A Taxpayer Service Division form rather than a Division of Motor Vehicles one, and it exists for the moment a county clerk does not believe the number in front of them. One page, two blocks - the purchaser and who they purchased from - and a declaration that the price shown was the total price paid and that there were no other considerations in this matter.
Written against DR 0070 (10/02/12), issued under C.R.S. 39-26-102(7)(a).
The definition of purchase price printed on the form is the price to the consumer, which is not the same as what the buyer handed over in cash. A part exchange, an assumed debt or a repair done in lieu of payment is all consideration and belongs in the number.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank DR 0070 from the dmv.colorado.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.
This is the actual DR 0070, rendered from the PDF the Colorado Department of Revenue, Division of Motor Vehicles publishes and completed end to end: letterhead, every field, and the blocks at the foot.
Amber — you write it
Grey — not yours to fill
Numbered — explained below
Filled in for the same sale that runs through these pages, from the buyer's side. The seller's block is completed but unsigned, because the form has only one signature line and it is not the seller's.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
The buyer fills this in
Name of Purchaser and address block
The buyer's name, street address, telephone, city, state and ZIP.
Watch out: This is filled in by the person taking title. A seller handed a blank one has been handed somebody else's form.
2
The buyer fills this in
The vehicle
Make, year, body type and vehicle identification number, on two rules.
Watch out: Body type here means what the certificate calls it - sport utility, station wagon, pickup - not what the manufacturer's brochure called it.
3
The buyer fills this in
Purchase Price and Date of Purchase
The number and the day, with the printed definition sitting under them.
Watch out: The date should be the date of sale written into the assignment. Two different dates on two documents about one handover is exactly what invites the further inquiries the declaration mentions.
4
The buyer fills this in
Purchased From
The seller's name, address and telephone number in the second block.
Watch out: Worth a seller checking before it is filed. This is the number the department will ring if it wants to test the price, and a wrong one looks like evasion rather than a typo.
5
The buyer fills this in
Purchaser's Signature and Date
One signature and one date, under the declaration.
Watch out: Read the paragraph above the line first. It swears that this was the total price paid and that there were no other considerations, which is a sentence with edges.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
Name of Purchaser
The top rule, with an address, phone, city, state and ZIP block under it.
Make of Vehicle and Year
Two boxes on one rule.
Body Type and Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
The second rule of the vehicle block.
Purchase Price and Date of Purchase
Two boxes side by side, with the definition printed underneath: purchase price means the price to the consumer.
Purchased From
A second five-line block - name, address, phone, city, state and ZIP - which is the seller's details, filled in by the buyer.
The declaration
One paragraph declaring under penalties of perjury in the second degree that the purchase price noted above was the total price paid and that the Colorado Department of Revenue is authorized to make further inquiries from the selling party and others as to the selling price.
Purchaser's Signature and Date
Two boxes at the foot. Only the purchaser signs - there is no seller signature line anywhere on the sheet.
What gets this one rejected
•A seller signing it. There is one signature line and it is the purchaser's; the seller's role here is to be named and, potentially, telephoned.
•A price that contradicts the back of the title. This statement is read against the assignment, and the point of the exercise is that they agree.
•Consideration left out. The declaration says there were no other considerations, so a trade, a debt written off or work done in part payment has to be reflected in the number.
•A blank Purchased From block. The department reserves the right to make further inquiries from the selling party, which it cannot do without a name and a telephone number.
•Used as a bill of sale. It records a price for tax purposes and proves nothing about who owned the vehicle or when possession changed.
•Filed to support a gift. A transfer with no price is a different conversation with the county, not a statement that the price was nothing.
Rules that decide whether it is accepted
•It is about tax, not ownership. The address at the head of the sheet is the Taxpayer Service Division in Denver, not a motor vehicle office. What it settles is the base the county clerk collects sales tax on.
•The seller can be contacted. The declaration expressly authorises the department to make further inquiries from the selling party. If you sold a car cheaply and the buyer declared it cheaply, expect the possibility of a call.
