The Denver Police Department, in collaboration with seven other area police departments along the Front Range, will begin a period of focused expired vehicle registration enforcement on Sunday.

The enforcement period, targeting vehicles with expired registrations or expired temporary license plates, will be the fourth such period of focused enforcement since July 2024, according to a Tuesday news release.

The timeframes for the focused enforcement periods are as follows:

• April 20 – May 20: Denver Police Department
• April 20-26: Aurora Police Department, Colorado Springs Police Department, Colorado State Patrol, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Fountain Police Department, Monument Police Department, Pueblo Police Department

The first such joint enforcement period in collaboration with other police departments occurred in September. During that one week, Denver Police cited 339 drivers for expired and/or fictitious license plates, according to the release.

The targeted enforcement period comes from a clause in the Denver Police Department’s low level traffic stops policy, adopted in May 2024, that allows officers to focus more on enforcing vehicle registration law for a short period of time, according to the release. The overall policy limits officers from conducting traffic stops for lower-level offenses that do not pose a risk to public safety, such as expired plates and registrations, save for brief periods of targeted enforcement.

Denver residents can find information about their vehicle registration, branch and kiosk locations, online services, and more on the Denver Motor Vehicle website. 

Newly purchased or acquired vehicles must be registered in person at DMV offices, and registration renewals must be done online or at a kiosk, according to Denver Motor Vehicle via the release. Vehicle owners are reminded that while vehicle registrations have a 30-day grace period after expiration, temporary license plates do not.