2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 60 MOTOR VEHICLES
60-6,300 Vehicles; excess load prohibited; exception; violation; penalty.

60-6,300. Vehicles; excess load prohibited; exception; violation; penalty.

It shall be unlawful to operate upon the public highways of this state any truck, truck-tractor, or trailer that weighs in excess of the gross weight for which the registration fee on such vehicle has been paid plus one thousand pounds, but this section shall not apply to any truck, truck-tractor, or trailer being operated under a special permit issued pursuant to section 60-6,298.

Any owner of such a vehicle who permits operation of the vehicle in violation of this section shall be guilty of a traffic infraction and shall, upon conviction, be fined twenty-five dollars for each one thousand pounds or fraction thereof in excess of the weight allowed to be carried under this section with tolerance.

Source

Laws 1933, c. 105, § 5, p. 426;
Laws 1939, c. 47, § 1, p. 208;
Laws 1941, c. 125, § 2, p. 481;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 39-1193;
R.S.1943, § 39-723;
Laws 1947, c. 147, § 2(4), p. 406;
Laws 1953, c. 134, § 2, p. 418;
Laws 1969, c. 318, § 2, p. 1155;
C.S.Supp.,1972, § 39-723.03;
Laws 1979, LB 287, § 2;
Laws 1984, LB 726, § 3;
Laws 1986, LB 783, § 1;
R.S.1943, (1988), § 39-6,182;
Laws 1993, LB 370, § 396.

Annotations Section applies to any motor truck carrying a load. Aulner v. State, 160 Neb. 741, 71 N.W.2d 305 (1955).
Where load exceeds maximum allowed plus tolerance, penalty is based on overload. State v. Luttrell, 159 Neb. 641, 68 N.W.2d 332 (1955).