2023 Vermont Statutes
Title 23 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 7 - Registration
§ 307. Carrying of registration certificate; replacement and corrected certificates
§ 307. Carrying of registration certificate; replacement and corrected certificates
(a) An individual shall not operate a motor vehicle nor draw a trailer or semi-trailer unless all required registration certificates are carried in some easily accessible place in the motor vehicle or electronically on a portable electronic device; however, use of a device for this purpose does not in itself constitute consent for an enforcement officer to access other contents of the device.
[Subsection (b) effective until January 1, 2024; see also subsection (b) effective January 1, 2024 set out below.]
(b) In case of the loss, mutilation, or destruction of a certificate, the owner of the vehicle described in it shall forthwith notify the Commissioner and remit a fee of $16.00, upon receipt of which the Commissioner shall furnish the owner with a duplicate certificate.
[Subsection (b) effective January 1, 2024; see also subsection (b) effective until January 1, 2024 set out above.]
(b) In case of the loss, mutilation, or destruction of a certificate, the owner of the vehicle described in it shall forthwith notify the Commissioner and remit a fee of $20.00, upon receipt of which the Commissioner shall furnish the owner with a duplicate certificate.
[Subsection (c) effective until January 1, 2024; see also subsection (c) effective January 1, 2024 set out below.]
(c) A corrected registration certificate shall be furnished by the Commissioner upon request and receipt of a fee of $16.00.
[Subsection (c) effective January 1, 2024; see also subsection (c) effective until January 1, 2024 set out above.]
(c) A corrected registration certificate shall be furnished by the Commissioner upon request and receipt of a fee of $20.00.
(d)(1) An operator cited for violating subsection (a) of this section shall not be convicted if the operator sends a copy of or produces to the issuing enforcement agency within seven business days after the traffic stop proof of a valid registration certificate that was in effect at the time of the traffic stop.
(2) An operator cited for violating subsection (a) of this section with respect to a pleasure car, motorcycle, or truck that could be registered for less than 26,001 pounds shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $5.00, which penalty shall be exempt from surcharges under 13 V.S.A. § 7282(a), if the operator is cited within the 14 days following the expiration of the motor vehicle’s registration. (Amended 1969, No. 276 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1987, No. 241 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1989, No. 51, § 13; 2001, No. 102 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. May 15, 2002; 2005, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 28; 2009, No. 50, § 39; 2011, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 2015, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 2017, No. 132 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2019, No. 60, § 31; 2023, No. 41, § 15, eff. June 1, 2023; 2023, No. 78, § G.106, eff. January 1, 2024.)
