How to fill out Colorado DR 2395

The cover sheet for every Colorado title packet, and the one document in a private sale that a seller does not sign. Three pages: the vehicle on page one, the certification and secure identification on page two, and a strip of county-only boxes on page three. A seller should still read it, because five of its required fields are answers only the seller has - the empty weight, the fuel type, whether the thing is an off-highway vehicle, the date purchased and the odometer reading and indicator.

Written against DR 2395 (04/18/25), issued under C.R.S. 42-3-105, 42-6-107, 42-6-116, 42-6-117. The odometer reading and indicator on this application must agree with the reading and indicator in the assignment on the back of the certificate. Two documents about one handover disagreeing is the fastest way to a rejected packet.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank DR 2395 from the dmv.colorado.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.

Step 1 · the form itself Blank DR 2395 — Application For Title and/or Registration PDF at dmv.colorado.gov · new tab

Filled in

What a completed one looks like

This is all 3 pages of the actual DR 2395, 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

All three pages of Colorado form DR 2395 filled in for one private sale: a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee, vehicle identification number 1C4RJFAGXFC418527, an odometer reading of 121,384 actual miles, bought on 14 August 2026 by Emmanuel D. Sotelo-Vigil of Pueblo, who signs the certification, gives a Colorado driver licence as secure and verifiable identification, and has the block witnessed. — Page 1 of 3. The vehicle, and the buyer. Every box carrying the word REQUIRED in its printed label is filled; the dealer number and the lease block are not, because neither exists in a private sale.

Field by field

Every line, in the order you meet it

1
The buyer fills this in
The vehicle identification number, across the comb
One character per printed box, copied from the face of the certificate rather than off the dashboard.
Watch out: It repeats at the top of pages two and three. Fill in all three - a page that arrives separated with a blank VIN header cannot be matched back to the packet.
2
The buyer fills this in
Colour, empty weight and fuel type
Three boxes marked REQUIRED that people skip because they look like trivia.
Watch out: CWT is the empty weight, and it is what the road safety and bridge safety surcharges are banded on. Guessing it changes what the buyer pays.
3
The buyer fills this in
Odometer Reading and Indicator
The same reading and the same one-of-three indicator that went into the assignment on the back of the title.
Watch out: Copy it from the certificate, not from the dashboard on the day of filing. A car driven home 200 miles will not match, and the county reads the two against each other.
4
The buyer fills this in
Date Purchased
The date of sale from the certificate, which is also the day the sixty-day clock started.
Watch out: The late fee is assessed by month or part of a month from this date, so a hopeful earlier date does not help and a later one is a false statement.
5
The buyer fills this in
Legal Name(s) as it Appears on Identification
The buyer, spelled exactly as their secure and verifiable identification spells them, with the address they actually live at.
Watch out: The address decides the county and the local tax rate. A post-office box is not a residence and the application will be turned back.
6
The buyer fills this in
The certification, and the identification under it
Signature and date under the perjury sentence, then the printed name, the identification type, its number, its expiry and a date of birth.
Watch out: Colorado D L, Colorado I D or Other. If Other is ticked the document has to be on the department's published list of secure and verifiable identification.
7
Somebody else fills this in
Witness Signature Required
A printed name, a signature and a date from whoever watched the identification being presented.
Watch out: It is a separate person affirming a separate fact. A county clerk can witness it at the counter, which is the easiest way to get it done properly.
8
The buyer fills this in
The joint tenancy question on page three
Yes or no, and if two people are taking title together the answer sends them to the DR 2383.
Watch out: Answering no where two buyers are named means the certificate issues as tenancy in common by default, which is not what most couples think they are asking for.

