(1)The department
may issue personalized license plates for motor vehicles in accordance with this
section.
(2)(a) Personalized license plates, as used in this section, means license
plates that have displayed upon them the registration number assigned to the
motor vehicle for which such registration number was issued in a combination of
letters or numbers requested by the owner of the vehicle, subject to the limitations
of this section.
(b)Personalized license plates, as used in this section, includes special
license plates that bear the words street rod and that may be issued only to a
street rod vehicle.
(3)(a) Personalized license plates must be the same color and design as
regular motor vehicle license plates, must consist of any combination of numbers or
letters not
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(1) The department
may issue personalized license plates for motor vehicles in accordance with this
section.
(2) (a) Personalized license plates, as used in this section, means license
plates that have displayed upon them the registration number assigned to the
motor vehicle for which such registration number was issued in a combination of
letters or numbers requested by the owner of the vehicle, subject to the limitations
of this section.
(b) Personalized license plates, as used in this section, includes special
license plates that bear the words street rod and that may be issued only to a
street rod vehicle.
(3) (a) Personalized license plates must be the same color and design as
regular motor vehicle license plates, must consist of any combination of numbers or
letters not exceeding seven positions and not less than two positions except as
otherwise provided in section 8-88-206 (4), and must not conflict with existing
passenger, commercial, trailer, motorcycle, or other special license plates series;
except that personalized license plates bearing the words street rod shall be of a
design determined by the executive director of the department, which design shall
be different from those used by the state for regular motor vehicle license plates.
(b) If number plates issued for vehicles include the county of vehicle
registration, a vehicle owner shall have the option of obtaining a personalized
license plate that does not include such county designation.
(4) Any person who is the registered owner of a motor vehicle registered
with the department or who applies to register a motor vehicle or renew
personalized license registration of a motor vehicle, upon payment of the fee
prescribed in subsection (6) of this section, may apply to the department for
personalized license plates in the manner prescribed in this section. Personalized
license plates shall be issued for the annual registration period immediately
following the year in which the application is made.
(5) An applicant for issuance of personalized license plates or renewal of
such plates shall apply in such form and by such date as the department may
require, indicating thereon the combination of letters or numbers requested as a
registration number. There shall be no duplication of registration numbers, and the
department may refuse to issue any combination of letters or numbers that carry
connotations offensive to good taste and decency, are misleading, or duplicate any
other license plates provided for in this article.
(6) (a) A fee of thirty-five dollars shall be charged in addition to the
registration fee normally due upon the vehicle for the issuance of the same number
of personalized license plates for a vehicle as are specified in section 42-3-201 for
the issuance of number plates. Upon reissuance of the same personalized license
plates in subsequent years, the additional fee shall be twenty-five dollars. Such fee
shall be due upon the original issuance or reissuance of personalized license plates
other than a renewal of registration under paragraph (b) of this subsection (6).
(b) The department may provide for renewals of personalized license plates
whereby such plates are retained by the applicant in subsequent years upon the
payment, in addition to the normal registration fee, of an annual renewal fee of
twenty-five dollars for which the department shall provide a distinctive tag or
insignia to be affixed to such plates to signify that such vehicle has been properly
registered for the year for which such license plate was renewed.
(c) The fee for transferring previously issued personalized license plates to
another vehicle shall be twelve dollars in addition to other applicable fees.
(d) A person who fails to apply for the renewal or transfer of issued
personalized license plates according to subsection (5) of this section shall lose the
priority right to use the combination of letters or numbers displayed on the
personalized license plates.
(e) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (d) of this subsection (6), in lieu of such
fees, the fee for a license plate that contains only two alphabetic figures and up to
four numeric figures shall be the actual cost of issuing such plate.
(7) All applications for special registration of motor vehicles shall be made
directly to the department, and shall be administered by the department. All fees
received from special registrations shall be credited to the highway users tax fund
created in section 43-4-201, C.R.S., and allocated and expended as specified in
section 43-4-205 (5.5)(b), C.R.S.; except that two dollars of each such special
registration fee collected pursuant to paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (6) of this
section shall be remitted to the county general fund.
(8) The executive director of the department may prepare any special forms
and issue any rules necessary to implement this section.
(9) (a) A person who has been issued personalized license plates pursuant to
this section, section 42-3-115 (5)(a), or section 42-3-206.5 may retain the unique
combination of letters or numbers of such plate, notwithstanding that the person no
longer has a registered motor vehicle, if the person pays an annual fee of twenty-five dollars, which shall be transferred to the highway users tax fund.
(b) This subsection (9) shall not be construed to authorize a person to
reserve license plates for which no motor vehicle has ever been registered
according to this article 3, unless the license plate configuration was purchased
pursuant to section 24-30-2208. This subsection (9) shall not be construed to
require the department to send a renewal notice to the person who retains the
unique combination of letters or numbers.