Colorado § 33-12-101 - Passes and registrations - rules - definition.
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§ 33-12-101. Passes and registrations - rules - definition.
(1) (a) Except as specified in section 33-12-103 (1)(b), every pass or registration expires on the date printed or written on the face of the document. The commission may adopt rules establishing a subscription program through which a person to whom an annual pass has been issued pursuant to this article is notified, prior to the expiration of the pass, of the opportunity to renew the pass by mail or other means determined by the commission. As used in this article, "document" means pass or registration.
(b) When, in articles 10 to 15 and 32 of this title or a rule adopted pursuant thereto, the doing of an act between certain dates or from one date to another is allowed or prohibited, the period of time indicated includes both dates specified.
(2) Money received in payment for passes and registrations issued under articles 10 to 15 of this title shall not be refunded, except as follows:
(a) For proven errors committed by the division in issuing passes or registrations;
(b) For bona fide emergencies as may be determined by the division.
(3) In the event of loss or destruction of a pass or registration, the person to whom the document was issued, upon payment of a fee of up to fifty percent of the cost of the original document, as established by the commission by rule, may obtain a replacement pass or registration by signing an affidavit stating where and by whom the document was issued and the circumstances under which the document was lost or destroyed. If the division determines that a pass or registration has been lost or destroyed in the mail, the person to whom the document was issued may obtain a replacement pass or registration without charge by signing an affidavit stating that the document was never received. The division shall supply agents selling documents with affidavit forms for obtaining a replacement pass or registration.
Source: L. 84: Entire article added, p. 892, § 2, effective January 1, 1985. L. 95: (1) (b) amended, p. 966, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2008: (1)(a) amended, p. 380, § 1, effective August 5. L. 2010: (1)(a) amended, (SB 10-071), ch. 235, p. 1029, § 1, effective August 11. L. 2012: (1)(a) amended, (HB 12-1317), ch. 248, p. 1222, § 48, effective June 4. L. 2018: (3) amended, (SB 18-143), ch. 207, p. 1337, § 14, effective August 8.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 33-4-112 as it existed prior to 1984.
Cross references: For the short title ("Hunting, Fishing, and Parks for Future Generations Act") and the legislative declaration in SB 18-143, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 207, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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