Colorado: titling an imported car
Colorado's DMV dealer bulletin lists imported-vehicle titling documents, and its health department requires a special grey-market emissions form (DR 2365).
Sources checked 2026-10-17. Not legal advice; rules change.
At a glance
- Import ease (where verified): Process documented; 25-year treatment not stated in the sources read. Documents are listed; the sources read do not say how a 25-year-old exempt vehicle is handled.
- Kei / mini-truck: No kei or mini-truck rule found in the sources read. No kei or mini-truck rule found in the official pages read.
What the official sources say
- Colorado DMV bulletin BL 17-01 (March 27, 2017, effective April 1, 2017): for conforming vehicles submit DOT Declaration HS-7, the foreign title or registration, one accepted CBP entry form (7523, 3299, 3311, 7501 or 3461), DR 2698 VIN verification, odometer disclosure on a secure form, and a weight slip if required; translations must be signed and notarized or signed under penalty of perjury.
Source: Colorado DMV Bulletin BL 17-01 (Imported Motor Vehicles Titling Requirements) - Same bulletin: Colorado will no longer title non-conforming vehicles without an NHTSA bond release letter or proof that 30 days have passed since submission of the conformity packet; the procedures do not apply to military personnel returning from abroad.
Source: Colorado DMV Bulletin BL 17-01 - Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment diesel-opacity bulletin (effective 11/1/2019): grey-market vehicles lack a conforming U.S. VIN or EPA emissions label; before an emissions test the vehicle must have valid Colorado registration (a temporary one with an assigned VIN is acceptable) and a form DR 2365 from the Emissions Technical Center.
Source: CDPHE DOIP Bulletin DO110119-A (grey-market vehicles)
Not verified (do not rely on ImportClock for these)
- The bulletin is dated 2017 and addressed to dealers; it may have been superseded, and a current Colorado DMV page for individual importers was not read.
- Neither document addresses the 25-year exemption, kei vehicles or mini-trucks.
- The CDPHE bulletin is from the diesel opacity program; Colorado's emissions rules for gasoline imports and age-based exemptions were not verified.
- Fees and taxes were not verified.