Colorado Code § 42-3-271

Special plates - Colorado agriculture
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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.

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