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Selling a Vehicle

Title information

Provide the Colorado Certificate of Title

  • If there is more than one owner named on the front of the Certificate of Title all owners must print and sign their name as seller, exactly as it is printed on the title.

Enter purchase price and date

  • After Hours Purchase C.R.S. 42-3-115(2)(b), C.R.S. 42-6-113.  
  • A buyer of a vehicle may operate a vehicle on the highway prior to registering the vehicle when.
    • The buyer has purchased the motor vehicle within the last 36 hours from a person who is not a licensed motor vehicle dealer.
    • The vehicle was purchased either on a Saturday, on a Sunday, on a legal holiday, or between 5:00 pm and 8:00 am.
    • The vehicle is being driven from the place where the seller stored the vehicle to the place where the buyer intends to store the vehicle.
    • Seller keeps the license plates, these should be removed from the vehicle.
Photograph of a person selling a car, seller is handing two hundred and fifty dollars in cash to the buyer, car with hood raised in the background

Helpful links

  • Complaints against Auto Dealers can be filed in writing to the Auto Industry Division on the Colorado Department of Revenue Specialized Business Group website.
  • Safety Issues and Recalls website on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website.
  • Check National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) Vehicle History for consumers  before you buy.