At a glance

What goes where

On the form	What to put in it
Vehicle Identification Number (V I N) (REQUIRED)	One wide comb across the top of page one, and it repeats at the head of pages two and three so a separated sheet can be matched back.
Year, Make, Model and Odometer Reading and Indicator	Four boxes on one rule. The indicator is the same three-way choice the certificate uses, carried onto the application.
Body, Color (REQUIRED), CWT (Empty Weight) (REQUIRED), Size W x L	Colour and empty weight are both marked required. Weight drives the road safety and bridge safety surcharges, which is why an application with the box blank comes back.
Fuel Type (REQUIRED), Dealer Number, Date Purchased (REQUIRED), MSRP	Dealer Number stays empty in a private sale. MSRP is what the specific ownership tax is worked from, so it matters even on a twenty-year-old car.
Flex Fuel and plug-in electric	Two yes/no pairs, then Bus Capacity, Number of Seats, GVW and GVWR - the commercial strip most private applications leave alone.
The two commercial questions, both marked REQUIRED	Intrastate travel with an empty weight or GVW of 16,001 lbs or more, and interstate travel with a GVW or GVWR of 10,001 lbs or more, then a DOT number and EIN line and a Hazmat yes/no.
Off-Highway Vehicle (REQUIRED)	A yes/no that has to be answered even on an ordinary saloon car, because the answer decides which class of title is issued.
Legal Name(s) as it Appears on Identification of Owner(s), Entity or Lessor (REQUIRED)	The buyer, spelled as their secure and verifiable identification spells them, with an address block under it.
The lessee block and Lease Buy-Out	Name, physical address and a yes/no. Empty in a private sale between two people.
First Lienholder Name, Address or E L T E-Number, Lien Amount	The buyer's own lender, and the E-number is the identifier for a lienholder inside the electronic lien and title programme.
Page two: the insurance warning	A block of statutory text setting out that motor vehicle insurance or operator's coverage is compulsory in the State of Colorado, and what a first and second conviction for going without it costs.
Owner, Agent, Trustee, Dealer/Lienholder Agent Signature and Date	Under a certification made under penalty of perjury in the second degree, with the printed name repeated underneath as it appears on identification.
Secure and Verifiable ID Type REQUIRED	Colorado D L, Colorado I D or Other, then an ID Number, an expiry and a date of birth.
Witness Signature Required	A printed name, a signature and a date, under a sentence saying the undersigned witness affirms that the named owner of the vehicle identified in this document presented the identification described above.
Page three: the joint tenancy question	Have you filled out the DR 2383 Joint Tenancy with Rights of Survivorship Acknowledgment of Intent, yes or no - and a second yes/no offering the Keep Colorado Wild Pass at registration.
Fields May Be Completed By County/EVTR Vendor	Previous title number, title number, taxes paid, purchase price, fleet and unit numbers, the lien block and Clerks Initials. Nothing in this band is the applicant's.

What gets this one rejected

•An empty weight or a colour left blank. Both carry REQUIRED in the printed label and the county cannot supply either.
•The off-highway vehicle question unanswered. It is marked required on an ordinary car as much as on a snowmobile.
•A witness block left empty. The witness is affirming that identification was actually presented, so a signature without one is an unsupported certification.
•A correction anywhere on it. The banner under the statute citations says any alteration or erasure may void this document.
•An owner name that does not match the identification presented. The field asks for the legal name as it appears on identification, and a mismatch needs a statement of one and the same with it.
•Anything written in the county band on page three. Those boxes belong to the clerk or the electronic vehicle title and registration vendor.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

•It is filed by the buyer, not the seller. In a private Colorado sale this goes in with the assigned certificate at the buyer's own county motor vehicle office. A seller who fills one in has done the buyer's homework, not their own.
•Additional lienholders go on a second sheet. The application carries one lienholder block. A second or third lender is added on the DR 2395B rather than squeezed into the margin.

Every line here was read off DR 2395 (04/18/25) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Colorado Department of Revenue, Division of Motor Vehicles pages. This is plain-language help with a form, not legal advice, and where our wording and the agency's differ, theirs governs.

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How to fill out Colorado DR 2395

What a completed one looks like

Every line, in the order you meet it

The vehicle identification number, across the comb

Colour, empty weight and fuel type

Odometer Reading and Indicator

Date Purchased

Legal Name(s) as it Appears on Identification

The certification, and the identification under it

Witness Signature Required

The joint tenancy question on page three

What goes where

What gets this one rejected

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

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