 Enforcement News
From the Division of Motor Vehicles,
Colorado
Department of Revenue
Confused about whether a towaway sale needs
to meet emissions standards? Find some
clarification here.
Audit of
one commercial fleet shows increased commitment to clean air.
Thumbs up for an Ace inspector at the Denver
Southeast emissions center.
Make sure you have a valid case before you send a customer to the state for a waiver.
Find out what happened to one unethical shop.
Visual inspections can be tricky. A new
remedial inspector training class, developed by the Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment (CDPHE) and the Colorado Department of Revenue (DOR), will assist inspectors and
technicians with visual components of the emissions test.
Improper emissions repairs are not only bad business,
they are also illegal.
Have a kit car or a non-U.S. manufactured car that needs to be registered? You'll have a
couple extra hoops to jump.
Waivers allow high-polluting cars to stay on the road for another two years without repairs.
That's why Colorado Department of Revenue (CDOR) investigators carefully
examine every waiver request they receive. Less than half are granted.
Complaints to the state about improper or just plain fraudulent emissions repairs get close
attention. The CDOR says cheating the system doesn't pay.
More examples of waiver denials due to misdiagnoses and/or
improper repairs.
It's time for your emissions test, but your car is in another
state. What do you do?
If you are selling/buying a tow-away vehicle, it may not need
an emissions sticker.
Emissions testing centers have become much more likely to
catch tampered cars. Less than one percent are incorrectly passed.
Emissions fraud: It's a serious offense. Luckily, it is
a rare problem in the Colorado program.
In any vehicle sale in Colorado's emissions program areas, the seller is responsible for getting
the required emissions test. But a voucher program allows licensed
dealers in the Denver-Boulder program area some leeway.
If you have an enforcement question or consumer issue, you can
e-mail the Colorado DMV's Emissions Office, or
call them at 303-205-5603.
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