§ 42-2-102 — Persons exempt from license

Colorado § 42-2-102

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 42: Vehicles and
• Art.: Drivers' Licenses

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(1) The following persons need not
obtain a Colorado driver's license:

(a) Any person who operates a federally owned military motor vehicle while
serving in the armed forces of the United States;

(b) Any person who temporarily drives or operates any road machine, farm
tractor, or other implement of husbandry on a highway;

(c) Any nonresident who is at least sixteen years of age and who has in his or
her immediate possession a valid driver's license issued to such nonresident by his
or her state or country of residence. A nonresident who is at least sixteen years of
age and whose state or country of residence does not require the licensing of
drivers may operate a motor vehicle as a driver for not more than ninety days in any
calendar year, if said nonresident is the owner of the vehicle driven and if the motor
vehicle so operated is duly registered in such nonresident's state or country of
residence and such nonresident has in his or her immediate possession a
registration card evidencing such ownership and registration in his or her own state
or country.

(d) A nonresident on active duty in the armed forces of the United States if
that person has in his or her possession a valid driver's license issued by such
nonresident's state of domicile or, if returning from duty outside the United States,
has a valid driver's license in his or her possession issued by the armed forces of the
United States in foreign countries, but such armed forces license shall be valid only
for a period of forty-five days after the licensee has returned to the United States;

(e) The spouse of a member of the armed forces of the United States who is
accompanying such member on military or naval assignment to this state, who has a
valid driver's license issued by another state, and whose right to drive has not been
suspended or revoked in this state;

(f) Any nonresident who is temporarily residing in Colorado for the principal
purpose of furthering such nonresident's education, is at least sixteen years of age,
has a valid driver's license from his or her state of residence, and is considered a
nonresident for tuition purposes by the educational institution at which such
nonresident is furthering his or her education.

(2) Any person who has in his or her possession a valid driver's license issued
by such person's previous state of residence shall be exempt, for thirty days after
becoming a resident of the state of Colorado, from obtaining a license, as provided
in section 42-2-101.

Legislative History

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2115, � 1, effective January 1, 1995.