Title 28 — Transportation

The department may assist the United States department of treasury in enforcing the federal heavy vehicle use tax (26 United States Code section 4481). The director may determine persons who have paid or who are subject to or exempt from payment of the federal heavy vehicle use t…

[Repealed or reserved.]

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires, "fleet" means two or more vehicles owned by a person and registered in this state.

A. In lieu of the staggered vehicle registration requirements of section 28-2159, a person may register a fleet on an annual basis so that the registration for all vehicles in the fleet expires in the same month. B. The director shall approve the request for fleet registration if…

On approval of the application for fleet registration, the director shall issue a permanent registration card and a permanent validating sticker for each qualified vehicle in the fleet. The permanent registration card shall be carried in the vehicle at all times and shall be made…

A. Except as provided in section 28-5101, the department is the registering officer for the initial application for registration and subsequent renewal application of fleet registrants. In the application for registration the applicant shall group vehicles by county of domicile. …

For purposes of establishing a new fleet registrant and in order to establish a uniform month of expiration: 1. The department shall maintain the valuation for the vehicle license tax determined pursuant to section 28-5801 at the current valuation if it is necessary to calculate …

A. If a vehicle is added to the fleet during the registration year, the director shall discount all fees required for registration as prescribed by law. B. In addition to all registration fees, the registrant shall pay a two dollar identification fee for each vehicle added to the…

A. On the renewal of a fleet registration, the department shall require payment of full license fees for each vehicle registered in the preceding year unless the vehicle has been deleted from the fleet as required by this section. B. To delete a vehicle from a fleet, the fleet re…

A. In lieu of annual registration, the director shall provide for the registration of fleet utility trailers for five year periods on proper application by the owner of the trailers. The owner is subject to all fees and license taxes imposed by this title and shall pay the fees a…

B. A fleet with more than one hundred commercial vehicles may apply for a commercial vehicle fleet license plate with the fleet's approved logo in a standard location on the license plate as designed by the fleet and approved by the department. The department may charge the fleet…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Commercial vehicle" means: (a) For vehicles base licensed in this state, a bus, truck or truck tractor, trailer or semitrailer. (b) For vehicles based in another state, a bus, truck or truck tractor that has a gross weig…

A. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the registration of fleet vehicles on a proportional basis without reference to or application of section 28-2051, 28-2052, 28-2321, 28-2322, 28-2323 or 28-2324 or other statutes of this state relating to vehicle registration is au…

A. In lieu of the registration required by section 28-2153, in lieu of the full payment of fees prescribed by sections 28-2003 and 28-5433 and notwithstanding section 28-2321, a resident or nonresident engaged in operating one or more fleets of commercial vehicles in this state a…

An owner-operator who leases a vehicle to a motor carrier may proportionally register the vehicle by one of the following procedures: 1. The owner-operator may be the registrant, and the vehicle may be registered in the name of the owner-operator. The department shall allocate th…

A. The application of each fleet registered pursuant to this article shall include a total fee payment of at least four dollars fifty cents for each vehicle in the fleet. The fee payment shall be submitted at the time and in the manner directed by the director and is computed as …

A. On payment of the appropriate fees for a proportional registration application submitted pursuant to this article, the director shall register the vehicles described and identified in the application and shall issue a permanent validating sticker for each motor vehicle describ…

A. A vehicle that is acquired by the owner after the beginning of the registration year and subsequently added to a proportionally registered fleet shall be proportionally registered by applying the mileage percentage used in the original application for the fleet for the registr…

A. An owner whose application for proportional registration is accepted shall preserve the records on which the application is based for four years following the year or period on which the application is based. On request of the director, the owner shall either: 1. Make records …

A. The department may sell temporary proportional registrations to motor carriers that are registering under this article. Motor carriers may use temporary proportional registrations for vehicles that are added to an existing fleet, in lieu of lost registrations pending receipt o…

A. In lieu of the registration required by section 28-2153, in lieu of international proportional registration pursuant to article 7 of this chapter and notwithstanding section 28-2321, the director may provide for the apportionment of registration and other fees for resident or …

A. A proportional registration agreement authorized by this article does not exempt a motor vehicle, owner or operator from complying with all laws, rules and regulations pertaining to the operation of motor vehicles and pertaining to highway maximum length, width, height and wei…

If a vehicle that is subject to an agreement authorized by this article is permanently withdrawn from a proportionally registered fleet because the vehicle has been destroyed, sold or otherwise completely removed from the registrant's service, the director shall refund the unused…

The registration fees prescribed in sections 28-2003 and 28-5801 for trailers and semitrailers base licensed in this state under an agreement authorized by this article may be allocated or apportioned.

