Basic Special Mobile Machinery Title and Registration Tool

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Basic Special Mobile MachineryTitle and
Registration Tool
SMM?

• This tool is designed to assist you in
  identifying whether or not your vehicle is
  special mobile machinery and provide information
  about any title and or registration requirements.

SMM Vehicle Information Worksheet
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• Special Mobile Machinery (SMM) means any
  machinery that is pulled, hauled or driven over a
  highway and is either a vehicle or equipment that
  is not designed primarily for the transportation
  of persons or cargo over the public highway or a
  motor vehicle that may have been originally
  designed for the transportation of
  persons or cargo and has been redesigned or
  modified by the addition of equipment or
  machinery and is only incidentally
  operated or moved over the public highways.
• Special Mobile Machinery includes vehicles
  commonly used in the construction,
  maintenance, and repair of roadways, the
  drilling of wells, and the digging of ditches.
  CRS 42-1-102(93.5)
• This tool is not designed for certain vehicles
  including
• All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) or Snowmobiles
• Office trailers or standard trailers
• Machinery with multiple pieces of mounted
  equipment
• Farm Equipment operated solely on an agricultural
  site
• Special Use Trucks RULE 33 Special Use Trucks
• Vehicles that are not Special Mobile Machinery

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• Does the equipment have either tracks for
  mobility or turn by skid steer tires?

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA
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• Does the machinery also have mounted equipment?
• Mounted Equipment is defined as any item weighing
  more than 500 pounds that is permanently attached
  to the vehicle by means such as bolting or
  welding.

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• Tracks or Skid Steer

YES
NO
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• Based on the criteria you provided, your vehicle
  is
• Special Mobile Machinery in the State of Colorado
  
• and must be titled and registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• No Colorado Certificate of Title
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• This equipment must be registered as SMM in Tax
  Class F and must display a Special Mobile
  Machinery Specific Ownership Tax Decal

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• Does the vehicle have more than one piece of
  mounted equipment attached to it?

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• Tracks or Skid Steer
• Mounted Equipment

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NO
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• Do the vehicle and mounted equipment have the
  same model year?

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• Tracks or Skid Steer
• Mounted Equipment
• One Piece of Mounted Equipment

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NO
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• Based on the criteria you provided, your vehicle
  is
• Special Mobile Machinery in the State of Colorado
  
• and must be titled and registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• No Colorado Certificate of Title Required
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• The base machine is registered as SMM in
  Tax Class F with an
  SMM decal and the
  mounted equipment is
  generally registered
  with the base as one unit.

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• Based on the criteria you provided, your vehicle
  is
• Special Mobile Machinery in the State of Colorado
  
• and must be titled and registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• No Colorado Certificate of Title Required
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• The base machine is registered as one piece of
  SMM in Tax
  Class F and the mounted equipment as a
  separate piece
  of SMM in Tax Class F. Each
  piece of SMM
  must display its own SMM decal.

Mounted Equipment
Base machine
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• Does the equipment have rubber tires?

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer

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NO
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• Is the primary use of this vehicle to do
  something other than carry passengers or cargo?
• Or has it been modified from its original design
  to now be used for something other than carrying
  passengers or cargo

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires

YES
NO
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• This vehicle primarily moves from site to site
  by being

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for Passengers or Cargo

Pulled
Hauled
Driven
None
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• VACANT

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• Does the pulled equipment also have mounted
  equipment as defined by statute?
• Mounted Equipment is defined as any item weighing
  more than 500 pounds that is permanently attached
  to the vehicle by means such as bolting or
  welding.

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for Passengers or Cargo
• Pulled from Site to Site
• Not an Axle for Distributing Weight

YES
NO
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• Based on the criteria you provided, the vehicle
  is
• Special Mobile Machinery in the State of Colorado
  
• and must be titled and registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• Colorado Certificate of Title required
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• The owner must register the vehicle as an SMM
  Trailer in Tax
  Class F and display an SMM license Plate.

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• Does the pulled equipment have more
  than one piece of permanently mounted
  equipment attached to it?

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for Passengers or Cargo
• Pulled from Site to Site
• Not an Axle for Distributing Weight
• Mounted Equipment

YES
NO
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• Does the pulled equipment and its
  attached mounted equipment have the same model
  year?

