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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) On January 1, 2025, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles that do not exceed sixteen thousand pounds empty weight.
(2)(a) There is established the Colorado agriculture license plate.
(b) The department shall use a design:
(I) That includes a tagline to read “Feeding the World”; and
(II) Submitted by or developed with the Logan County Cattlewomen, but the design must conform to department standards and be approved by the department.
(3) A person may apply for a Colorado agriculture license plate if the person pays the taxes and fees required under this section.
(4) The amount of the taxes and fees for special license plates under this section is the same as the amount of the taxes and fees for regular motor vehicle license plates; except that the department shall collect the fee specified in section 42-3-312 and an additional one-time fee of twenty-five dollars for issuance or replacement of the license plate. The department shall transmit the additional one-time fee to the state treasurer, who shall credit the fee to the highway users tax fund created in section 43-4-201.
(5) An applicant may apply for personalized Colorado agriculture license plates. Upon payment of the additional fee required by section 42-3-211(6)(a) for personalized license plates, the department may issue the plates if the applicant complies with section 42-3-211. If an applicant has existing personalized license plates for a motor vehicle, the applicant may transfer the combination of letters or numbers to a new set of Colorado agriculture license plates for the vehicle upon paying the fee required by section 42-3-211(6)(a) and upon turning in the existing plates to the department. A person who has obtained personalized license plates under this subsection (5) must pay the annual fee imposed by section 42-3-211(6)(b) to renew the personalized plates. The fees under this subsection (5) are in addition to all other applicable taxes and fees.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 42. Vehicles and Traffic § 42-3-271. Special plates--Colorado agriculture - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-42-vehicles-and-traffic/co-rev-st-sect-42-3-271/
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