Colorado § 42-12-203 - Identification number - title - street-rod vehicles.
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§ 42-12-203. Identification number - title - street-rod vehicles.
(1) When a person applies for a certificate of title for a street-rod vehicle, the department shall accept the serial number of the street-rod vehicle as its vehicle identification number or the special vehicle identification number assigned to such vehicle by the department under section 42-12-202.
(2) A person who applies for a certificate of title for a street-rod vehicle having frame and body identification numbers that do not match the manufacturer's numbering system as being originally mated or that is reconstructed from salvage parts or other motor vehicles or reproduction parts shall furnish evidence of ownership, acceptable to the director, of such salvage parts, other motor vehicles, or reproduction components used in the reconstruction of such vehicle. In addition, the applicant shall furnish an affidavit stating the facts concerning the reconstruction and an affidavit of physical inspection that includes a computer check of the state and national compilations of wanted and stolen vehicles. The department may issue a special vehicle identification number and title the street-rod vehicle as a rebuilt vehicle. The model year and the year of manufacture that are listed on the certificate of title of a street-rod vehicle are the model year and the year of manufacture that the body of such vehicle resembles.
Source: L. 2011: Entire article amended with relocations, (SB 11-031), ch. 86, p. 236, § 1, effective August 10.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 42-6-108 as it existed prior to 2011.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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