Colorado § 42-2-604 - Violations - penalty.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 42-2-604 — Violations - penalty., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 42-2-604. Violations - penalty.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this part 6 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty days, or by both fine and imprisonment.
Source: L. 2017: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 17-224), ch. 179, p. 658, § 1, effective August 9.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-15-120 as it existed prior to 2017.
TAXATION
ARTICLE 3
Registration, Taxation, and License Plates
PART 1
REGISTRATION AND TAXATION
42-3-101. Legislative declaration.
42-3-101.5. Definitions.
42-3-102. Periodic registration - rules.
42-3-103. Registration required - exemptions - rules.
42-3-104. Exemptions - specific ownership tax - registration - domicile and residency - rules - definitions.
42-3-105. Application for registration - tax - definitions.
42-3-106. Tax imposed - classification - taxable value.
42-3-107. Taxable value of classes of property - rate of tax - when and where payable - department duties - apportionment of tax collections - definitions - rules - repeal.
42-3-108. Determination of year model - tax lists.
42-3-109. Tax for registration period.
42-3-110. Payment of motor vehicle registration fees and specific ownership taxes in installments.
42-3-111. Tax year - disposition.
42-3-112. Failure to pay tax - penalty - rules - repeal.
42-3-113. Records of application and registration - disability of a driver - rules - report - definitions.
42-3-113.5. Electronic vehicle registration and titling - electronic transmission of vehicle lien information - authority - rules - cash fund - gifts, grants, and donations - repeal. (Repealed)
42-3-114. Expiration.
42-3-115. Registration upon transfer - rules - definitions - repeal.
42-3-116. Manufacturers or dealers - fees - rules - definition - penalty.
42-3-117. Nonresidents.
42-3-118. Registration suspended upon theft - recovery - rules.
42-3-118.5. Inoperable vehicle - rules.
42-3-119. No application for registration granted - when.
42-3-120. Department may cancel or deny registration.
42-3-121. Violation of registration provisions - penalty.
42-3-122. Perjury on a motor vehicle registration application.
42-3-123. Dishonored payment - recovery of taxes, fees, and plates.
42-3-124. Violation - penalty.
42-3-125. Fleet operators - registration period certificates - multi-year registrations.
42-3-126. Notice - primary body color.
42-3-127. Sale of special mobile machinery.
PART 2
LICENSE PLATES
42-3-201. Number plates furnished - style - periodic reissuance - tabs - rules - definition - repeal.
42-3-202. Number plates furnished to be attached - penalty.
42-3-203. Standardized plates - notice of funding through gifts, grants, and donations - rules.
42-3-204. Reserved parking for persons with disabilities - applicability - definitions - rules.
42-3-205. Substitute plates - waiting period for reissuance of identical combination of numbers and letters.
42-3-206. Remanufacture of certain license plates.
42-3-206.5. Issuance of plates in a retired style authorized - additional fee - rules.
42-3-207. Special plates - rules - new plates - retirement.
42-3-208. Special plates - qualifications for issuance of special license plates.
42-3-209. Legislative license plates.
42-3-210. Radio and television license plates.
42-3-211. Issuance of personalized plates authorized - repeal.
42-3-212. Issuance of optional plates authorized - retirement.
42-3-213. License plates - military veterans - rules - retirement.
42-3-214. Special plates - alumni associations - retirement.
42-3-215. Special plates - United States olympic committee - retirement. (Repealed)
42-3-216. Special plates - Colorado foundation for agriculture and natural resources - definitions - retirement. (Repealed)
42-3-217. Special plates - Colorado commission of Indian affairs.
42-3-217.5. Special plates - breast cancer awareness - retirement.
42-3-218. Special plates - active and retired members of the Colorado National Guard - retirement.
42-3-219. Special registration of collector's items. (Repealed)
42-3-220. Temporary special event license plates.
42-3-221. Special plates - Denver Broncos.
42-3-222. Special plates - support public education.
42-3-223. Special plates - support the troops - retirement.
42-3-224. Special plates - Colorado "Kids First".
