notice Required - Grounds for Refusal of Dealer License - Definitions - Rules














(I) The dealer is located within the relevant market area of the proposed relocated, reopened, or additional dealership described in the notice required in subsection (1) of this section; or
(II) The existing dealer or dealers of the same line-make show that, during any twelve-month period of the thirty-six months preceding the receipt of the notice required in subsection (1) of this section, the dealer or dealers, or a dealer's predecessor, made at least twenty-five percent of the dealer's retail sales of new motor vehicles to persons whose addresses are located within ten miles of the location of the proposed relocated, reopened, or additional dealership.




















Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 18-030), ch. 7, p. 79, § 2, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-6-120.3 as it existed prior to 2018.

Structure Colorado Code

Colorado Code

Title 44 - Revenue - Regulation of Activities

Article 20 - Sale of Self-Propelled Vehicles

Part 1 - Motor Vehicle Dealers

§ 44-20-101. Legislative Declaration

§ 44-20-102. Definitions

§ 44-20-103. Motor Vehicle Dealer Board - Creation

§ 44-20-104. Board - Oath - Meetings - Powers and Duties - Rules

§ 44-20-105. Auto Industry Division - Creation - Powers and Duties of Executive Director and Director

§ 44-20-106. Records as Evidence

§ 44-20-107. Attorney General to Advise and Represent

§ 44-20-108. Classes of Licenses

§ 44-20-109. Temporary Motor Vehicle Dealer License

§ 44-20-110. Display, Form, Custody, and Use of Licenses

§ 44-20-111. Fees - Disposition - Expenses - Expiration of Licenses

§ 44-20-112. Bond of Licensee

§ 44-20-113. Motor Vehicle Salesperson's Bond

§ 44-20-114. Buyer Agent Bonds

§ 44-20-115. Notice of Claims Honored Against Bond

§ 44-20-116. Testing Licensees

§ 44-20-117. Filing of Written Warranties

§ 44-20-118. Application - Prelicensing Education - Fingerprint-Based Criminal History Record Check - Rules

§ 44-20-119. Notice of Change of Address or Status

§ 44-20-120. Principal Place of Business - Requirements

§ 44-20-121. Licenses - Grounds for Denial, Suspension, or Revocation

§ 44-20-122. Procedure for Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of License - Judicial Review

§ 44-20-123. Sales Activity Following License Denial, Suspension, or Revocation - Unlawful Act - Penalty

§ 44-20-124. Unlawful Acts

§ 44-20-125. New, Reopened, or Relocated Dealer - Notice Required - Grounds for Refusal of Dealer License - Definitions - Rules

§ 44-20-126. Independent Control of Dealer - Definitions

§ 44-20-127. Successor Under Existing Franchise Agreement - Duties of Manufacturer

§ 44-20-128. Penalty

§ 44-20-128. Penalty

§ 44-20-129. Fines - Disposition - Unlicensed Sales

§ 44-20-130. Drafts Not Honored for Payment - Penalties

§ 44-20-131. Right of Action for Loss

§ 44-20-132. Contract Disputes - Venue - Choice of Law

§ 44-20-133. Disposition of Fees - Auto Dealers License Fund - Created

§ 44-20-134. Advertisement - Inclusion of Dealer Name

§ 44-20-135. Audit Reimbursement Limitations - Dealer Claims

§ 44-20-136. Reimbursement for Right of First Refusal

§ 44-20-137. Payout Exemption to Execution

§ 44-20-138. Site Control Extinguishes

§ 44-20-139. Modification Voidable

§ 44-20-140. Termination Appeal

§ 44-20-141. Stop-Sale Directives - Used Motor Vehicles - Definitions

§ 44-20-141.5. Fulfillment and Compensation for Warranty and Recall Obligations - Definitions

§ 44-20-141.6. Fulfillment of Warranty and Recall Obligations - Recreational Vehicles - Definitions

§ 44-20-142. Repeal of Part