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23 V.S.A. § 1435
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1435. Enforcement plan

§ 1435. Enforcement plan|It is the intention of the General Assembly that the Departments of Motor Vehicles and Public Safety, in conjunction with other law enforcement entities throughout the State, produce a coordinated statewide truck enforcement, safety, and training plan. The plan shall provide for a common philosophy and approach to commercial vehicle enforcement while recognizing the different focus and responsibilities of each entity. The plan shall also provide for training of commercial vehicle enforcement officers as well as a process to ensure effective communication of information between enforcement personnel, the over dimension permitting unit, and members of the trucking industry. In addition, the plan shall provide for periodic informational meetings with municipalities, groups of municipalities, regional entities, and the general public. (Added 1997, No. 46, § 6; amended 1997, No. 120 (Adj. Sess.), § 9g.)
23 V.S.A. § 1436
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1436. Statewide Municipal Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Fund

§ 1436. Statewide Municipal Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Fund|A Statewide Municipal Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Fund is created for the purpose of supporting commercial motor vehicle law enforcement initiatives in the State. The Fund shall be administered by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Municipalities may apply to the Commissioner on forms supplied by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Funds distributed to municipalities, which shall not exceed $12,000.00 annually per municipality under this section, shall be used for training of municipal law enforcement officers for commercial motor vehicle enforcement, temporary replacement officers for those municipal law enforcement officers receiving commercial motor vehicle enforcement training, and other municipal commercial motor vehicle enforcement uses as determined by the Commissioner. The Commissioner shall ensure that the activities of the commercial motor vehicle law enforcement initiative are consistent with those of the enforcement plan produced pursuant to section 1435 of this title. (Added 1997, No. 120 (Adj. Sess.), § 9h; amended 1999, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 2003, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 52, eff. June 9, 2004.)
23 V.S.A. § 1437
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1437. Exception for towaway trailer transporter combination

§ 1437. Exception for towaway trailer transporter combination|(a) As used in this section:  (1) "Towaway trailer transporter combination" means a combination of vehicles consisting of a trailer transporter towing unit and two trailers or semitrailers with a total weight that does not exceed 26,000 pounds and in which the trailers or semitrailers carry no property and constitute inventory property of a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer of such trailers or semitrailers. (2) "Trailer transporter towing unit" means a power unit that is not used to carry property when operating in a towaway trailer transporter combination.   (b) Notwithstanding sections 1391-1398 of this title, a towaway trailer transporter combination may be operated on the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways, those classes of qualifying Federal-aid Primary System highways as designated by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, and on highways leading to or from the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways for a distance of one mile or less without a permit if the overall length does not exceed 82 feet unless the Vermont Secretary of Transportation finds the use of a specific highway to be unsafe. (Added 2019, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 15a.)
23 V.S.A. § 1451
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1451. Loads on passenger cars

§ 1451. Loads on passenger cars|No person shall operate a passenger type motor vehicle upon any highway with any load carried thereon extending beyond the line of the fenders on the left side of such vehicle nor extending more than six inches beyond the line of the fenders on the right side thereof, nor when any baggage or other object is carried in a way to obscure either number plate or any light on such vehicle.
23 V.S.A. § 1452
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1452. Securing loads of wood or wood products

§ 1452. Securing loads of wood or wood products|(a) As used in this section:  (1) "Load" means the total of wood or wood products being carried. (2) "Tier" means the total vertical height of all wood or wood products arranged individually or in layers, or in bundles placed one above the other. (3) "Binding" means chain, wire rope, steel cable, steel strapping, or nylon webbing together with tightening device.   (b) A person may not operate a motor truck, truck tractor, trailer, or semi-trailer on a public highway carrying wood or wood products unless the load is securely fastened to the vehicle and each load or tier up to a length of five feet inclusive shall be fastened with one binding; if the length exceeds five feet but does not exceed 10 feet, it shall be fastened with two bindings; if the length exceeds 10 feet, it shall be fastened with three bindings.(c) The ends of any bindings, whether the vehicle is loaded or unloaded, shall be so secured that loose ends do not endanger pedestrians, motorists, or other vehicles using the highway.(d) Any bindings used hereunder shall have a capacity of at least 2,750 pounds working load limit as rated by the manufacturer.(e) This section shall not be construed to include a truck transporting lumber, wood, or sawmill wastes, when transported in a box-type body with solid sides, provided that such truck is not loaded higher than its side-boards. (Amended 1967, No. 326 (Adj. Sess.); 1971, No. 118, eff. April 26, 1971; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 206.)
23 V.S.A. § 1453
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1453. Baled products

