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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 42. Vehicles and Traffic § 42-3-120. Department may cancel or deny registration

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) The department shall cancel the registration of any vehicle that the department determines is unsafe or unfit to be operated or is not equipped as required by law.

(2) The department shall cancel the registration of a vehicle whenever the person to whom registration number plates have been issued unlawfully uses or permits the unlawful use of the same.

(3)(a) Upon receiving written notice from the Colorado state patrol that a motor carrier has failed to timely pay civil penalties imposed in accordance with section 42-4-235(2) or has failed to cooperate with the completion of a safety compliance review pursuant to section 42-4-235(2)(c), the department shall:

(I) Cancel the registration of any vehicle that is owned by the carrier;

<Text of (3)(a)(II) effective April 30, 2024>

(II) Enter both the motor carrier and its vehicles as out-of-service in the federal motor carrier safety administration system of record; and

(III) Deny the registration of any vehicle that is owned by the carrier until the department receives notice from the Colorado state patrol that the penalty has been paid in full or that the carrier has cooperated with the completion of the safety compliance review, as applicable.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2007, Ch. 221, § 2, eff. July 1, 2009.

(4)(a) Upon receiving written notice from the public utilities commission that a person has failed to timely pay civil penalties imposed in accordance with section 40-7-113, the department shall cancel the registration of any vehicle that is owned by the person for which the penalty was assessed and shall deny the registration of any such vehicle until the department receives written notice from the public utilities commission that the penalty has been paid in full.

(b) On or after August 10, 2011, this subsection (4) applies to all vehicles regardless of when the vehicles were purchased.

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