Section 257.802 - Special registrations; registration of commercial vehicles and motorcycles; temporary registration plates or markers; tax rates, fees, and service charges; disposition.
MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 300 of 1949
257.802 Special registrations; registration of commercial vehicles and motorcycles; temporary registration plates or markers; tax rates, fees, and service charges; disposition.
Sec. 802.
(1) For a special registration issued as provided for in section 226(8), there shall be paid 1/2 the tax imposed under section 801 and in addition a service fee of $10.00.
(2) For all commercial vehicles registered after August 31 for the period expiring the last day of February, a tax of 1/2 the rate otherwise imposed by this act shall be collected. This subsection does not apply to vehicles registered by manufacturers or dealers under sections 244 to 247.
(3) For each special registration as provided for in section 226(9), a service fee of $10.00 shall be collected.
(4) For temporary registration plates or markers as provided for in section 226a(1), a service fee of $5.00 for each group of 5 of those temporary registration plates or markers shall be collected.
(5) For a temporary registration as provided in section 226b, the fee shall be either of the following:
(a) For a 30-day temporary registration, 1/10 of the fee prescribed under section 801 or $20.00, whichever is greater, and an additional $10.00 service fee.
(b) For a 60-day temporary registration, 1/5 of the fee prescribed under section 801 or $40.00, whichever is greater, and an additional $10.00 service fee.
(6) For registration plates as provided for in section 226a(5), (6), and (7), a service fee of $40.00 for 2 registration plates and $20.00 for each additional registration plate shall be collected.
(7) For special registrations issued for special mobile equipment as provided in section 216(d), a service fee of $15.00 each for the first 3 special registrations, and $5.00 for each special registration issued in excess of the first 3 shall be collected.
(8) The secretary of state, upon request, may issue a registration valid for 3 months for use on a vehicle with an elected gross weight of 24,000 pounds or greater on the payment of 1/4 the full registration fee provided in section 801(1)(k) and in addition a service fee of $10.00.
(9) Upon application to the secretary of state, an owner of a truck, truck tractor, or road tractor that is used exclusively for the purpose of gratuitously transporting farm crops or livestock bedding between the field where produced and the place of storage, feed from on-farm storage to an on-farm feeding site, or fertilizer, seed, or spray material from the farm location to the field may obtain a special registration. The service fee for each special registration shall be $20.00. The special registration shall be valid for a period of up to 12 months and shall expire on December 31. As used in this subsection:
(a) "Feed" means hay or silage.
(b) "Livestock bedding" means straw, sawdust, or sand.
(10) The secretary of state, upon request, may issue a special registration valid for 3 or more months for a road tractor, truck, or truck tractor owned by a farmer, if the motor vehicle is used exclusively in connection with the farmer's farming operations or for the transportation of the farmer and the farmer's family and not used for hire. The fee for the registration shall be 1/10 of the fee provided in section 801(1)(c) times the number of months for which the special registration is requested and, in addition, a service fee of $10.00. No special registration shall be issued for a motor vehicle for which the fee under section 801(1)(c) would be less than $50.00.
(11) The secretary of state, upon request, may issue a registration valid for 3 months or more for use on a vehicle with an elected gross weight of 24,000 pounds or greater. The fee for the registration shall be 1/12 of the fee provided in section 801(1)(k), times the number of months for which the special registration is requested and, in addition, a service fee of $10.00.
(12) The service fees collected under subsections (1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), and (11) shall be deposited in the transportation administration collection fund created in section 810b through October 1, 2011.
History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1951, Act 270, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951 ;-- Am. 1953, Act 179, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1953 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 33, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 55, Eff. July 1, 1958 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 155, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960 ;-- Am. 1962, Act 166, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 278, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 309, Imd. Eff. Aug. 14, 1969 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 427, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 1978 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 548, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1978 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 172, Imd. Eff. June 23, 1980 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 476, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 19, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1982 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 165, Eff. Oct. 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 186, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 324, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1984 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 238, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 346, Eff. Jan. 1, 1989 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 286, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1989 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 297, Eff. Jan. 1, 1993 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 551, Eff. Oct. 1, 1997 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 80, Eff. Oct. 1, 1997 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 396, Imd. Eff. Dec. 17, 1998 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 152, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 163, Imd. Eff. June 23, 2004 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 99, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2009
Compiler's Notes: For effective date of increases in certain fees, charges or taxes provided by this section, see MCL 257.817(1).