Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 23 Sec. 421

  • Commissioner: shall mean in this title only the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. See
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Conviction: means an unvacated final adjudication of guilt, or a final determination that a person has violated or failed to comply with the law in a court of original jurisdiction or an authorized administrative tribunal, an unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure the person's appearance in court, the payment of a fine or court cost, or violation of a condition of release without bail, regardless of whether or not the penalty is rebated, suspended, or probated. See
  • Motor truck: means any motor vehicle designed primarily for the transportation of property and shall be construed to include truck tractor-semitrailer and truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combinations. See
  • Person: includes any natural person, corporation, association, co-partnership, company, firm, or other aggregation of individuals. 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

§ 421. Penalties

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person:

(1) to operate a motor truck subject to the provisions of this chapter upon any public highway in the State without first obtaining the license and tag, plate, or marker required under section 415 of this title or to so operate without carrying the license and displaying the tag, plate, or marker if issued;

(2) [Repealed.]

(3) to fail to file any return or report required by the Commissioner; or

(4) to make a false return or fail to keep records of operations as may be required by the Commissioner.

(b) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section, upon first conviction, shall be punishable by a civil penalty of not less than $100.00 or more than $250.00; and upon a second or subsequent conviction of a violation occurring within one year after a previous conviction of any provision of subsection (a), by a fine of not less than $250.00 or more than $500.00 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both. (Amended 1975, No. 218 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. Oct. 1, 1976; 1977, No. 12, § 4, eff. March 14, 1977; 1979, No. 34, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1979; 1981 (Adj. Sess.), No. 172, § 8, eff. March 1, 1983; 1985, No. 58, § 8; 2013, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 28; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 152.)