§ 1453. Baled products|(a)(1) An individual shall not operate a motor vehicle loaded with baled hay or straw or other baled products with any portion of the load extending beyond the front end of the vehicle bed; with the exception that a load extension is permitted beyond the front end of a truck bed, over the driver's compartment or sleeping berth, provided this portion of the load is supported by permanent and substantial steel frame construction. Loads of baled hay, straw, or other baled products shall be solidly packed while in transit.  (2) Such loads, unless supported by substantially constructed sideboards or rack type bodies, shall be fastened securely to the vehicle by not less than two longitudinal binders and by a cross binder for each tier of baled hay or straw or other baled products, such binders to be of sufficient strength to hold such load in place. Such loads may be transported without sideboards and the binders specified in this subdivision if fastened by any commercial binding device equal or superior to the provisions set forth in this section. Such commercial binding device shall be approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles.   (b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to a farmer engaged in farming operations where such transportation requires that he or she use the public highways; provided, however, that the farmer loads and transports the loads in a reasonably safe manner.(c) Any enforcement officer may stop and inspect vehicles in respect to compliance with the provisions of this section, and if it is found that the load is being transported in violation of this section, the enforcement officer may arrest without warrant and shall prohibit the operator of such vehicle from continuing en route until the load has been made to comply with this section. (Amended 1971, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 32; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 207.)
23 V.S.A. § 1454
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1454. Securing loads

§ 1454. Securing loads|(a) A person shall not operate a motor vehicle nor draw a trailer or semi-trailer on a highway unless the motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer is so constructed and loaded that it will create no hazard to other users of the highway.(b) The Commissioner may, by rule, impose design and load security requirements, consistent with nationally recognized safety standards, upon motor vehicles, trailers, and semi-trailers in order to provide for the safe and secure transport of any loads. (1961, No. 62, §§ 1, 2; amended 1971, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 32; 1997, No. 46, § 7.)
23 V.S.A. § 1492
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1492. Liability for damage defined; limitations

§ 1492. Liability for damage defined; limitations|The owner, driver, operator, or mover of any motor truck, tractor, trailer, wagon, cart, carriage, or other object or contrivance which is moved or operated on any highway in violation of any of the provisions of sections 1098, 1145, 1302, 1305, and 1431 of this title, such portion of section 1141 of this title as pertains to trucks and buses, and such portion of section 1391 of this title as relates to weight in relation to tire surface, shall be liable to the State or municipal corporation in which the act is committed for damages to a public highway occasioned by such moving or operating, to be recovered in a civil action, in the name of the State or municipal corporation, or in an action on the bond provided in this chapter in connection with the issuance of permits, provided the action is brought within two years after such act is committed.
23 V.S.A. § 1600
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 15 - Powers of Enforcement Officers|§ 1600. Definition

§ 1600. Definition|Notwithstanding subdivision 4(4) of this title, as used in this chapter, "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Public Safety. (Added 2015, No. 47, § 36.)
23 V.S.A. § 1601
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 15 - Powers of Enforcement Officers|§ 1601. Identification of motor vehicles

§ 1601. Identification of motor vehicles|The Commissioner, his or her deputies, and all enforcement officers may at all times, with or without process, stop any motor vehicle to examine identification numbers and marks thereon and raise the hood or engine cover if necessary to accomplish their purpose, and may demand and inspect the driver's license, registration certificate, and permits. They may also at all times, with or without process, enter public garages, parking places, and public buildings where motor vehicles are stored or kept, for the purpose of examining identification numbers and marks thereon and may also, in like manner, examine any motor vehicle standing in any public place or way. They may in like manner examine any motor vehicle to ascertain whether its equipment complies with the requirements of law relating to motor vehicles.
23 V.S.A. § 1602
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 15 - Powers of Enforcement Officers|§ 1602. Traffic control

§ 1602. Traffic control|The Commissioner and enforcement officers may control and direct motor vehicle traffic. They may arrest violators of the motor vehicle laws and the laws relative to lights on teams, on view without process, and take such persons before a court having jurisdiction of the offense. They may control and direct all vehicles in places of traffic congestion.
23 V.S.A. § 1603
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 15 - Powers of Enforcement Officers|§ 1603. Investigation of crashes

§ 1603. Investigation of crashes|The Commissioner of Public Safety shall immediately after receiving notice of a crash where a personal injury occurs, and, in case of notice of a crash where an injury occurs to property, may cause such crash to be investigated by an enforcement officer, and where such investigation reveals facts tending to show culpability on the part of any motor vehicle owner or operator, he or she shall cause such facts to be reported to the State's Attorney of the county where the crash occurred. The State's Attorney shall further investigate the crash and may hold an inquest as provided by 13 V.S.A. §§ 5131-5137. After such investigation or inquest, he or she shall immediately report to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles the result thereof together with his or her recommendation as to the suspension of the license of the operator of any motor vehicle involved in the crash. (Amended 2021, No. 76, § 4.)
23 V.S.A. § 1603a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 15 - Powers of Enforcement Officers|§ 1603a. Reports of crashes

