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 42-6-136 - Surrender and cancellation of certificate - penalty for violation

(1)
(a)
The owner of a motor or off-highway vehicle for which a Colorado certificate of title has been issued, upon the destruction or dismantling of the vehicle or upon its being changed so that it is no longer a motor or off-highway vehicle, shall surrender the certificate of title to the vehicle to the director or the authorized agent or notify the director or the authorized agent on director-approved forms indicating the loss, destruction, or dismantling. Upon receiving the surrendered certificate of title or the notice of loss, destruction, or dismantling, the director or authorized agent shall classify the vehicle as junk.
(b)
The department shall not issue a certificate of title to a vehicle classified as junk. The holder of a lien or mortgage secured by the vehicle's title for the purchase shall surrender the title to the department. The department shall cancel the title and remove the vehicle identification number from the motor vehicle database.
(c)
Upon the owner's procuring the consent of the holders of unreleased mortgages or liens noted on or recorded as part of the certificate of title, the director or authorized agent shall cancel the certificate.
(d)
A person who violates this section commits a petty offense and shall be punished as provided in section
18-1.3-503
.
(2)
(a)
When a motor vehicle owner determines that a motor vehicle for which a Colorado certificate of title has been issued is nonrepairable, the owner of the vehicle shall apply for a nonrepairable title. To be issued a nonrepairable title, an applicant must provide the director with evidence of ownership that satisfies the director of the applicant's right to have a nonrepairable title filed in the applicant's favor. If a motor vehicle is nonrepairable, the director or authorized agent shall issue the vehicle a nonrepairable title.
(b)
Upon the owner's procuring the consent of the holder of an unreleased mortgage or lien noted on the certificate of title, the director or authorized agent shall cancel the vehicle's registration.
(3)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2014.)
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 754, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 122, § 5, eff. 8/6/2014.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 407, § 31, eff. 6/5/2013 and applicable to acts committed on or after 7/1/2014.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2464, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 1669, § 27, effective 7/1/2001. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 1563, § 375, effective October 1; (3) amended, p. 635, § 1, effective 1/1/2003. L. 2004: (3) amended, p. 931, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 819, § 25, effective August 8. L. 2013: (1) amended, (SB 13-280), ch. 2392, p. 2392, § 31, effective June 5. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (HB 14-1100), ch. 434, p. 434, § 5, effective August 6. L. 2021: (1)(d) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3320, p. 3320, § 754, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 42-6-134 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-6-136 was relocated to §
42-6-138
.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending subsection (1), see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.