Colorado § 44-20-135 - Audit reimbursement limitations - dealer claims.
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§ 44-20-135. Audit reimbursement limitations - dealer claims.
(1) (a) A manufacturer, distributor, or manufacturer representative shall have the right to audit warranty, sales, or incentive claims of a motor vehicle dealer for nine months after the date the claim was submitted.
(b) A manufacturer, distributor, or manufacturer representative shall not require documentation for warranty, sales, or incentive claims or audit warranty, sales, or incentive claims of a motor vehicle dealer more than fifteen months after the date the claim was submitted, nor shall the manufacturer require a charge back, reimbursement, or credit against a future transaction arising out of an audit or request for documentation arising more than nine months after the date the claim was submitted.
(2) The motor vehicle dealer shall have nine months after making a sale or providing service to submit warranty, sales, or incentive claims to the manufacturer, distributor, or manufacturer representative.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not limit any action for fraud instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(4) A motor vehicle dealer may request a determination from the executive director, within thirty days, that a charge back, reimbursement, or credit required violates subsection (1) of this section. If a determination is requested within the thirty-day period, then the charge back, reimbursement, or credit shall be stayed pending the decision of the executive director. If the executive director determines after a hearing that the charge back, reimbursement, or credit violates subsection (1) of this section, the charge back, reimbursement, or credit shall be void.
Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 18-030), ch. 7, p. 87, § 2, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-6-126 as it existed prior to 2018.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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