C.R.S. Section 42-6-148
Off-highway vehicles

  • sales

(1)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

Unless the owner has obtained a certificate of title for an off-highway vehicle under this article, a person shall not sell the off-highway vehicle and a vehicle dealer shall not purchase the off-highway vehicle; except that the dealer may purchase an off-highway vehicle without a certificate of title if the vehicle has never been titled and was originally purchased in:

(I)

Colorado before July 1, 2014; or

(II)

A foreign jurisdiction that does not or did not issue certificates of title to off-highway vehicles when purchased.

(b)

If an off-highway vehicle dealer purchases an off-highway vehicle without a certificate of title, the dealer shall before finalizing the purchase require the seller to sign an affidavit that:

(I)

Is made under penalty of perjury;

(II)

States whether the vehicle is subject to a lien interest, and if there is a lienholder, the name of the lienholder;

(III)

States that the seller owns the off-highway vehicle;

(IV)

Indicates how long the seller has owned the off-highway vehicle; and

(V)

Contains a warning to the seller that falsifying the affidavit is perjury because the affidavit is submitted to a public official.

(c)

Upon being contacted by a powersports vehicle dealer, a law enforcement agency shall check the Colorado crime information center computer system to ascertain if the off-highway vehicle has been reported stolen. If the off-highway vehicle has been stolen, the agency shall recover and secure the vehicle and notify its rightful owner. Upon the release of the off-highway vehicle to the owner or lienholder, the agency shall adjust or delete the entry in the Colorado crime information center computer system.

(d)

To obtain a title for an off-highway vehicle that an off-highway vehicle dealer purchased without a certificate of title, the dealer must present to the department an affidavit as described in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), signed by the seller from whom the off-highway vehicle dealer acquired the off-highway vehicle.

(e)

A sale or purchase made in violation of this subsection (1) is void.

(2)

A current off-highway vehicle registration issued under article 14.5 of title 33, C.R.S., is sufficient evidence of ownership to issue a certificate of title under this part 1 if the off-highway vehicle was first purchased in Colorado before July 1, 2014, and has been registered for at least one year.

(3)

Until an off-highway vehicle is issued a certificate of title, the attachment, recording, perfection, priority, renewal, extension, modification, releasing, termination, foreclosure, and any other aspect of a security interest in an off-highway vehicle is governed by the “Uniform Commercial Code”, title 4, C.R.S.

Source: Section 42-6-148 — Off-highway vehicles - sales, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-42.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

42‑6‑101
Short title
42‑6‑102
Definitions
42‑6‑103
Application
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
42‑6‑110.5
Certificates of title - arrangements for transfer of title upon death - beneficiary designation forms - definitions
42‑6‑111
Sale to dealers - certificate need not issue
42‑6‑112
Initial registration of a vehicle - dealer responsibility to timely forward certificate of title to purchaser or holder of a chattel mortgage - penalty
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
42‑6‑136.5
Salvage title
42‑6‑137
Fees
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
42‑6‑142
Penalties
42‑6‑143
Altering or using altered certificate
42‑6‑144
False oath
42‑6‑145
Use of vehicle identification numbers in applications - rules
42‑6‑146
Repossession of motor vehicle or off-highway vehicle - owner must notify law enforcement agency - definition - penalty
42‑6‑147
Central registry - rules
42‑6‑148
Off-highway vehicles - sales
42‑6‑201
Definitions
42‑6‑202
Prohibited acts - penalty
42‑6‑204
Private civil action
42‑6‑205
Consumer protection
42‑6‑206
Disclosure requirements upon transfer of ownership of a salvage vehicle - rules - definitions
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 42-6-148’s source at colorado​.gov