The mission of the Auto Industry Division is to regulate the Motor Vehicle and Powersports Industry with a balanced emphasis on education, compliance, and enforcement of applicable laws and regulations.
Processing license applications and collect fees
Conducting background investigations of applicants
Criminal and administrative investigations of a license that have been alleged to have violated statutes and regulations concerning various types of consumer/public harm
Conducting criminal investigations into unlicensed and criminal activities. Each year the Division receives 1,000-1,200 consumer complaints directly related to law violations or regulations
Conducting compliance investigations
Providing educational services to licensees and the public
Main Lakewood Office
1707 Cole Boulevard, Suite 300
Lakewood, CO 80401
Main phone number: 303-205-5604
Colorado Springs
2447 North Union Boulevard
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
Grand Junction
200 Grand Avenue, Suite 200
Grand Junction, CO 81501
All media inquires for Auto should be directed to: Kyle Boyd at 303-501-7878 and/or kyle.boyd@state.co.us
Deputy Director, Chief of Investigations
Neal Robinson
719.352.1952
Assistant to Director
Arleen Criddell-Tapanen
303-866-4184
The Department encourages employees to report suspected fraud violations and prohibits retaliation against any individual for reporting violations of suspected fraud or related activities. You can do so in the following ways:
Phone: 303-866-2551
Online: Google Form
Please visit the Internal Audit intranet page for more information.