2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 23 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 7 - Registration › § 371. Trailer and semi-trailer

§ 371. Trailer and semi-trailer
[Subsection (a) effective until January 1, 2024; see also subsection (a) effective January 1, 2024 set out below.]
(a)(1) The one-year and two-year fees for registration of a trailer or semi-trailer, except a contractor’s trailer or farm trailer, shall be as follows:
(A) $27.00 and $51.00, respectively, when such trailer or semi-trailer has a gross weight of trailer and load of 1,500 pounds or less;
(B) $52.00 and $102.00, respectively, when such trailer or semi-trailer has a gross weight of trailer and load of more than 1,500 pounds and is drawn by a vehicle of the pleasure car type;
(C) $52.00 and $102.00, respectively, when such trailer or semi-trailer is drawn by a motor truck or tractor, when such trailer or semi-trailer has a gross weight of more than 1,500 pounds but less than 3,000 pounds;
(D) $52.00 and $102.00, respectively, when such trailer or semi-trailer is used in combination with a truck-tractor or motor truck registered at the fee provided for combined vehicles under section 367 of this title. Excepting for the fees, the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to trailer coaches as defined in section 4 of this title nor to modular homes being transported by trailer or semi-trailer.
(2) The one-year and two-year fees for registration of a contractor’s trailer shall be $197.00 and $394.00, respectively.
[Subsection (a) effective January 1, 2024; see also subsection (a) effective until January 1, 2024 set out above.]
(a)(1) The one-year and two-year fees for registration of a trailer or semi-trailer, except a contractor’s trailer or farm trailer, shall be as follows:
(A) $33.00 and $62.00, respectively, when such trailer or semi-trailer has a gross weight of trailer and load of 1,500 pounds or less.
(B) $63.00 and $123.00, respectively, when such trailer or semi-trailer has a gross weight of trailer and load of more than 1,500 pounds and is drawn by a vehicle of the pleasure car type.
(C) $63.00 and $123.00, respectively, when such trailer or semi-trailer is drawn by a motor truck or tractor, when such trailer or semi-trailer has a gross weight of more than 1,500 pounds but less than 3,000 pounds.
(D) $63.00 and $123.00, respectively, when such trailer or semi-trailer is used in combination with a truck-tractor or motor truck registered at the fee provided for combined vehicles under section 367 of this title. Excepting for the fees, the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to trailer coaches as defined in section 4 of this title nor to modular homes being transported by trailer or semi-trailer.
(2) The one-year and two-year fees for registration of a contractor’s trailer shall be $237.00 and $473.00, respectively.
(b)(1) A trailer or semi-trailer, except a farm trailer, may be registered for a period of five years for a fee equal to five times the annual fee established by subsection (a) of this section.
(2) Any registration made for a period of five years shall cost the full fee regardless of the month in which the registration is made, but a five-year registration may be transferred or cancelled in the same manner as an annual registration. (Amended 1963, No. 223, § 4; 1964, No. 19 (Sp. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 9, 1964; 1967, No. 37, § 1; 1975, No. 90, § 4; 1981, No. 87, § 12; 1983, No. 102 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1989, No. 51, § 22; 2001, No. 102 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. May 15, 2002; 2005, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 33; 2009, No. 50, § 44; 2011, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; 2013, No. 57, § 6; 2015, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 2023, No. 78, § G.113, eff. January 1, 2024.)