Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-129

Current through Chapter 519 of the 2024 Legislative Session and Chapter 2 of the 2024 First Extraordinary Session

Section 42-2-129 - Mandatory surrender of license or permit for driving under the influence or with excessive alcoholic content

Upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or a verdict of guilty by the court or a jury, to DUI or DUI per se, or, for a person under twenty-one years of age, to DUI, DUI per se, DWAI, or UDD, the court shall require the offender to immediately surrender the offender's driver's, minor driver's, or temporary driver's license or instruction permit to the court. The court shall forward to the department a notice of plea or verdict, on the form prescribed by the department, together with the offender's license or permit, not later than ten days after the surrender of the license or permit. Any person who does not immediately surrender the license or permit to the court, except for good cause shown, commits a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense.

C.R.S. § 42-2-129

L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2151, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1465, § 8, effective July 1. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 1356, § 29, effective 7/1/2001. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 248, § 10, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1325), ch. 331, p. 1880, § 6, effective May 28.

This section is similar to former § 42-2-123.3 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-2-129 was relocated to § 42-2-137 .

For the penalty for a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense, see § 42-4-1701(3)(a)(II) .