Arizona Laws 28-2321. Registration requirement for nonresident’s vehicle
A. Except as otherwise provided in this article, every foreign motor vehicle owned by a nonresident and operated in this state shall be registered and licensed in the same manner as a motor vehicle that has not been registered or licensed if the motor vehicle is operated in this state either:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-2321
- Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way if a part of the way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Manufacturer: means a person engaged in the business of manufacturing motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Nonresident: means a person who is not a resident of this state as defined in section 28-2001. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- State highway: means a state route or portion of a state route that is accepted and designated by the board as a state highway and that is maintained by the state. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Truck: means a motor vehicle designed or used primarily for the carrying of property other than the effects of the driver or passengers and includes a motor vehicle to which has been added a box, a platform or other equipment for such carrying. See Arizona Laws 28-101
1. For the transportation of passengers or property for compensation.
2. In the business of a nonresident carried on in this state.
3. For the transportation of property.
4. In the furtherance of a commercial enterprise and is a passenger-carrying motor vehicle designed to seat twelve or more persons.
B. The director shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, fees collected pursuant to this section at ports of entry on the border between this state and Mexico as follows:
1. Fifty-five percent in the state highway fund established by section 28-6991.
2. Forty-five percent in the Arizona highway patrol fund established by section 41-1752.
C. Sections 28-2322, 28-2323 and 28-2324 and this section do not apply to:
1. A foreign motor vehicle that is owned by a nonresident and that would be exempt from payment of gross weight fees under section 28-5432 if the motor vehicle were owned by a resident of this state.
2. A foreign motor vehicle that is owned by a nonresident and operated in this state for the transportation of property in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise and that is either:
(a) Commonly referred to as a passenger car or station wagon.
(b) Commonly known and referred to by manufacturer‘s rating as a three-quarter ton or less pickup truck or three-quarter ton or less van.