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Colorado · Through Colorado Revised Statutes 2026

C.R.S. § 40-10.1-810: Release requirements - notice - private property - release for nonconsensual tow.

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  1. Title 40 - UTILITIES
  2. Article 10.1 - Motor Carriers
  3. Part 8 - VEHICLE IMMOBILIZATION COMPANIES

(1) If a vehicle immobilization company has immobilized a vehicle on private property, the vehicle immobilization company shall give the authorized or interested person that is having the vehicle released a written notice of the person's ability to make a complaint to the commission. The notice:

(a) Must be written in a conspicuous typeface and font on the invoice, receipt, and bill for releasing the vehicle; and

(b) Must not be in a typeface or font that is smaller than the other numbers or words on the invoice, receipt, or bill, as applicable.

(2) A vehicle immobilization company shall release the motor vehicle to an authorized or interested person either:

(a) Within one hundred twenty minutes after being contacted by the authorized or interested person outside of the vehicle immobilization company's normal business hours; or

(b) Within ninety minutes after being contacted by the authorized or interested person during the vehicle immobilization company's normal business hours.

(3) A vehicle immobilization company shall immediately release a vehicle and remove the immobilization device without charge to a towing carrier when evidence is presented that the towing carrier has authorization to conduct a nonconsensual tow or law-enforcement-directed tow.

(4) (a) A vehicle immobilization company may remotely release an immobilization device from a vehicle. The vehicle immobilization company shall retrieve the immobilization device within one hundred twenty minutes after releasing it.

(b) The driver of a remotely released vehicle shall move the immobilization device from the road so that it is not a hazard to vehicles or pedestrians unless the driver has a physical limitation that makes moving the device unreasonably difficult or impossible. The owner or operator need not return the device to the vehicle immobilization company or a location specified by the vehicle immobilization company.

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