If an owner-operator is not operating as a lessor, the owner-operator may apply for a fifteen day permit for a fee of twenty dollars for each motor vehicle or vehicle combination using a registered gross weight that does not exceed the empty weight of the vehicle. The director ma…

A. The department shall not register a motor vehicle pursuant to this article unless all the following are provided: 1. A United States department of transportation number. 2. A federal taxpayer identification number. 3. The name of the party responsible for ensuring that the veh…

A. The department may sell temporary registrations to motor carriers with existing fleets that are registered under section 28-2232 or this article. Motor carriers may use temporary registrations for vehicles that are added to an existing fleet, in lieu of lost registrations pend…

If the place of business where records are audited is located outside of this state, the director may require the licensee to pay the department in advance for the cost of reimbursing employee subsistence and travel expenses.

A. Notwithstanding section 28-2263, beginning no later than January 1, 1998 a registrant may transfer license plates issued pursuant to this article to another vehicle registered in the registrant's name if the vehicle requires license plates of the same format and if all of the …

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires, "nonresident daily commuter" means a person who is a resident of a contiguous state, who enters and leaves this state on a daily basis for the purpose of employment and whose motor vehicle is principally garaged in the conti…

Notwithstanding this chapter, a nonresident daily commuter may operate a motor vehicle on the highways of this state if all of the following conditions are met: 1. The motor vehicle is either: (a) A passenger vehicle. (b) A commercial vehicle of a type commonly referred to as a p…

A. A nonresident daily commuter may apply for an identification card by filing an application with the department. B. The department shall prescribe a form to be completed by the applicant that includes all of the following information: 1. The vehicle license plate number and the…

(L18, Ch. 260, sec. 13) A. On application and completion of the form prescribed by section 28-2293, the department shall provide a nonresident daily commuter with an identification card that is valid for two years. B. A motor vehicle is exempt from registration by this state if t…

(L18, Ch. 260, sec. 14. Conditionally Eff.) A. On application and completion of the form prescribed by section 28-2293, the department shall provide a nonresident daily commuter with an identification card that is valid for two years. B. A motor vehicle is exempt from registratio…

A nonresident daily commuter shall carry the nonresident daily commuter identification card at all times in the motor vehicle for which the card is assigned and shall present the card to any peace officer of this state on demand.

A. Except as otherwise provided in this article, every foreign motor vehicle owned by a nonresident and operated in this state shall be registered and licensed in the same manner as a motor vehicle that has not been registered or licensed if the motor vehicle is operated in this …

A person shall not operate a foreign vehicle owned by a nonresident on a highway and a nonresident owner shall not knowingly permit the foreign vehicle to be operated on a highway unless there is displayed on the vehicle the license plates assigned to the vehicle for the current …

A. An owner of a foreign motor vehicle that is registered and licensed in a state adjoining this state is not required to pay the gross weight fees prescribed in section 28-5433 if all of the following conditions exist: 1. The owner and motor vehicle are domiciled within twenty-f…

A. If a person desires to operate a motor vehicle that is required to be registered by section 28-2321 for a period of less than the full registration year and the motor vehicle is registered and licensed under the laws of another state or country, the owner may apply to the depa…

A. An owner or operator of a vehicle that is required to be registered pursuant to section 28-2321 may apply to the department for a single trip permit. The single trip permit authorizes the interstate operation of the vehicle: 1. For a single trip through this state. 2. From any…

A. The rights and privileges conferred by sections 28-2321, 28-2322, 28-2323 and 28-2324 and section 28-3152, subsection A, paragraphs 4 and 5 are deemed accepted, and the acceptance is evidenced, by a nonresident: 1. If the nonresident or the nonresident's agent operates a motor…

A. Service of process under section 28-2326 is made by leaving a copy of the summons and complaint and a fee of four dollars with the director or in the director's office during office hours. The service of process is deemed sufficient service on the nonresident if either: 1. The…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, a person who violates this article is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. B. A person who violates section 28-2322 is responsible for a civil traffic violation.

A. Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall provide to every owner one license plate for each vehicle registered. At the request of the owner and on payment of a fee in an amount prescribed by the director by rule, the department shall provide one additional license pl…

A. On termination of the lawful use of the license plate the director may require return to the department of the plate issued by the department. B. If the license plate of a vehicle is mutilated or illegible, the owner shall return the plate to the department, and the department…

A. The department may establish a special license plate replacement fee for deposit in the state highway fund established by section 28-6991. The fee is composed of twenty-five cents of each registration fee collected or received by the department. These fees are in addition to f…

A. A person shall display the license plate or plates as follows: 1. For a motor vehicle, motorcycle, trailer or semitrailer, on the rear. 2. Except as provided in paragraph 3 of this subsection, for a vehicle for which two license plates are issued, the vehicle owner shall displ…

The department may issue one or more tabs or windshield stickers to indicate the year for which a license plate is issued.

A. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the owner of a vehicle for which the department provided license plates pursuant to section 28-2351 shall retain those license plates when the owner transfers the vehicle to another person. B. The owner may apply for a credit that …

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Immediate family member" means a spouse or a parent, child, brother or sister whether by adoption or blood. 2. "Special plates" means plates issued pursuant to this article.