A manufacturer of motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers may operate or move the vehicles for a distance of seventy-five miles and a dealer in new motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers may operate or move the vehicles for a distance of fifty miles, or a further distance authorized by the department, to or from the factory where the vehicles are manufactured or a railway depot, vessel, place of shipment or delivery or salesroom without registering them and without license plates attached if both:

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-4545

  • Dealer: means a new motor vehicle dealer, a used motor vehicle dealer or a wholesale motor vehicle dealer. See Arizona Laws 28-4531
  • Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. 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
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Local authority: means any county, municipal or other local board or body exercising jurisdiction over highways under the constitution and laws of this state. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Manufacturer: means a person engaged in the business of manufacturing motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers or a person engaged in the manufacture of integrated automotive systems and modules that are being tested at or in conjunction with a facility located in this state. See Arizona Laws 28-4531

1. A written permit is first obtained from the department or local authority with jurisdiction over the highway traversed.

2. A placard bearing the name and address of the manufacturer authorizing or directing the movement is prominently displayed on each vehicle and is plainly readable from a distance of one hundred feet during daylight.