Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 42-2-116 — Restricted license.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 1: DRIVER'S LICENSES, Colorado Revised Statutes.
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Full text of C.R.S. § 42-2-116
Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.
(1) The department, upon issuing a driver's or minor driver's license or an instruction permit, has authority, whenever good cause appears, to impose restrictions, limitations, or conditions which are suitable to the licensee's driving ability with respect to the type of special mechanical control device required on a motor vehicle which the licensee may operate or which limit the right of the licensee to drive a motor vehicle except when such licensee is required to drive to and from the licensee's place of employment or to perform duties within the course of employment or to impose such other restrictions applicable to the licensee as the department may determine to be appropriate to assure the safe operation of a motor vehicle by the licensee. (2) The department either may issue a special restricted license or must set forth such restrictions, limitations, or conditions upon the usual license form issued to the applicant. (3) The department, upon receiving satisfactory evidence of any violation of the restrictions, limitations, or conditions of such license, may cancel or suspend such restricted license, but the licensee shall be entitled to a hearing as upon a suspension or revocation under this article. (4) No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or elsewhere within this state in any manner in violation of the restrictions, limitations, or conditions imposed in a special restricted license, in a driver's or minor driver's license, or in an instruction permit issued to such person by the department or by another state or country. (5) The department is authorized after examination to issue a restricted license to a person with a behavioral or mental health disorder or an intellectual and developmental disability, containing such restrictions as may be imposed upon said person by a court pursuant to part 3 or part 4 of article 14 of title 15 or section 27-65-110 (4) or 27-65-127. (6) (a) A person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction. (b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2012.) (7) and (8) Repealed.
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Questions this section answers
Is restricted license a felony or a misdemeanor in Colorado?
Restricted license is a traffic infraction in Colorado under C.R.S. § 42-2-116.
Which Colorado statute covers restricted license?
Restricted license is governed by C.R.S. § 42-2-116 (Restricted license).
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