Arizona Laws 28-5742. Evidence of valid license
A. A licensee who is an interstate user shall carry evidence of a valid license at all times in the cab of the vehicles operated by the licensee.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-5742
- Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Interstate user: means a person registering a use class motor vehicle under chapter 7, article 7 or 8 of this title or section 28-2321 or 28-2324. See Arizona Laws 28-5601
- Motor vehicle: means a self-propelled vehicle required to be licensed or subject to licensing for operation on a highway. See Arizona Laws 28-5601
- Operator: means a person who drives a motor vehicle on a highway, who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle on a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Use: includes the placing of fuel into any receptacle on a motor vehicle from which fuel is supplied for the propulsion of the vehicle unless the operator of the vehicle establishes to the satisfaction of the director that the fuel was consumed for a purpose other than to propel a motor vehicle on a highway in this state and, with respect to fuel brought into this state in any such receptacle on a use class motor vehicle, the consumption of the fuel in this state. See Arizona Laws 28-5601
- Use fuel: includes all gases and liquids used or suitable for use to propel motor vehicles, except fuels that are subject to the motor vehicle fuel tax imposed by this article. See Arizona Laws 28-5601
- User: includes a person who, within the meaning of the term use as defined in this section, uses fuel in a use class motor vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-5601
B. The operator of a motor vehicle shall display evidence of a valid license to the director, the director’s authorized agents or any other law enforcement officer in this state on demand or at any port of entry or exit as required.
C. If evidence of a properly issued license is not displayed, whether through loss or theft or for any other reason, the operator of the vehicle may be required to purchase a special single trip use fuel tax permit pursuant to section 28-5739.
D. An interstate user licensee is liable for any use fuel tax that accrues to each motor vehicle operated by the licensee.
E. If evidence of a valid license is lost, stolen or destroyed, an interstate user licensee’s liability for use of that evidence of a valid license is relieved twenty-four hours after the director receives written notification from the licensee that the evidence of a valid license has been lost, stolen or destroyed.