2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › CERTIFICATES OF TITLE (§§ 42-6-101 — 42-6-206) › Article 6 - CERTIFICATES OF TITLE - USED MOTOR VEHICLE SALES (§§ 42-6-101 — 42-6-206) › Part 1 - CERTIFICATES OF TITLE (§§ 42-6-101 — 42-6-148) › Section 42-6-137 - Fees

(1)
(a)
Upon filing with the authorized agent an application for a certificate of title, the applicant shall pay to the agent a fee of seven dollars and twenty cents, which shall be in addition to the fees for the registration of such motor vehicle. If the additional fee of seven dollars and twenty cents is collected by a third-party provider, as defined in section
42-1-102
, the provider shall collect and remit the fee to the department, who shall transmit the fee to the authorized agent.
(b)
Repealed.
(2)
Upon the receipt by an authorized agent of a mortgage for filing under section
42-6-121
,
42-6-125
, or
42-6-129
, the filer shall pay the authorized agent the fees that are imposed by law for the filing of like instruments in the office of the county clerk and recorder and, in addition, a fee of seven dollars and twenty cents for the issuance or recording of the certificate of title and the notation of the existence of the mortgage. If the additional fee of seven dollars and twenty cents is collected by a third-party provider, as defined in section
42-1-102
, the provider shall collect and remit the fee to the department, who shall transmit the fee to the authorized agent.
(3)
Upon application to the authorized agent to have noted or recorded on a certificate of title the extension of a mortgage described in the certificate of title and noted or recorded on the certificate, such authorized agent shall receive a fee of one dollar and fifty cents.
(4)
Upon the release and satisfaction of a mortgage and upon application to the authorized agent for the notation on the certificate of title pursuant to section
42-6-125
, such authorized agent shall be paid a fee of seven dollars and twenty cents.
(5)
For the issuance of a copy of a recorded certificate of title, except as may be otherwise provided in this part 1, the authorized agent shall be paid a fee of eight dollars and twenty cents. If the department assigns a new identifying number to any motor vehicle, the fee charged for such assignment shall be three dollars and fifty cents.
(6)
Upon filing with the director or authorized agent an application for a certificate of title, a motor or off-highway vehicle dealer who applies to receive a certificate of title shall pay to the director or authorized agent a fee of twenty-five dollars.
(7)
An authorized agent shall, if possible, provide the following recording of titles on the same day as the date of request by an applicant:
(a)
A title issued because of a transfer of a motor or off-highway vehicle currently titled in Colorado;
(b)
A title issued for a new motor or off-highway vehicle upon filing of a manufacturer's statement of origin without liens; and
(c)
Any other title issued or recorded by the director or the authorized agent. The director and authorized agents shall take into account the best service for citizens in the most cost-effective manner, the use of electronic issuance of titles, and consideration of the business plan for issuing titles at county offices.
(8)
Notwithstanding the amount specified for any fee in this section, the director by rule or as otherwise provided by law may reduce the amount of one or more of the fees if necessary pursuant to section
24-75-402 (3)
, C.R.S., to reduce the uncommitted reserves of the fund to which all or any portion of one or more of the fees is credited. After the uncommitted reserves of the fund are sufficiently reduced, the director by rule or as otherwise provided by law may increase the amount of one or more of the fees as provided in section
24-75-402 (4)
, C.R.S.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 475, § 13, eff. 1/1/2023.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 297, § 13, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 407, § 32, eff. 6/5/2013 and applicable to acts committed on or after 7/1/2014.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2465, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 97: (5) amended, p. 800, § 1, effective July 1. L. 98: (8) added, p. 1359, § 115, effective June 1; (1), (2), and (5) amended and (7) added, p. 928, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2000: (2), (3), (5), IP(7), and (7)(c) amended, p. 1669, § 28, effective 7/1/2001. L. 2001: (1), (2), and (5) amended, p. 814, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1)(b)(III) amended, p. 951, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2003: (4) amended, p. 1978, § 4, effective May 22. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 821, § 26, effective August 8. L. 2013: (2), (6), (7)(a), and (7)(b) amended, (SB 13-280), ch. 407, p. 2393, § 32, effective June 5. L. 2018: (1)(a) and (2) amended, (HB 18-1299), ch. 297, p. 1814, § 13, effective 7/1/2019.
(1) This section is similar to former § 42-6-135 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-6-137 was relocated to §
42-6-139
.
(2) Subsection (8) was originally numbered as (7) in Senate Bill 98-194 but has been renumbered on revision for ease of location.
(3) Subsection (1)(b)(III) provided for the repeal of subsection (1)(b), effective September 1, 2006. (See L. 2002, p. 951.)
2022 Ch. 475, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).