Colorado Code § 25-12-106

Noise restrictions - sale of new vehicles
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(1) Except for such vehicles as are
designed exclusively for racing purposes, no person shall sell or offer for sale a new motor
vehicle that produces a maximum noise exceeding the following noise limits, at a distance of
fifty feet from the center of the lane of travel, under test procedures established by the
department of revenue:
(a) Any motorcycle manufactured on or after July 1, 1971, and before January 1,
197388 db(A);
(b) Any motorcycle manufactured on or after January 1, 197386 db(A);
(c) Any motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of six thousand pounds or more
manufactured on or after July 1, 1971, and before January 1, 197388 db(A);
(d) Any motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of six thousand pounds or more
manufactured on or after January 1, 197386 db(A);
(e) Any other motor vehicle manufactured on or after January 1, 1968, and before
January 1, 197386 db(A);
(f) Any other motor vehicle manufactured after January 1, 197384 db(A).
(g) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2008, p. 2102, § 2, effective July 1, 2010.)
(2) Test procedures for compliance with this section shall be established by the
department, taking into consideration the test procedures of the society of automotive engineers.
(3) Any person selling or offering for sale a motor vehicle or other vehicle in violation of
this section commits a civil infraction.

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