2010 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 28 - Transportation
28-5851 Definitions

28-5851. Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Declared gross weight" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28-5431. If a declaration has not been made, declared gross weight means gross weight.

2. "Gross weight" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28-5431.

3. "Motor carrier" means a person who operates or causes to be operated a motor vehicle on a public highway.

4. "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled motor driven vehicle that has a declared gross vehicle weight of more than twelve thousand pounds and that is subject to vehicle registration before lawful operation on the public highways in this state, excluding a motor vehicle that is exempt from gross weight fees pursuant to section 28-5432.

5. "Public highway" means any way or place in this state that is constructed or maintained with public monies and that is open to use by the public as a matter of right for the purpose of vehicular travel, including a highway under construction.

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