Colorado Code § 39-26-208

Collection of use tax - motor vehicles
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(1) No registration shall be made of
a motor or other vehicle for which registration is required and no certificate of title shall be
issued for such vehicle or for a mobile home by the department of revenue or its authorized
agent until any tax due upon the storage, use, or consumption thereof pursuant to section 39-26-
202 or imposed by ordinance of any municipality or resolution of any county has been paid.
(2) If an applicant for registration and certificate of title for any motor or other vehicle or
for a certificate of title for a mobile home fails to show payment of the taxes applicable under
this section by means of proper receipts therefor, the department of revenue or its authorized
agent shall collect all such applicable taxes at the time such application is made.
(3) Revenues due the state and collected pursuant to this section shall be distributed as
are other revenues under this part 2, and revenues due any municipality so collected shall be
distributed as specified by contract entered into with the department of revenue pursuant to
section 24-35-110, C.R.S.
(4) To facilitate collection of taxes as provided in this section, the governing body of
each municipality which has imposed a tax upon storage, use, or consumption shall certify to the
department of revenue and to the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such
municipality is located a true copy of its current applicable tax ordinances and shall likewise
certify any subsequent changes therein.

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