The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 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.
Subchapter
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WEIGHT, SIZE, LOADS
(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 1407)
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§ 1407. Operation of overweight vehicles
A motor truck, truck tractor, tractor, trailer, or other vehicle, machine, or contrivance
shall not be operated over the highways of the State of Vermont in violation of any
provision of this title relative to the weight of the vehicle, machine, or contrivance.
In a prosecution for these violations, the proper defendant shall be either the owner
or lessee of the vehicle, machine, or contrivance or the person who moves or operates
the vehicle, machine, or contrivance. (Amended 1971, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; 1995, No. 89 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)