Colorado § 42-3-271 Special plates - Colorado agriculture

Colorado Statutes

§ 42-3-271 — Special plates - Colorado agriculture

Colorado § 42-3-271

Title 42Vehicles and

Art.Registration, Taxation, and License Plates

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-271 (2026).

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(1)On January 1, 2025, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles that do not exceed sixteen thousand pounds empty weight.

(2)(a) There is established the Colorado agriculture license plate.

(b)The department shall use a design:

(I)That includes a tagline to read Feeding the World; and

(II)Submitted by or developed with the Logan County Cattlewomen, but the design must conform to department standards and be approved by the department.

(3)A person may apply for a Colorado agriculture license plate if the person pays the taxes and fees required under this section.

(4)The a

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(1) On January 1, 2025, or
when the department is able to issue the plates, the department shall issue special
license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for
motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor
vehicles that do not exceed sixteen thousand pounds empty weight.

(2) (a) There is established the Colorado agriculture license plate.

(b) The department shall use a design:

(I) That includes a tagline to read Feeding the World; and

(II) Submitted by or developed with the Logan County Cattlewomen, but the
design must conform to department standards and be approved by the department.

(3) A person may apply for a Colorado agriculture license plate if the person
pays the taxes and fees required under this section.

(4) The amount of the taxes and fees for special license plates under this
section is the same as the amount of the taxes and fees for regular motor vehicle
license plates; except that the department shall collect the fee specified in section
42-3-312 and an additional one-time fee of twenty-five dollars for issuance or
replacement of the license plate. The department shall transmit the additional one-time fee to the state treasurer, who shall credit the fee to the highway users tax
fund created in section 43-4-201.

(5) An applicant may apply for personalized Colorado agriculture license
plates. Upon payment of the additional fee required by section 42-3-211 (6)(a) for
personalized license plates, the department may issue the plates if the applicant
complies with section 42-3-211. If an applicant has existing personalized license
plates for a motor vehicle, the applicant may transfer the combination of letters or
numbers to a new set of Colorado agriculture license plates for the vehicle upon
paying the fee required by section 42-3-211 (6)(a) and upon turning in the existing
plates to the department. A person who has obtained personalized license plates
under this subsection (5) must pay the annual fee imposed by section 42-3-211
(6)(b) to renew the personalized plates. The fees under this subsection (5) are in
addition to all other applicable taxes and fees.