§ 1603a. Reports of crashes|(a) All crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle or any vehicle displaying a hazardous materials placard shall be reported to the Agency of Transportation by appropriate law enforcement personnel on forms and in a manner prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation.(b) Law enforcement officers who investigate motor vehicle crashes other than those involving vehicles described in subsection (a) of this section shall forward a report to the Agency of Transportation within 30 days after the crash is investigated on forms prescribed and furnished by the Secretary of Transportation and approved by the Attorney General with respect to any matter affecting the substantive rights of any person. (Added 1999, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 20, eff. Oct. 1, 2000; amended 2009, No. 39, § 4.)
23 V.S.A. § 1603b
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 15 - Powers of Enforcement Officers|§ 1603b. Agency of Transportation repository for crash reports filed by law enforcement; Department of Motor Vehicles repository for operator crash reports

§ 1603b. Agency of Transportation repository for crash reports filed by law enforcement; Department of Motor Vehicles repository for operator crash reports|The Agency of Transportation shall be the crash data repository for reports submitted by law enforcement agencies in the State. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall be the repository agency for all operator crash reports. (Added 2009, No. 39, § 5.)
23 V.S.A. § 1604
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 15 - Powers of Enforcement Officers|§ 1604. Seizure of motor vehicles

§ 1604. Seizure of motor vehicles|An enforcement officer, without process, may seize a motor vehicle, snowmobile, motorboat, or all-terrain vehicle found by him or her on which the manufacturer's serial or motor number or any of the identifying numbers placed on the motor vehicle, snowmobile, motorboat, or all-terrain vehicle by the manufacturer of the motor vehicle, snowmobile, motorboat, or all-terrain vehicle or any of the parts thereof have been obliterated, defaced, or tampered with, or when in his or her judgment the motor vehicle, snowmobile, motorboat, or all-terrain vehicle has been stolen, and may retain possession of the motor vehicle, snowmobile, motorboat, or all-terrain vehicle until the Commissioner or State's Attorney of the county where the vehicle, snowmobile, motorboat, or all-terrain vehicle is found is satisfied as to the rightful ownership thereof. Immediately on the seizure of the motor vehicle, snowmobile, motorboat, or all-terrain vehicle, the officer shall report the same, together with all the facts obtainable by him or her, to the Commissioner, and the officer shall notify the State's Attorney of the county in which the motor vehicle, snowmobile, motorboat, or all-terrain vehicle was seized and cause the ownership of the motor vehicle, snowmobile, motorboat, or all-terrain vehicle to be investigated. (Amended 2007, No. 19, § 5.)
23 V.S.A. § 1608
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 15 - Powers of Enforcement Officers|§ 1608. Preservation of data

§ 1608. Preservation of data|(a) Preservation request.  (1) A law enforcement agency or the Department of Motor Vehicles or other person with a legitimate law enforcement purpose may apply to the Criminal Division of the Superior Court for an extension of up to 90 days of the 18-month retention period established under subdivision 1607(d)(2) of this title if the agency or Department offers specific and articulable facts showing that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the captured plate data are relevant and material to an ongoing criminal or missing persons investigation or to a pending court or Judicial Bureau proceeding involving enforcement of a crime or of a commercial motor vehicle violation. Requests for additional 90-day extensions or for longer periods may be made to the Superior Court subject to the same standards applicable to an initial extension request under this subdivision. (2) A governmental entity making a preservation request under this section shall submit an affidavit stating:  (A) the particular camera or cameras for which captured plate data must be preserved or the particular license plate for which captured plate data must be preserved; and (B) the date or dates and time frames for which captured plate data must be preserved.    (b) Captured plate data shall be destroyed on the schedule specified in section 1607 of this title if the preservation request is denied or 14 days after the denial, whichever is later. (Added 2013, No. 69, § 2; amended 2015, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; repealed on July 1, 2022 by 2019, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 3 and 2019, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 41, eff. July 13, 2020.)
23 V.S.A. § 1701
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - General Offenses and Jurisdiction|§ 1701. Possession of motor vehicles with serial or motor numbers defaced

§ 1701. Possession of motor vehicles with serial or motor numbers defaced|A person shall not knowingly keep in his or her possession or ownership for more than 10 days a motor vehicle or vessel, the manufacturer's serial or motor numbers or identifying numbers assigned by the Commissioner of which have been changed, tampered with, obliterated, or defaced, unless the person has applied to the Commissioner for the assignment of a new number to be placed on the vehicle or vessel or motor and the application has been granted. (Amended 1971, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 26; 1991, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
23 V.S.A. § 1702
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - General Offenses and Jurisdiction|§ 1702. Assignment of new number

