Colorado § 10-4-622 - Required provision for intrastate and interstate operation.

§ 10-4-622. Required provision for intrastate and interstate operation.

(1) Notwithstanding any of its terms and conditions, every complying policy shall afford coverage at least as extensive as the minimum coverage required by section 10-4-620.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that a complying policy provide coverage while the insured motor vehicle is operated in other jurisdictions by reason of any program, statute, law, or administrative rule in effect in such other jurisdiction by which coverage is afforded in such other jurisdiction through a government agency or publicly financed auto accident reparations plan such as, by way of illustration and not limitation, plans presently in effect in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S.A.

(3) On and after January 1, 2005, notwithstanding any of its other terms and conditions, every complying policy shall afford coverage at least as extensive as the minimum coverage required by operation of section 10-4-620, during such periods of time as the insured motor vehicle is operated in other jurisdictions of the United States or its territories or possessions, as the statutes, laws, or administrative rules of such other jurisdictions require with respect to liability or financial responsibility and direct benefit or first-party coverages for operators, occupants, and persons involved in accidents arising out of use or operation of motor vehicles within such other jurisdictions.

(4) (a) Notwithstanding any of its other terms and conditions, every contract of liability insurance for injury, wherever issued, covering ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle, shall provide coverage at least as extensive as the minimum coverages required by operation of section 10-4-620, and qualifies as security covering the vehicle while it is in this state.

(b) An insurer authorized to transact or transacting business in this state may not exclude the minimum coverage required by operation of section 10-4-620 in any contract of liability insurance for injury, wherever issued, covering ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle while it is in this state.

Source: L. 2003: Entire section added, p. 1561, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2004: (2) amended, p. 902, § 22, effective May 21; (3) amended, p. 173, § 2, effective January 1, 2005.

Editor's note: This section was originally numbered as § 10-4-619 in House Bill 03-1188 but has been renumbered on revision for ease of location.