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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 23 Sec. 371a

  • Commissioner: shall mean in this title only the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. See
  • Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
  • following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
  • Person: includes any natural person, corporation, association, co-partnership, company, firm, or other aggregation of individuals. See
  • Trailer: is a vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle, and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle excepting, however, road making appliances and transportation dollies, and "semi-trailer" is a vehicle without motive power, designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle, and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by the towing vehicle, excepting, however, pole dinkeys, transportation dollies, and road making appliances. See

§ 371a. Exemptions from registration

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law relating to registration fees for trailers, the following shall be exempt from registration:

(1) wood splitters; and

(2) pole dinkeys.

(b) When any such trailer is used upon a public highway it shall have attached a red reflector that shall be so displayed as to be clearly visible from the rear, under normal atmospheric conditions, or a reflectorized slow moving vehicle symbol of a standard type approved by the Commissioner.

(c) A person in violation of this section shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $25.00 for each offense. (Added 1981, No. 72; amended 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 149.)