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Title 23: Motor Vehicles

Chapter 007: Registration

  • Subchapter 001: GENERAL REGISTRATION
  •    § 301. Persons required to register

  •    § 301a. Repealed. 2015, No. 47, § 5.

  •    § 302. Period of registration

  •    § 303. Application required

  •    § 304. Registration certificates; number plates; vanity and other special plates

  •    § 304a. Special registration plates and placards for individuals with disabilities

  •    § 304b. Conservation motor vehicle registration plates

  •    § 304c. Motor vehicle registration plates: Building Bright Futures

  •    § 305. Registration periods

  •    § 305a. Repealed. 2015, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 31, 2016.

  •    § 306. Title to number plates

  •    § 307. Carrying of registration certificate; replacement and corrected certificates

  •    § 308. Suspension, revocation, and denial of registration; reinstatement fee

  •    § 309. Registering motor vehicle of which applicant is not the owner

  •    § 310. Loaning or permitting the use of number plates

  •    § 311. Permits for nonregisterable vehicles

  •    § 312. Temporary registration pending issuance of certificate of title

  •    § 313. Commercial vehicle operation; denial of registration

  •    § 314. Commercial motor vehicles; registration; suspension or revocation

  •    § 321. Procedure upon transfer

  •    § 322. Failure to return certificate upon sale of vehicle

  •    § 323. Transfer fees

  •    § 324. Use of old number plates

  •    § 325. Refund of part of old registration fee

  •    § 326. Refund upon loss of vehicle

  •    § 327. Refund when plates not used

  •    § 328. Repealed. 2015, No. 47, § 8.

  •    § 329. Refunds paid from motor vehicle fees

  •    § 330. Transferring number plates


  • Subchapter 002: FEES AND EXEMPTIONS
  •    § 361. Pleasure cars [Effective January 1, 2025; Effective until contingency met; see also 23 V.S.A. § 361 effective upon contingency being met, set out below]

  •    § 361. Pleasure cars [Effective upon contingency being met; see also 23 V.S.A. § 361 effective January 1, 2025 and until contingency met, set out above]

  •    § 362. Specialized fuel motor vehicles and motor buses

  •    § 363. Converted motor vehicle

  •    § 364. Motorcycles

  •    § 364a. Motor-driven cycles: registration; financial responsibility

  •    § 364b. All-surface vehicles; registration

  •    § 365. Hearse or ambulance

  •    § 366. Repealed. 2015, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 78(1).

  •    § 367. Trucks

  •    § 367a. Special purpose truck plates; penalties

  •    § 367b. Use of wreckers

  •    § 368. Misuse of farm registration

  •    § 369. Tractors other than farm tractors

  •    § 370. Farm trucks, tractors, and trailers

  •    § 371. Trailer and semi-trailer

  •    § 371a. Exemptions from registration

  •    § 372. Motor bus

  •    § 372a. Local transit public transportation service

  •    § 373. Exhibition vehicles; year of manufacture plates

  •    § 374. Jitney

  •    § 375. Repealed. 1971, No. 150 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

  •    § 376. State, municipal, fire department, and rescue organization motor vehicles

  •    § 377. Government-owned vehicles

  •    § 378. Veterans' exemptions

  •    §§ 379, 380. Repealed. 1979, No. 34, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1979.

  •    § 381. Fees turned over to State Treasurer

  •    § 382. Diesel-powered pleasure cars


  • Subchapter 003: NONRESIDENT AND ZONE REGISTRATION
  •    § 411. Repealed. 2015, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 62.

  •    §§ 412, 412a. Repealed. 1975, No. 218 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. Oct. 1, 1976.

  •    § 412a. Repealed. 2011, No. 46, § 17.

  •    § 413. Repealed. 2015, No. 50, § 29.

  •    § 414. Special permits for foreign public utilities

  •    § 415. Nondiesel fuel user's license

  •    § 415a. Repealed. 1981, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. Dec. 1, 1982.

  •    § 416. Suspension and revocation

  •    §§ 417-419. Repealed. 2013, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 27.

  •    § 420. Motor truck defined

  •    § 421. Penalties

  •    § 422. Repealed. 2013, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 27.

  •    § 423. Repealed. 2015, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 78(2).


  • Subchapter 004: REGISTRATION OF DEALERS AND TRANSPORTERS
  •    § 450. Definition

  •    § 450a. Dealer registration; eligibility

  •    § 451. Dealer's certificate

  •    § 452. Expiration

  •    § 453. Fees and number plates

  •    § 454. Dealer's use of vehicles or motorboats

  •    § 455. Use by others than dealer

  •    § 456. Employees' use of vehicles, motorboats restricted

  •    § 457. Temporary plates

  •    § 458. Temporary plate on sold or exchanged vehicles

  •    § 459. Notice, application, and fees to Commissioner

  •    § 460. Dealer's use of temporary plates restricted

  •    § 461. Destruction of temporary plates

  •    § 462. Cancellation, revocation, or suspension of dealer's registration

  •    § 463. Sale of vehicle to go out of State

  •    § 464. Return of number plates by dealer

  •    § 465. Loaning of plates, vehicles, or motorboats prohibited

  •    § 466. Records; disclosures; custodian [Effective July 1, 2025; see also 23 V.S.A. § 466 effective until July 1, 2025 set out above]

  •    § 467. Dealer duty to report sales, return expired plates

  •    § 468. General prohibition

  •    §§ 469-471. Repealed. 1995, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.

  •    § 472. Evidence of authorization

  •    § 473. When registration is allowed, required; penalties

  •    § 474. Repealed. 1979, No. 30, § 3, eff. April 17, 1979.

  •    § 475. Administrative penalties

  •    § 476. Motor vehicle warranty fee

  •    §§ 481-485. Repealed. 1969, No. 259 (Adj. Sess.), § 12.

  •    § 491. Transporter application; eligibility; use of transporter plates

  •    § 492. Certificate; expiration

  •    § 493. Loan of plates prohibited

  •    § 494. Fees

  •    § 495. Suspension of registration

  •    § 496. Written records

  •    § 497. Rulemaking


  • Subchapter 005: DISPLAY OF NUMBER PLATES
  •    § 511. Manner of display

  •    § 512. Trailer or semi-trailer

  •    § 513. Misuse of plates

  •    § 514. Replacement number plates

  •    § 515. Repealed. 1989, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.

  •    §§ 515a-515c. Repealed. 2015, No. 47, § 15.

  •    § 516. Sale of vehicle to go out of State by a person other than dealer

  •    § 517. Intrastate in-transit permit

  •    § 518. Electronic issuance of temporary plate and temporary registration


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