2005 Idaho Code - 49-401A — OWNER TO SECURE REGISTRATION FROM A COUNTY ASSESSOR OR THE DEPARTMENT

                                  TITLE  49
                                MOTOR VEHICLES
                                  CHAPTER 4
                          MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
    49-401A.  OWNER TO SECURE REGISTRATION FROM A COUNTY ASSESSOR OR THE
DEPARTMENT. (1) Every owner of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer who
intends to operate the vehicle upon any highway in this state shall before the
same is so operated, apply to a county assessor and obtain registration for
vehicles in sections 49-402(1) through (3), 49-402A, 49-402B and 49-422, Idaho
Code. All others shall be obtained from the department except as provided in
subsection (2) of this section. Owners of vehicles specified in section
49-426, Idaho Code, are exempt from the provisions of this section. Owners of
vehicles operating on a temporary basis as provided in sections 49-431(3),
49-432 and 49-433, Idaho Code, are exempt from the provisions of this section
to the extent that the temporary permits in use are unexpired.
    (2)  Commercial vehicles in excess of twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds
gross weight, farm and noncommercial vehicles in excess of sixty thousand
(60,000) pounds gross weight and all vehicles registered under section 49-435,
Idaho Code, shall be registered by the department. All other commercial, farm
and noncommercial vehicles and the vehicles in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of
this subsection, shall be registered by the county assessor.
    (a)  Motor vehicles equipped primarily to haul passengers on a commercial
    basis, doing strictly an intrastate business, and having gross weights of
    twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds or less.
    (b)  Any farm vehicle or combination of vehicles where each vehicle or
    combination of vehicles shall not exceed a gross weight of sixty thousand
    (60,000) pounds.
    (c)  Nonresident vehicles or combination of vehicles owned by transient
    labor used in hauling unprocessed agricultural products for hire and not
    exceeding sixty thousand (60,000) pounds gross weight shall register their
    vehicle for the appropriate gross weight scale for the annual fee if
    registered on or before June 30, and for one-half (1/2) the annual fee if
    not registered until on or after July 1 of any year, with the assessor of
    the county in which the owner resides.
    (3)  Commercial, farm and noncommercial vehicles of any weight doing
strictly an intrastate business may be registered by the county assessor by
mutual agreement between the department and the county.