The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 23 : Motor Vehicles
Chapter 007 : Registration
Subchapter 004 : REGISTRATION OF DEALERS AND TRANSPORTERS
(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 491)-
§ 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.)
