C.R.S. Section 42-3-243
Special plates

  • child loss awareness

(1)

Beginning the earlier of January 1, 2013, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to applicants under this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles that do not exceed sixteen thousand pounds empty weight.

(2)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

There is hereby established the child loss awareness license plate. The department may stop issuing the child loss awareness special license plate if a total of three thousand license plates are not issued by July 1, 2017. A person who was issued a child loss awareness special license plate on or before July 1, 2017, may continue to use the child loss awareness special license plate after July 1, 2017, regardless of whether the department stops issuing the special license plate.

(b)

The Rowan tree foundation may design the special license plates if the design conforms with standards established by the department.

(3)

A person may apply for a child loss awareness 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 are the same as the amount of the taxes and fees for regular motor vehicle license plates; except that the department shall collect a 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, C.R.S.

(5)

An applicant may apply for personalized child loss awareness 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 child loss awareness 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 child loss awareness license plates under this subsection (5) shall pay the annual fee imposed by section 42-3-211 (6)(b) for renewal of the personalized plates. The fees under this subsection (5) are in addition to all other applicable taxes and fees.

Source: Section 42-3-243 — Special plates - child loss awareness, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-42.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

42‑3‑101
Legislative declaration
42‑3‑102
Periodic registration - rules
42‑3‑103
Registration required - exemptions - rules
42‑3‑104
Exemptions - specific ownership tax - registration - domicile and residency - rules - definitions
42‑3‑105
Application for registration - tax - definitions
42‑3‑106
Tax imposed - classification - taxable value
42‑3‑107
Taxable value of classes of property - rate of tax - when and where payable - department duties - apportionment of tax collections - definitions - rules - repeal
42‑3‑108
Determination of year model - tax lists
42‑3‑109
Tax for registration period
42‑3‑110
Payment of motor vehicle registration fees and specific ownership taxes in installments
42‑3‑111
Tax year - disposition
42‑3‑112
Failure to pay tax - penalty - rules
42‑3‑113
Records of application and registration - disability of a driver - rules - definitions
42‑3‑114
Expiration
42‑3‑115
Registration upon transfer - rules - definitions
42‑3‑116
Manufacturers or dealers - fees - rules - definition - penalty
42‑3‑117
Nonresidents
42‑3‑118
Registration suspended upon theft - recovery - rules
42‑3‑118.5
Inoperable vehicle - rules
42‑3‑119
No application for registration granted - when
42‑3‑120
Department may cancel or deny registration
42‑3‑121
Violation of registration provisions - penalty
42‑3‑122
Perjury on a motor vehicle registration application
42‑3‑123
Dishonored payment - recovery of taxes, fees, and plates
42‑3‑124
Violation - penalty
42‑3‑125
Fleet operators - registration period certificates - multi-year registrations
42‑3‑126
Notice - primary body color
42‑3‑127
Sale of special mobile machinery
42‑3‑201
Number plates furnished - style - periodic reissuance - tabs - rules - definition - repeal
42‑3‑202
Number plates furnished to be attached - penalty
42‑3‑203
Standardized plates - notice of funding through gifts, grants, and donations - rules - repeal
42‑3‑204
Reserved parking for persons with disabilities - applicability - definitions - rules
42‑3‑205
Substitute plates - waiting period for reissuance of identical combination of numbers and letters
42‑3‑206
Remanufacture of certain license plates
42‑3‑206.5
Issuance of plates in a retired style authorized - additional fee - rules
42‑3‑207
Special plates - rules - new plates - retirement
42‑3‑208
Special plates - qualifications for issuance of special license plates
