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2025 Vermont Statutes
Title 23 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 7 - Registration
§ 491. Transporter application; eligibility; use of transporter plates

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23 VT Stats § 491
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§ 491. Transporter application; eligibility; use of transporter plates

(a) A transporter may apply for and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, in the Commissioner’s discretion, may issue a certificate of registration and a general distinguishing number plate. Before a person may be registered as a transporter, the person shall self-certify the following on a form provided by the Commissioner:

(1) compliance with section 800 of this title; and

(2) that the person either owns or leases a permanent place of business located in this State where business will be conducted during regularly established business hours and the required records stored and maintained.

(b) When a transporter displays the transporter’s registration plate, the transporter or the transporter’s employee or contractor may transport a motor vehicle owned by the transporter, repossessed, or temporarily in the transporter’s custody, and it shall be considered properly registered under this title. A transporter’s registration plates shall not be used for any other purposes and shall not be used by the holder of such number plates for personal purposes. (Added 1965, No. 106, § 2(a), eff. Feb. 1, 1966; amended 1969, No. 258 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 1, 1970; 2015, No. 50, § 2; 2023, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2024.)

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