61-10-213. Time for payment of fees by nonresidents — disposition. (1) A nonresident owner or operator of a motortruck, truck tractor, trailer, or semitrailer shall pay the fee and secure the permit prescribed either:

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Terms Used In Montana Code 61-10-213

  • Department: means the department of justice acting directly or through its duly authorized officers or agents. See Montana Code 61-1-101
  • motortruck: means a motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property. See Montana Code 61-1-101
  • Nonresident: means a person who is not a Montana resident. See Montana Code 61-1-101
  • Operator: means a person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle. See Montana Code 61-1-101
  • Owner: means each person who holds the legal title to a vehicle. See Montana Code 61-1-101
  • Semitrailer: means a vehicle, with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and constructed so that some part of its weight and that of its load rests on or is carried by another vehicle. See Montana Code 61-1-101
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • Trailer: means a vehicle, with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and constructed so that no part of its weight rests on the towing vehicle. See Montana Code 61-1-101
  • Truck tractor: means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not constructed to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load drawn. See Montana Code 61-1-101

(a)electronically, prior to entering the state; or

(b)immediately on arrival in the state by contacting the department‘s Helena office or the nearest open weigh station location, whether permanent or temporary.

(2)All fees collected must be remitted in accordance with 61-10-226.