8-143e. Registration receipts for truck or truck tractor; copies; marking vehicle; exemption.
8-143e
8-143e. Registration receipts for truck or truck tractor; copies; marking vehicle; exemption. The county treasurer shall issue to the owner a registration receipt on each application for a truck or truck tractor license. The registration application and receipt shall be in such number and contain such information as the division shall determine. A copy of the registration receipt shall be carried in the cab of such truck or truck tractor during all the time the same is operated on the highways of this state. Any truck or truck tractor for which the owner has declared the maximum gross weight to be more than twelve thousand (12,000) pounds shall have painted or otherwise durably marked on said vehicle on both sides thereof, in plain letters not less than two (2) inches in height and with not less than one-fourth (1/4) inch stroke, the gross weight for which said vehicle is licensed, and the name and address of the owner or lessee thereof: Provided, That if the division shall find that any insignia or trademark painted or otherwise durably marked on any such vehicle is sufficient to properly show the gross weight for which said vehicle is licensed and to identify the owner and show the address of the owner thereof, the division may issue a permit authorizing the use of such insignia or trademark: Provided further, That a vehicle registered as a farm truck or truck tractor shall not be required to be so painted or marked. When such painting or marking shall become illegible, the same shall be repainted or remarked, as herein required.
History: L. 1955, ch. 294, § 8; L. 1956, ch. 48, § 3; L. 1957, ch. 57, § 6; L. 1959, ch. 46, § 9; L. 1977, ch. 32, § 1; March 28.