Nebraska Statutes 60-3,146. Farm trucks; registration fees
(1) For the registration of farm trucks, except for trucks or combinations of trucks or truck-tractors and trailers having a gross vehicle weight exceeding sixteen tons, the registration fee shall be eighteen dollars for up to and including five tons gross vehicle weight, and in excess of five tons the fee shall be twenty-two dollars.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 60-3,146
- Department: means the Department of Motor Vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-319
- Farm truck: means a truck or sport utility vehicle, including any combination of a truck, truck-tractor, or sport utility vehicle, and a trailer or semitrailer, of a farmer or rancher (1) used exclusively to carry a farmer's or rancher's own supplies, farm equipment, and household goods to or from the owner's farm or ranch, (2) used by the farmer or rancher to carry his or her own agricultural products to or from storage or market, (3) used by a farmer or rancher in exchange of services in such hauling of supplies or agricultural products, or (4) used occasionally to carry camper units, to tow boats or cabin trailers, or to carry or tow museum pieces or historical vehicles, without compensation, to events for public display or educational purposes. See Nebraska Statutes 60-325
- Gross vehicle weight: means the sum of the empty weights of a truck or truck-tractor and the empty weights of any trailer, semitrailer, or combination thereof with which the truck or truck-tractor is to be operated in combination at any one time, plus the weight of the maximum load to be carried thereon at any one time. See Nebraska Statutes 60-330
- Trailer: means any device without motive power designed for carrying persons or property and being towed by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle. See Nebraska Statutes 60-354
- Truck: means a motor vehicle that is designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property or designated as a truck by the manufacturer. See Nebraska Statutes 60-356
- Truck-tractor: means any motor vehicle designed and used primarily for towing other motor vehicles or trailers and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the motor vehicle or trailer and load being towed. See Nebraska Statutes 60-357
(2) For a truck or a combination of a truck or truck-tractor and trailer weighing in excess of sixteen tons registered as a farm truck, except as provided in sections 60-3,111 and 60-3,151, the registration fee shall be based upon the gross vehicle weight. The registration fee on such trucks weighing in excess of sixteen tons shall be at the following rates: For a gross weight in excess of sixteen tons up to and including twenty tons, forty dollars plus five dollars for each ton of gross weight over seventeen tons, and for gross weight exceeding twenty tons, sixty-five dollars plus ten dollars for each ton of gross weight over twenty tons.
(3) Farm truck license plates shall display, in addition to the registration number, the designation farm and the words NOT FOR HIRE.
(4) Farm trucks with a gross weight of over sixteen tons license plates shall also display the weight that such farm truck is licensed for, using a decal on the license plates in letters and numerals of such size and design as shall be determined and issued by the department.