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for Passengers or Cargo
• Pulled from Site to Site
• Not an Axle for Distributing Weight
• Mounted Equipment
• One piece of Mounted Equipment

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• Based on the criteria you provided, your vehicle
  is
• Special Mobile Machinery in the State of Colorado
  
• and must be titled and registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• Colorado Certificate of Title required
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• The owner of the vehicle has the option to
  register
  the base portion of the trailer as a Standard
  Trailer
  in Tax Class A, B, or D and the mounted
  equipment as
  SMM in Tax Class F
• OR
  
  OR
• The owner has the option to register both the
  base portion
  and the mounted equipment together as one
  single unit in Tax
  Class F.

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• Based on the criteria you provided, your vehicle
  is
• Special Mobile Machinery in the State of Colorado
  
• and must be titled and registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• Colorado Certificate of Title required
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• The owner of the vehicle must register the base
  portion
  of the trailer as a Standard Trailer in
  
  Tax Class A, B, or D and
• The mounted equipment must be registered
  separately as SMM
  in Tax Class F

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• Is the pulled equipment an axle designed to
  distribute the towing vehicles weight?
• Such as
• Tag Axle
• Jeep Axle
• Dollie Axle
• Stinger/Booster Axle

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for Passengers or Cargo
• Pulled from Site to Site

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• Does the pulled axle equipment physically
  transfer weight in order to exceed the
  vehicles statutorily allowable maximum gross
  weight?

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for Passengers or Cargo
• Pulled from Site to Site
• Axle for Distributing Weight

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NO
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• Based on the criteria you provided, the
  equipment you described is not
  required to be titled or registered in the State
  of Colorado
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• No Colorado Certificate of Title required
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• No registration required
• NOTE If the owner intends to use the equipment
  to exceed the vehicles statutorily required
  allowable maximum gross weight, this equipment
  may be registered with an SMM license plate.
  Contact your local County Motor Vehicle office
  for more information.

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• Based on the criteria you provided, your
• vehicle may be registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• No Colorado Certificate of Title required
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• No registration required. However, at the option
  of the vehicle owner, a weight distributing axle
  such as a stinger/booster may be registered with
  an SMM license plate if the owner intends to use
  the equipment to exceed the vehicles statutorily
  required allowable maximum gross weight.
• OPTIONAL
• Contact your local County Motor Vehicle office
  for more information

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• VACANT

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• VACANT

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• VACANT

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• VACANT

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• VACANT

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• VACANT

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• Does the hauled equipment also have mounted
  equipment as defined by statute?
• Mounted Equipment is defined as any item weighing
  more than 500 pounds that is permanently attached
  to the vehicle by means such as bolting or
  welding.

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for Passengers or Cargo
• Hauled from Site to Site

YES
NO
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• Is the hauled machinery ever operated on, over,
  or across the public highway?

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for Passengers or Cargo
• Hauled from Site to Site
• No Mounted Equipment

YES
NO
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• Based on the criteria you provided, your vehicle
  is
• Special Mobile Machinery in the State of Colorado
  
• and must be titled and registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• No Colorado Certificate of Title
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• This equipment must be registered as SMM and must
  display a Special Mobile Machinery Specific
  Ownership Tax Decal

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• Based on the criteria you provided, your vehicle
  is
• Special Mobile Machinery in the State of Colorado
  
• and must be titled and registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• No Colorado Certificate of Title
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• This equipment must be registered as SMM and must
  display a Special Mobile Machinery license plate

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• Does the hauled machinery have more
  than one piece of permanently mounted
  equipment attached to it?

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for Passengers or Cargo
• Hauled from Site to Site
• Mounted Equipment

YES
NO
? BACK UP
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• Does the hauled machinery and its attached
  mounted equipment have the same model year?

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for Passengers or Cargo
• Hauled from Site to Site
• Mounted Equipment
• One Piece of Mounted Equipment

YES
NO
? BACK UP
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• Is the hauled machinery ever operated on, over,
  or across the public highway?

