{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-6-1-1202","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 6-1-1202","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part 12, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(1) \"Car\" means a motor vehicle as defined in section 42-1-102 (58).\n\n(2) \"Car sharing\" means the authorized use of a shared car by persons other than the shared car's owner, facilitated by a car sharing program.\n\n(3) (a) \"Car sharing agreement\" means the terms and conditions that apply to a shared car owner and a shared car driver and that govern the use of a shared car.\n\n(b) \"Car sharing agreement\" excludes a rental agreement as defined in section 6-1-201.\n\n(4) (a) \"Car sharing program\" means a person that is in the business of operating an online platform to connect third-party vehicle owners with third-party vehicle drivers to enable peer-to-peer car sharing within Colorado.\n\n(b) \"Car sharing program\" excludes:\n\n(I) The registered owner of the car involved in car sharing facilitated by a car sharing program; and\n\n(II) A lessor as defined in section 6-1-201.\n\n(5) \"Delivery period\" means the time when a shared car is being delivered to the location of the sharing start time, as documented by the governing car sharing agreement.\n\n(6) (a) \"Shared car\" means a motor vehicle that is available for sharing through a car sharing program but is not used exclusively for car sharing.\n\n(b) \"Shared car\" excludes a rental motor vehicle as defined in section 6-1-201.\n\n(7) (a) \"Shared car driver\" means an individual who has been authorized to drive the shared car by a car sharing program under a car sharing agreement.\n\n(b) \"Shared car driver\" excludes a lessee as defined in section 6-1-201.\n\n(8) \"Shared car owner\" means a person that makes a shared car available for sharing to shared car drivers through a car sharing program.\n\n(9) \"Sharing period\" means the time that begins at the sharing start time and ends at the sharing termination time.\n\n(10) \"Sharing start time\" means the time when a shared car driver takes possession and control of the shared car. The sharing start time may be at or after the time the reservation of a shared car is scheduled to begin under a car sharing agreement.\n\n(11) \"Sharing termination time\" means the earliest of the following events:\n\n(a) The expiration of the agreed period of time established for the use of a shared car in the governing car sharing agreement if the shared car is delivered to the location agreed upon in the agreement;\n\n(b) When the shared car is returned to an alternative location as agreed upon by the shared car owner and shared car driver as communicated through a car sharing program; or\n\n(c) The shared car owner, or the shared car owner's authorized designee, takes possession and control of the shared car.","path":["Title 6 - CONSUMER AND COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS","Article 1 - Colorado Consumer Protection Act","Part 12 - PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING ACT"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-06.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"acd34238d57529aad5dbaa46bb7679e1a73de42d5d07eb4c4e8d4c3602f0a74d","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-6-1-1201","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-6-1-1203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}