When a motor vehicle first becomes subject to registration during the calendar year, the registration fee must be for the remainder of the year prorated on a monthly basis, one-twelfth of the annual registration fee for each calendar month or fraction thereof. Penny adjustments must be carried to the next even dollar. Temporary registrations must be issued in such manner as is prescribed by the director of the department of transportation.
39-04-21.1. Trailers, semitrailers, farm trailers - Registration fees prorated - Excess weight registration. Repealed by S.L. 1983, ch. 427, § 3.
39-04-22. Motor vehicle exceeding registered gross weight for which licensed not to be operated on highway - Exception. Except as otherwise provided by law, a motor vehicle, or a combination of motor vehicles, may not be operated upon the highways of this state when the gross weight exceeds the registered gross weight for which the vehicle or combination of vehicles was licensed. Any person violating the provisions of this section will be required to license such motor vehicle at the higher legal rate in accordance with the weight carried by the motor vehicle at the time of the violation for the entire license period. However, such registration may not be construed to authorize the movement of loads in violation of chapter 39-12.
39-04-23. Registered motor vehicle transporting property may change registration to higher or lower registered gross weight. Any owner of a motor vehicle transporting property who has licensed the vehicle for any gross weight limitations may change the registration to a higher registered gross weight limitation by the payment of the difference between the fee required for the new registration and the fee paid for the registration under which the vehicle is being operated. The fee must equal one-twelfth of the annual higher registration fee less one-twelfth of the registration fee already paid, the difference multiplied by the number of whole and partial calendar months remaining in the registration period. In no event may the fee be less than five dollars.
39-04-24. Director to determine weight of motor vehicle when manufacturer's weight unknown. Any motor vehicle not having an advertised manufacturer's weight shall pay a license fee based upon the actual weight as determined by the director from satisfactory proofs submitted to the director. Any truck not having a manufacturer's advertised load capacity shall pay a license fee in accordance with the schedules provided in this chapter and applicable thereto upon its load capacity as determined by the director upon satisfactory proofs submitted to the director.