The one Colorado form a private seller is legally obliged to hand over, and the only one that carries a criminal penalty on its face. Colorado Revised Statute requires any owner or dealer to disclose any title brand prior to sale or trade of a motor vehicle, and this two-page sheet is how it is done: seven brand checkboxes on page one with a state-that-branded-vehicle line beside each, a damage grid underneath, and matching seller and buyer blocks on page two.
Written against DR 2710 (07/30/24), issued under C.R.S. 42-6-102(17), 42-6-107(1)(a)(III) and 42-6-206.
A brand is permanent and it travels with the vehicle whatever the two of you agree between yourselves. It is not a negotiating position and it is not something a buyer can waive - the obligation to disclose is the seller's and the penalty for skipping it on a rebuilt vehicle is a misdemeanour.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank DR 2710 from the dmv.colorado.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.
This is all 2 pages of the actual DR 2710, 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
Page 1 of 2. One brand, one state, and the damage grid completed because Rebuilt from Salvage carries the asterisk that the grid belongs to.Page 2 of 2. Two matching blocks. The buyer's is not a formality: it is the sentence saying they read the disclosure and received a copy of it.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
You fill this in
The vehicle, under the heading
Vehicle identification number, year, make, body and title number, under the printed line This Vehicle is Subject to One or More Brands.
Watch out: Copy the title number off the face of the certificate. The disclosure is about that document as much as about the vehicle.
2
You fill this in
Check all that apply
Seven brand boxes. Tick every one the certificate carries, not just the worst.
Watch out: A vehicle can hold more than one - flood damaged and rebuilt from salvage, or a Colorado brand alongside a designation added by another state. The instruction says check all that apply and means it.
3
You fill this in
State that branded vehicle
Beside each brand ticked, the state that put it there.
Watch out: Read it off the face of the title, which prints the brand and the state that added it. Assuming Colorado because the car is here is how a Wyoming brand goes undisclosed.
4
You fill this in
Type of Damage
The grid under the brands, for Salvage and Rebuilt from Salvage: Collision, Weather, Water, Interior, Vandalism, Undercarriage, Theft/Stripped, Fire, or Other with an explanation.
Watch out: If you do not know what the damage was, that is a reason to request a salvage history from the department before selling, not a reason to leave the grid empty.
5
You fill this in
Current Owner (Seller)
Printed name, signature, date and full address, under a certification made under penalty of perjury in the second degree.
Watch out: This is where the misdemeanour bites. The footnote makes failure to give each prospective buyer the disclosure an offence for each owner, seller or transferor.
6
The buyer fills this in
Prospective Buyer
The same five lines, under the sentence saying they have read and understood the disclosure and received a copy.
Watch out: Get it signed before the money moves. A disclosure signed at the same time as the title is a disclosure made prior to sale by about ninety seconds, which is cutting it fine.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
Vehicle Identification Number (V I N)
Under the heading This Vehicle is Subject to One or More Brands, which is the form declaring what it is before anything is ticked.
Year, Make, Body, Title Number
Four boxes on one rule.
The seven brands
Flood; Non-Repairable; Salvage; Odometer Tampered with; Colorado Brand; Rebuilt from Salvage; and Other, with a line to write the brand in. Each one has a State that branded vehicle box beside it.
Type of Damage
A grid attached to the two starred brands - Salvage and Rebuilt from Salvage. Collision, Weather, Water, Interior, Vandalism, Undercarriage, Theft/Stripped, Fire, and an Other with an explain line.
Current Owner (Seller)
Printed name, signature, date in MM/DD/YY, street address, city, state and ZIP - under a certification made under penalty of perjury in the second degree.
Prospective Buyer
The identical block, under the parenthesised sentence: I have read and understand this Disclosure and I have received a copy of this Disclosure.
The footnote at the bottom of page two
It is a misdemeanor for each owner, seller, or transferor to fail to provide each prospective buyer with this disclosure on a vehicle rebuilt from salvage, and it points the owner at the DR 2424.
What gets this one rejected
•Handed over after the money. The statute says prior to sale or trade, and the buyer's block says prospective buyer for the same reason.
•A brand ticked with no state beside it. Every brand line carries a State that branded vehicle box because a brand added in Wyoming travels differently from one added here.
•Salvage or Rebuilt from Salvage ticked and the damage grid left empty. Those two brands carry the asterisk that the grid is attached to.
•The buyer's block unsigned. Their signature is the acknowledgement that they read it and got a copy, which is the whole evidentiary point.
•Used to disclose a junk designation. Colorado issues no title for a vehicle that has ever been classified as junk, whatever another state later allows.
•Skipped because the brand came from another state. Brand designation by another state is one of Colorado's own listed brands and is disclosed like any other.
Rules that decide whether it is accepted
•It travels in duplicate. The buyer's block says they received a copy of this disclosure. Sign two, keep one, and photograph the one you keep.
•Rebuilt from salvage brings a second form with it. The footnote sends the owner to the DR 2424 as well, which is the statement of fact that sits behind a salvage designation.
