Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 23 Sec. 381

  • 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
  • Motor vehicle: includes all vehicles propelled or drawn by power other than muscular power, except farm tractors, vehicles running only upon stationary rails or tracks, motorized highway building equipment, road making appliances, snowmobiles, tracked vehicles, motor-assisted bicycles, electric bicycles, or electric personal assistive mobility devices. See
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 381. Fees turned over to State Treasurer

(a) Except as otherwise provided, all fees for registering motor vehicles, licensing operators, and all other motor vehicle fees shall be collected by the Commissioner and forthwith paid into the State Treasury or deposited to such bank to the credit of the State Treasurer as he or she may direct.

(b)-(d) [Repealed.]

(e) Whenever a payment is received that is less than, but within $0.99 of, the required fee, the transaction shall be processed. The Commissioner may determine that action will not be taken to collect the missing portion of the fee. When a payment up to $1.00 greater than the required fee is received, the excess shall not be refunded. (Amended 1987, No. 89, § 309; 1987, No. 241 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 1991, No. 89; 1997, No. 61, § 240; 2011, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)