42-3-225. Special plates - Italian-American heritage.
42-3-226. Special plates - share the road.
42-3-227. Special plates - Colorado horse development authority.
42-3-228. Special plates - Colorado carbon fund.
42-3-229. Special plates - boy scouts.
42-3-230. Special plates - "Alive at Twenty-five". (Repealed)
42-3-231. Special plates - Colorado ski country.
42-3-232. Special plates - donate life.
42-3-233. Special plates - Colorado state parks.
42-3-234. Special plates - adopt a shelter pet - pet overpopulation authority - pet overpopulation fund - adopt a shelter pet account - definitions.
42-3-235. Livery license plates - luxury limousines.
42-3-235.5. Tow truck license plates - conditions for use - transitional provisions.
42-3-236. Taxicab license plates - taxicabs.
42-3-237. Special plates - girl scouts.
42-3-238. Special plates - juvenile diabetes.
42-3-239. Special plates - Colorado Avalanche or Denver Nuggets.
42-3-240. Special plates - Craig hospital.
42-3-241. Special plates - Colorado Rockies.
42-3-242. Special plates - fallen heroes.
42-3-243. Special plates - child loss awareness.
42-3-244. Special plates - flight for life Colorado.
42-3-245. Special plates - wildlife sporting.
42-3-246. Special plates - "Protect Our Rivers".
42-3-247. Special plates - emergency medical services (EMS).
42-3-248. Special plates - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
42-3-249. Special plates - Rocky Mountain National Park.
42-3-250. Special plates - Pueblo chile license plate.
42-3-251. Special plates - aviation license plate.
42-3-252. Special plates - childhood cancer awareness plate - short title.
42-3-253. Special plates - Mesa Verde National Park.
42-3-254. Special plates - Colorado professional fire fighters - definition.
42-3-255. Special plates - support foster families.
42-3-256. Special plates - hospice and palliative care.
42-3-257. Special plates - support pollinators.
42-3-258. Special plates - Colorado nurses - definition.
42-3-259. Electric vehicle license plates.
42-3-260. Special plates - Special Olympics Colorado - short title - definition.
42-3-261. Special plates - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority - short title.
42-3-262. Special plates - Colorado rotary - fees - definition.
42-3-263. Special plates - CASA license plate - definition.
42-3-264. Special plates - Pikes Peak international hill climb.
42-3-265. Special plates - epilepsy awareness.
42-3-266. Special plates - one hundred fiftieth anniversary.
42-3-267. Special plates - "Born to Be Wild" - gray wolf conflict mitigation and prevention.
42-3-268. Special plates - "In God We Trust".
42-3-269. Special plates - stegosaurus state fossil.
42-3-270. Special plates - Chicana/o license plate.
42-3-271. Special plates - Colorado agriculture.
42-3-272. Special plates - wild horses - legislative declaration - repeal.
PART 3
FEES AND CASH FUNDS
42-3-301. License plate cash fund - license plate fees - repeal.
42-3-302. Special plate fees.
42-3-303. Persistent drunk driver cash fund - programs to deter persistent drunk drivers.
42-3-304. Registration fees - passenger-mile taxes - clean screen fund - fees - report - rules - definitions - repeal.
42-3-305. Registration fees - passenger and passenger-mile taxes - fee schedule for years of TABOR surplus revenue - applicability. (Repealed)
42-3-306. Registration fees - passenger and passenger-mile taxes - fee schedule - repeal.
42-3-307. Enforcement powers of department.
42-3-308. Taxpayer statements - payment of tax - estimates - penalties - deposits - delinquency proceedings.
42-3-309. Permit to be secured - records kept - penalties.
42-3-310. Additional registration fees - apportionment of fees.
42-3-311. Low-power scooter registration - fee.
42-3-312. Special license plate surcharge.
42-3-313. Fee for long-term or permanent registration - trailers and semitrailers.
42-3-314. Military deployment.
42-3-315. Fee for long-term or permanent registration - trailers.
PART 1
REGISTRATION AND TAXATION
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