Colorado § 42-2-304 - Validity of identification card - rules.

§ 42-2-304. Validity of identification card - rules.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an identification card issued pursuant to this part 3 expires on the birthday of the registrant in the fifth year after issuance of the identification card. If an applicant applies to renew their identification card within a year after it has expired, the renewed identification card will be given the same expiration date as if it had been renewed on time, provided the photo the department has on file will meet the requirements of 6 CFR 37.25 (a)(1) for the federal "Real ID Act of 2005" at the time of the next expiration. The department may purge its records of such cards twelve years after issuance; except that any records concerning identification cards issued prior to April 16, 1996, may not be purged until October 1, 2003.

(1.5) (a) Any individual who has been issued an identification card pursuant to this section may renew the card prior to the expiration of the card upon application in person and payment of the required fee.

(b) The department shall not renew an identification card for a person if the person would not be eligible for an identification card pursuant to section 42-2-302 (2)(b) or (2)(c) or 42-2-505.

(1.7) (a) If allowed under federal law, the department shall allow renewal of an identification card issued under section 42-2-302 or 42-2-505 by mail subject to the following requirements:

(I) Renewal by mail shall be available to qualifying individuals as determined by the department of revenue including but not limited to persons with disabilities and individuals who are sixty-five years of age or older.

(II) Renewal by mail is only available every other renewal period; except that renewal by mail is available every renewal period if the applicant is sixty-five years of age or older.

(III) A person renewing by mail shall attest under penalty of perjury that he or she is lawfully present in the United States.

(IV) A person renewing by mail shall attest under penalty of perjury that he or she is a resident of the state of Colorado.

(b) Every applicant for renewal of an identification card by mail shall submit the required fee or surcharge, if any.

(c) The department may promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of this subsection (1.7).

(1.8) Repealed.

(1.9) (a) The department may allow an applicant to renew an identification card issued under section 42-2-302 or 42-2-505 by electronic means if the applicant:

(I) Is twenty-one years of age or older;

(II) Attests under penalty of perjury to being lawfully present in the United States;

(III) Attests under penalty of perjury to being a resident of Colorado; and

(IV) Pays any required fee or surcharge.

(b) Applicants who meet the qualifications of paragraph (a) of this subsection (1.9) may electronically renew only for two consecutive renewal periods.

(2) (a) An identification card issued on or before June 30, 2001, to a person less than eighteen years of age shall expire on the registrant's eighteenth birthday. Such person may renew the card prior to its expiration upon application in person and by paying the required fee. The renewed card for such person shall expire on the registrant's twenty-first birthday.

(b) An identification card issued to an individual prior to April 16, 1996, does not expire unless the true name or social security number, if any, of the individual changes. An individual who has been issued a card prior to April 16, 1996, may voluntarily surrender such card to the department and, upon payment of the fee required for an identification card application, may request issuance of a new identification card containing an expiration date pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.

(b.5) An identification card issued on or after July 1, 2001, to a person less than twenty-one years of age shall expire on the registrant's twenty-first birthday.

(c) An identification card issued to an individual sixty-five years of age or older expires on the birthday of the registrant in the fifth year after issuance of the identification card.

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2161, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 332, § 1, effective April 16. L. 98: (1.5) amended, p. 296, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2000: (1) and (2)(a) amended and (2)(b.5) added, p. 1346, § 8, effective July 1, 2001. L. 2005: (1) amended, p. 650, § 21, effective May 27. L. 2006: (1.7) and (2)(c) added, pp. 570, 571, §§ 1, 2, effective July 1. L. 2013: (1.7)(a)(II) amended and (1.8) added, (SB 13-004), ch. 234, p. 1129, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2014: (1.9) added, (SB 14-194), ch. 346, p. 1548, § 14, effective June 5. L. 2018: (1.5)(b), IP(1.7)(a), IP(1.8)(a), and IP(1.9)(a) amended, (SB 18-108), ch. 260, p. 1598, § 6, effective January 1, 2019. L. 2021: (1.8) repealed and (1.9)(a)(I) amended, (HB 21-1139), ch. 177, p. 967, § 2, effective May 24. L. 2026: (1) amended, (HB 26-1076), ch. 265, p. 1469, § 7, effective August 12.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 42-2-404 as it existed prior to 1994.