Q&A: In Colorado, is it legal to have a car parked in your driveway that isn’t registered and doesn’t have insuranc?
Question by ♥: In Colorado, is it legal to have a car parked in your driveway that isn’t registered and doesn’t have insuranc?
I’m out of the country at the moment, but there’s a car for sale that I want to buy, my very first car. Problem is, I live in a VERY rural area where a 1996 piece-o-sh* Ford Contour, for example, sells for $ 5k, and it’s one of just 8 cars for sale that I know of.
Anyway, so I’m out of the country, but I contacted the seller (who lives 2 hours from where my house is) and he said that for $ 50, he’s willing to drive the car to my friend’s house who will get the title, bill of sale, etc, and has agreed to keep the car parked at his house for me until I come back in mid-May.
Before anything, however, my friend and I would write up a contract stating that I loaned him the money to buy the car, that he is not to drive the car while it is in his possession, and that, on an agreed-upon date between May 10th and June 1st, 2011, he is to sell the car to me for $ 1, car being in the exact same condition as when he bought it. I’d write it up and sign it, fax it to him, and he’d fax me a signed copy back.
Then, when I got back to Colorado, I’d get the car registered and insured, and go on with life. But is it legal for him to have the car in his driveway with nothing but a clean title? For the record, he’ll have it parked IN his driveway and he lives in a trailer park–the entire thing is private property (streets included), unless there’s something I don’t know.
Does this sound alright?
For the record, it’s Alamosa county.
Just called the DMV who said that as long as it’s on private property, it’s no problem. Thanks, everyone. 🙂
Best answer:
Answer by divot II
Generally if it’s on your property, it doesn’t matter. However, some counties have derelict vehicle regulations which specify otherwise. You don’t state your county. Check your county regs at http://www.municode.org
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