§ 1702. Assignment of new number|The application shall not be granted by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles until he or she is satisfied that the person applying for the assignment of such new identifying number is the rightful owner of the motor vehicle described in the application.
23 V.S.A. § 1703
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - General Offenses and Jurisdiction|§ 1703. Defacing identifying numbers

§ 1703. Defacing identifying numbers|A person who willfully changes or attempts to change, or who tampers with, obliterates, defaces, or in any manner interferes with the original or assigned motor number or manufacturer's serial number of any motor vehicle or vessel, or with any of the secret or identifying numbers placed by the manufacturer of a motor vehicle or vessel by the Commissioner or any of the parts thereof upon the vehicle or vessel or parts, shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, for the first offense and fined not more than $5,000.00 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, for each subsequent offense. (Amended 1991, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
23 V.S.A. § 1704
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - General Offenses and Jurisdiction|§ 1704. Possession prima facie evidence of violation

§ 1704. Possession prima facie evidence of violation|The possession by a person of a motor vehicle or vessel, the motor or manufacturer's serial or Commissioner assigned identifying number of which has been changed, tampered with, obliterated, or defaced, shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of the provisions of section 1703 of this title, unless the person applies to the Commissioner for the assignment of a new number as provided in section 1702 of this title. (Amended 1991, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
23 V.S.A. § 1704a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - General Offenses and Jurisdiction|§ 1704a. Alteration of odometers

§ 1704a. Alteration of odometers|Any person who sells, attempts to sell, or causes to be sold any motor vehicle, highway building appliance, motorboat, all-terrain vehicle, or snowmobile and has actual knowledge that the odometer, hubometer reading, or clock meter reading has been changed, tampered with, or defaced without disclosing same and a person who changes, tampers with, or defaces, or who attempts to change, tamper with, or deface, any gauge, dial, or other mechanical instrument, commonly known as an odometer, hubometer, or clock meter, in a motor vehicle, highway building appliance, motorboat, all-terrain vehicle, or snowmobile, which, under normal circumstances and without being changed, tampered with, or defaced, is designed to show by numbers or words the distance which the motor vehicle, highway building appliance, motorboat, all-terrain vehicle, or snowmobile travels, or who willfully misrepresents the odometer, hubometer, or clock meter reading on the odometer disclosure statement or similar statement, title, or bill of sale shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 for a first offense and fined not more than $2,500.00 for each subsequent offense. (Added 1969, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.); amended 1983, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; 1997, No. 59, § 77, eff. June 30, 1997; 2001, No. 69, § 3.)
23 V.S.A. § 1705
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - General Offenses and Jurisdiction|§ 1705. Impersonating an inspector or examiner

§ 1705. Impersonating an inspector or examiner|A person who falsely impersonates or attempts to impersonate a motor vehicle inspector, examiner, or State Police shall be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $100.00, or both.
23 V.S.A. § 1709
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - General Offenses and Jurisdiction|§ 1709. Report of convictions to Commissioner of Motor Vehicles

§ 1709. Report of convictions to Commissioner of Motor Vehicles|The Judicial Bureau and every court having jurisdiction over offenses committed under any law of this State or municipal ordinance regulating the operation of motor vehicles on the highways shall forward a record of any conviction to the Commissioner within 10 days for violation of any State or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than a parking violation. (Amended 1965, No. 85, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1965, No. 194, § 10; 1967, No. 138; 1969, No. 290 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 1973, No. 25, § 2, eff. March 15, 1973; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 19, 1974; 2005, No. 37, § 9.)
23 V.S.A. § 1710
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - General Offenses and Jurisdiction|§ 1710. Nolo contendere pleas

§ 1710. Nolo contendere pleas|A plea of nolo contendere accepted by the court shall constitute a conviction for the purposes of this title. (Added 1975, No. 73.)
23 V.S.A. § 1711
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - General Offenses and Jurisdiction|§ 1711. Felony or misdemeanor

§ 1711. Felony or misdemeanor|A person who, whether present or absent, aids, abets, induces, procures, or causes the commission of an act that, if done directly by him or her, would be a felony or a misdemeanor under a provision of this title, is guilty of the same felony or misdemeanor. (Added 1993, No. 212 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
23 V.S.A. § 1741
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Parking; Police Courts|§ 1741. Definition

§ 1741. Definition|As used in this chapter, the word "town" shall apply to a town or incorporated village only and the word "selectboard" shall apply to the selectboard of a town and the trustees of an incorporated village only. (Added 1961, No. 103, § 1.)