42‑3‑209
Legislative license plates
42‑3‑210
Radio and television license plates
42‑3‑211
Issuance of personalized plates authorized
42‑3‑212
Issuance of optional plates authorized - retirement
42‑3‑213
License plates - military veterans - rules - retirement
42‑3‑214
Special plates - alumni associations - retirement
42‑3‑217
Special plates - Colorado commission of Indian affairs
42‑3‑217.5
Special plates - breast cancer awareness - retirement
42‑3‑218
Special plates - active and retired members of the Colorado National Guard - retirement
42‑3‑220
Temporary special event license plates
42‑3‑221
Special plates - Denver Broncos
42‑3‑222
Special plates - support public education
42‑3‑223
Special plates - support the troops - retirement
42‑3‑224
Special plates - Colorado “Kids First”
42‑3‑225
Special plates - Italian-American heritage
42‑3‑226
Special plates - share the road
42‑3‑227
Special plates - Colorado horse development authority
42‑3‑228
Special plates - Colorado carbon fund
42‑3‑229
Special plates - boy scouts
42‑3‑230
Special plates - “Alive at Twenty-five”
42‑3‑231
Special plates - Colorado ski country
42‑3‑232
Special plates - donate life
42‑3‑233
Special plates - Colorado state parks
42‑3‑234
Special plates - adopt a shelter pet
42‑3‑235
Livery license plates - luxury limousines
42‑3‑235.5
Tow truck license plates - conditions for use - transitional provisions
42‑3‑236
Taxicab license plates - taxicabs
42‑3‑237
Special plates - girl scouts
42‑3‑238
Special plates - juvenile diabetes
42‑3‑239
Special plates - Colorado Avalanche or Denver Nuggets
42‑3‑240
Special plates - Craig hospital
42‑3‑241
Special plates - Colorado Rockies
42‑3‑242
Special plates - fallen heroes
42‑3‑243
Special plates - child loss awareness
42‑3‑244
Special plates - flight for life Colorado
42‑3‑245
Special plates - wildlife sporting
42‑3‑246
Special plates - “Protect Our Rivers”
42‑3‑247
Special plates - emergency medical services (EMS)
42‑3‑248
Special plates - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
42‑3‑249
Special plates - Rocky Mountain National Park
42‑3‑250
Special plates - Pueblo chile license plate
42‑3‑251
Special plates - aviation license plate
42‑3‑252
Special plates - childhood cancer awareness plate - short title
42‑3‑253
Special plates - Mesa Verde National Park
42‑3‑254
Special plates - Colorado professional fire fighters - definition
42‑3‑255
Special plates - support foster families
42‑3‑256
Special plates - hospice and palliative care
42‑3‑257
Special plates - support pollinators
42‑3‑258
Special plates - Colorado nurses - definition
42‑3‑259
Electric vehicle license plates
42‑3‑260
Special plates - Special Olympics Colorado - short title - definition
42‑3‑261
Special plates - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority - short title
42‑3‑262
Special plates - Colorado rotary - fees - definition
42‑3‑263
Special plates - CASA license plate - definition
42‑3‑264
Special plates - Pikes Peak international hill climb
42‑3‑265
Special plates - epilepsy awareness
42‑3‑266
Special plates - one hundred fiftieth anniversary
42‑3‑267
Special plates - “Born to Be Wild” - gray wolf conflict mitigation and prevention
42‑3‑268
Special plates - “In God We Trust”
42‑3‑269
Special plates - stegosaurus state fossil
42‑3‑301
License plate cash fund - license plate fees
42‑3‑302
Special plate fees
42‑3‑303
Persistent drunk driver cash fund - programs to deter persistent drunk drivers
42‑3‑304
Registration fees - passenger-mile taxes - clean screen fund - pilot program - report - rules - definitions
42‑3‑306
Registration fees - passenger and passenger-mile taxes - fee schedule - repeal
42‑3‑307
Enforcement powers of department
42‑3‑308
Taxpayer statements - payment of tax - estimates - penalties - deposits - delinquency proceedings
42‑3‑309
Permit to be secured - records kept - penalties
42‑3‑310
Additional registration fees - apportionment of fees - repeal
42‑3‑311
Low-power scooter registration - fee
42‑3‑312
Special license plate surcharge
42‑3‑313
Fee for long-term or permanent registration - trailers and semitrailers
42‑3‑314
Military deployment
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 42-3-243’s source at colorado​.gov