Colorado § 42-4-1720 - Registration violations - dismissal upon compliance - notice required.

§ 42-4-1720. Registration violations - dismissal upon compliance - notice required.

(1) A court may dismiss a violation for failing to register a vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or motor vehicle in violation of section 42-3-103 (1) or (4), 42-3-114, 42-3-115, or 42-6-140 or of the rules of the department implementing section 42-3-102 if:

(a) The vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or motor vehicle was unregistered for no more than four months at the time of the violation;

(b) The owner registered the vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or motor vehicle before the owner's first court date as listed on the citation or summons; and

(c) The owner pays to the court a thirty-dollar administrative dismissal fee if the court is a municipal court.

(2) A peace officer who charges a person for a violation described in the introductory portion of subsection (1) of this section must notify the defendant of the opportunity to have the charge dismissed by the court, if the registration that led to the citation or summons is expired for four months or less at the time of the violation and if registration is renewed prior to the first court date listed on the citation or summons, by either:

(a) Oral means if notification by electronic means on the citation is not implemented; or

(b) Electronic means on the citation if implemented.

Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (HB 25-1112), ch. 348, p. 1878, § 3, effective August 6.

PART 18

VEHICLES ABANDONED ON PUBLIC PROPERTY

Editor's note: This title was amended with relocations in 1994, and this part 18 was subsequently amended with relocations in 2002, resulting in the addition, relocation, and elimination of sections as well as subject matter. For amendments to this part 18 prior to 2002, consult the Colorado statutory research explanatory note beginning on page vii in the front of this volume and the editor's note following the title heading. Former C.R.S. section numbers are shown in editor's notes following those sections that were relocated in 2002.

Cross references: For provisions concerning vehicles abandoned on private property, see part 21 of this article.