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
015
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WEIGHT, SIZE, LOADS
(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 1408)
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§ 1408. Operating vehicle in excess of registered capacity
A motor truck, tractor, trailer, or other vehicle, machine, or contrivance shall not
be operated or moved upon any highway with a gross weight, including load and vehicle,
greater than the total registered weight of the vehicle and the declared registered
capacity thereof and a tolerance of five percent. In a prosecution for a violation
of this section, the proper defendant shall be either the owner or lessee of the vehicle,
machine, or contrivance or the person who operates the vehicle, machine, or contrivance.
This section shall not apply to the operation of a motor truck, tractor, trailer,
or other vehicle, machine, or contrivance while being operated strictly in compliance
with and in conformity to the provisions of a permit so to do issued by the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles as otherwise provided in this title. (Amended 1959, No. 97, eff. April 8, 1959; 1969, No. 212 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. March 25, 1970; 1971, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 24; 1983, No. 86, § 4; 1995, No. 89 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)