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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 8-141a

  • Owner: means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle, or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or in the event a vehicle is subject to a lease of 30 days or more with an immediate right of possession vested in the lessee; or in the event a party having a security interest in a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or secured party shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this act. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
  • Truck: means a motor vehicle that is used for the transportation or delivery of freight and merchandise or more than 10 passengers. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
  • Truck tractor: means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles, and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle or load so drawn. See Kansas Statutes 8-126
  • Vehicle: means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, excepting electric personal assistive mobility devices or devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Kansas Statutes 8-126

The owner of any truck or truck tractor with local, farm or 6,000-mile class of registration, who desires to transfer or change the classification of registration at any time during the calendar year in which the registration is issued may transfer the registration only to the type of registration provided for in the first paragraph of subsection (2) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-143. Such transfer of class of registration shall be for no less gross weight than the gross weight for which the vehicle was originally registered. The owner of a truck or truck tractor registered as provided for in the first paragraph of subsection (2) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-143, may not transfer or change such registration to a farm, local or 6,000-mile class of registration during the calendar year in which the original registration is issued.