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for Passengers or Cargo
• Hauled from Site to Site
• Mounted Equipment
• One Piece of Mounted Equipment
• Same Model Year

YES
NO
? BACK UP
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• Based on the criteria you provided, the equipment
  is
• Special Mobile Machinery in the State of Colorado
  
• and must be titled and registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• No Colorado Certificate of Title
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• The owner has the option to register the base
  portion of
  the machinery as a SMM in Tax Class F with an
  SMM license
  plate and the mounted equipment
  portion as SMM
  in Tax Class F with an SMM SOT decal
• OR
  
  OR
• The owner has the option to register both the
  base portion
  and the mounted equipment together as one
  single unit in Tax
  Class F with an SMM license plate.

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• Based on the criteria you provided, the equipment
  is
• Special Mobile Machinery in the State of Colorado
  
• and must be titled and registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• No Colorado Certificate of Title
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• The owner has the option to register the base
  portion of
  the machinery as a SMM in Tax Class F with an
  SMM SOT
  decal and the mounted equipment portion
  as a separate piece of SMM
  in Tax Class F with a
  second SMM SOT decal
• OR
  
  OR
• The owner has the option to register both the
  base portion
  and the mounted equipment together as one
  single unit in Tax
  Class F with a single SMM SOT decal.

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• Is the hauled machinery ever operated on, over,
  or across the public highway?

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for Passengers or Cargo
• Hauled from Site to Site
• Mounted Equipment
• One Piece of Mounted Equipment
• Different Model Year

YES
NO
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• Based on the criteria you provided, the equipment
  is
• Special Mobile Machinery in the State of Colorado
  
• and must be titled and registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• No Colorado Certificate of Title
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• The base portion of the equipment must be
  
  registered as SMM in Tax Class F and display
  an SMM
  license plate.
• The mounted equipment must be registered as SMM
  in Tax
  Class F and display an SMM SOT decal.

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• Based on the criteria you provided, the equipment
  is
• Special Mobile Machinery in the State of Colorado
  
• and must be titled and registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• No Colorado Certificate of Title
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• The base portion of the equipment must be
  
  registered as SMM in Tax Class F and display
  an SMM SOT
  decal.
• The mounted equipment must be registered as SMM
  in Tax
  Class F and display a separate SMM SOT decal.

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• Is the driven equipment constructed on a
  conventional truck chassis?

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for passengers or cargo
• Driven from site to site

YES
NO
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• Does the driven equipment also have mounted
  equipment as defined by statute?
• Mounted Equipment is defined as any item weighing
  more than 500 pounds that is permanently attached
  to the vehicle by means such as bolting or
  welding.

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for passengers or cargo
• Driven from site to site
• Constructed on a Truck Chassis

YES
NO
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• Based on the criteria you provided, this motor
  vehicle is NOT
• considered Special Mobile Machinery in the State
  of Colorado
• and must be titled and registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• Colorado Certificate of Title Required
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• The owner must register this motor vehicle as a
  truck and may choose which kind of registration
  is needed based on the motor vehicles statutory
  vehicle definition, weight, and allowed usages.
• Contact your local County Motor Vehicle office
  for more information.

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• Does the driven equipment have more
  than one piece of permanently mounted
  equipment attached to it?

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for passengers or cargo
• Driven from site to site
• Constructed on a Truck Chassis
• Mounted Equipment

YES
NO
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• Is the mounted equipment powered by PTO?
• Power Takeoff Equipment (PTO) means equipment
  that is attached to a motor vehicle and is
  powered by the motor that powers the locomotion
  of the vehicle.

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for passengers or cargo
• Driven from site to site
• Constructed on a Truck Chassis
• Mounted Equipment
• One Piece of Mounted Equipment

YES
NO
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• Based on the criteria you provided, this
  vehicle is NOT Special Mobile Machinery and
  cannot be registered in Tax Class F. The mounted
  equipment powered by PTO is registered together
  with the vehicle it is attached to in Tax Class
  A, B, C, or D. The weight and value of the
  vehicle and is combined with the weight and value
  of the mounted equipment to calculate
  registration fees. The model year is the model
  year of the vehicle and not the PTO equipment.
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• Colorado Certificate of Title is Required.
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• The owner must register this motor vehicle
  normally and may choose which kind of
  registration is needed based on the motor
  vehicles statutory vehicle definition, weight,
  and allowed usages.

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• Does the driven equipment and its attached
  mounted equipment have the same model year?

