The information below will assist you with those tasks. Driver's License Driver's licenses are obtained through the Department of Revenue's Division of Motor Vehicles. For the office nearest you, look in the blue pages of your telephone directory for the Driver License Office listing under the Motor Vehicle heading of the Colorado State Government listings. You may also find a list of driver's license offices in the state on the Colorado Department of Revenue web page. Motor Vehicle Registration Colorado law no longer provides a grace period for new residents to obtain registration for their motor vehicles.
Registration is required immediately upon becoming a resident as described above.
The only exception is for those persons who are not employed, and they have 90 days to register their vehicles after becoming a resident. The AIR Program requires your vehicle to pass an emissions test before it can be registered. The AIR Program area is comprised of parts of nine counties along the front range of Colorado and one in the mountains. The counties included in the program area are Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, Pitkin, Weld, and the City and County of Denver. If you will not be living in any of the counties mentioned above, you can skip to the last two paragraphs of this page.