{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-42-6-148","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 42-6-148","heading":"Off-highway vehicles - sales.","body":"(1) (a) Unless the owner has obtained a certificate of title for an off-highway vehicle under this article, a person shall not sell the off-highway vehicle and a vehicle dealer shall not purchase the off-highway vehicle; except that the dealer may purchase an off-highway vehicle without a certificate of title if the vehicle has never been titled and was originally purchased in:\n\n(I) Colorado before July 1, 2014; or\n\n(II) A foreign jurisdiction that does not or did not issue certificates of title to off-highway vehicles when purchased.\n\n(b) If an off-highway vehicle dealer purchases an off-highway vehicle without a certificate of title, the dealer shall before finalizing the purchase require the seller to sign an affidavit that:\n\n(I) Is made under penalty of perjury;\n\n(II) States whether the vehicle is subject to a lien interest, and if there is a lienholder, the name of the lienholder;\n\n(III) States that the seller owns the off-highway vehicle;\n\n(IV) Indicates how long the seller has owned the off-highway vehicle; and\n\n(V) Contains a warning to the seller that falsifying the affidavit is perjury because the affidavit is submitted to a public official.\n\n(c) Upon being contacted by a powersports vehicle dealer, a law enforcement agency shall check the Colorado crime information center computer system to ascertain if the off-highway vehicle has been reported stolen. If the off-highway vehicle has been stolen, the agency shall recover and secure the vehicle and notify its rightful owner. Upon the release of the off-highway vehicle to the owner or lienholder, the agency shall adjust or delete the entry in the Colorado crime information center computer system.\n\n(d) To obtain a title for an off-highway vehicle that an off-highway vehicle dealer purchased without a certificate of title, the dealer must present to the department an affidavit as described in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), signed by the seller from whom the off-highway vehicle dealer acquired the off-highway vehicle.\n\n(e) A sale or purchase made in violation of this subsection (1) is void.\n\n(2) A current off-highway vehicle registration issued under article 14.5 of title 33, C.R.S., is sufficient evidence of ownership to issue a certificate of title under this part 1 if the off-highway vehicle was first purchased in Colorado before July 1, 2014, and has been registered for at least one year.\n\n(3) Until an off-highway vehicle is issued a certificate of title, the attachment, recording, perfection, priority, renewal, extension, modification, releasing, termination, foreclosure, and any other aspect of a security interest in an off-highway vehicle is governed by the \"Uniform Commercial Code\", title 4, C.R.S.","path":["Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","Article 6 - Certificates of Title - Used Motor Vehicle Sales","Part 1 - CERTIFICATES OF TITLE"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-42.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"56e3b042962aa52e28a0b9dbc24ff5e9806fb9542c4bf6ba2df800b94da083ec","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-42-6-147","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-42-6-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}