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for passengers or cargo
• Driven from site to site
• Constructed on a Truck Chassis
• Mounted Equipment
• One Piece of Mounted Equipment
• Mounted Equipment not PTO

YES
NO
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• Based on the criteria you provided, your vehicle
  is
• Special Mobile Machinery in the State of Colorado
  
• and must be titled and registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• Colorado Certificate of Title Required
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• The owner has the option to register the base
  portion of
  the vehicle with standard license plates in Tax
  Class A, B, or C
  and the mounted equipment portion as SMM
  in Tax
  Class F with an SMM SOT decal.
• OR
  
  OR
• The owner has the option to register both the
  base portion
  and the mounted equipment together as one
  single unit in Tax
  Class F an SMM license plate.

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• Based on the criteria you provided, your vehicle
  is
• Special Mobile Machinery in the State of Colorado
  
• and must be titled and registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• Colorado Certificate of Title Required
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• The owner must register the base portion of the
  
  vehicle with standard license plates in Tax Class
  
  A, B, or C and the mounted equipment portion as
  SMM
  in Tax Class F with an SMM SOT decal.

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• Does the driven equipment also have mounted
  equipment as defined by statute?
• Mounted Equipment is defined as any item weighing
  more than 500 pounds that is permanently attached
  to the vehicle by means such as bolting or
  welding.

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for passengers or cargo
• Driven from site to site
• Not on a Truck Chassis

YES
NO
? BACK UP
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• Based on the criteria you provided, your vehicle
  is
• Special Mobile Machinery in the State of Colorado
  
• and must be titled and registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• No Colorado Certificate of Title
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• The vehicle must be registered as SMM in Tax
  Class F and bear an SMM
  license plate.

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• Does the driven equipment have more
  than one piece of permanently mounted
  equipment attached to it?

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for passengers or cargo
• Driven from site to site
• Not on a Truck Chassis
• Mounted Equipment

YES
NO
? BACK UP
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• Does the driven equipment and its attached
  mounted equipment have the same model year?

YOUR VEHICLES CRITERIA

• No Tracks / Skid Steer
• Rubber Tires
• Not used for passengers or cargo
• Driven from site to site
• Not on a Truck Chassis
• Mounted Equipment
• One Piece of Mounted Equipment

YES
NO
? BACK UP
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• Based on the criteria you provided, your vehicle
  is
• Special Mobile Machinery in the State of Colorado
  
• and must be titled and registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• No Colorado Certificate of Title
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• The owner must register base portion of the
  vehicle
  together with the mounted equipment as SMM in Tax
  Class F with a single
  SMM license plate.

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• Based on the criteria you provided, your vehicle
  is
• Special Mobile Machinery in the State of Colorado
  
• and must be titled and registered as follows
• TITLING REQUIREMENTS
• No Colorado Certificate of Title
• REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• The owner must register the base portion of the
  vehicle as SMM in
  Tax Class F with an SMM license plate and the
  mounted equipment as a
  separate piece of SMM in Tax
  Class F with an SMM SOT Decal.

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Please Contact Your Local County Motor Vehicle
Office Based on the criteria provided,
this vehicle may or may not be Special
Mobile Machinery and has special circumstances
that require further questioning for titling
and registration requirements.
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• Im Sorry.
• This tool is only designed for identifying
• Special Mobile Machinery.
• Based on the criteria provided, the vehicle
  described does not
• Match the definition of Special Mobile Machinery.
  
• Please contact the State of Colorado
• Title and Registration Sections for more
  information
• 303-205-5608

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• Thank you for using this online tool!
• Some other helpful definitions
• Farm Tractor C.R.S. 42-1-102 (33)
• Implement of Husbandry C.R.S. 42-1-102 (44)(a)
• Motor Vehicle C.R.S. 42-1-102(58)
• Mounted Equipment C.R.S. 42-1-102 (60)
• Power Take-off Equipment C.R.S. 42-1-102 (72.2)
  
• Special Mobile Machinery C.R.S. 42-1-102
  (93.5)(a)
• Special Use Trucks RULE 33 Special Use Trucks
• Links Information about SMM
• Special Mobile Machinery Program
• SMM Vehicle Information Worksheet
• SOT Registration Exemptions CRS 42-3-104(3)(e
  f)
• Farm Tractors as SMM CRS 42-3-106(2)(e)
• SMM 2 Rental Program CRS 42-3-107(16)

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