Arizona Laws 28-7755. Responsibility for tolls and other charges
A. The operator of a motor vehicle on a toll facility is liable for paying the applicable tolls, administrative charges and penalties imposed pursuant to this article.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-7755
- Administrative charge: means the amount that may be assessed for the costs of processing a notice of payment due or notice of toll evasion, including the costs to collect unpaid tolls and to pursue an administrative hearing to enforce a toll evasion. See Arizona Laws 28-7751
- 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
- Owner: means :
(a) A person who holds the legal title of a vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Penalties: means penalties imposed pursuant to section 28-7753. See Arizona Laws 28-7751
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Toll facility: means either of the following:
(a) Any new highway, roadway, lane, bridge, tunnel or other facility for surface transport of people or goods that is subject to payment of a toll for its use, for which an alternative route exists that accommodates the same type of motor vehicles, except for rail or other fixed guideway transit. See Arizona Laws 28-7751
B. Except as provided in sections 28-7756 and 28-7757, the registered owner of the motor vehicle, even if the registered owner of the motor vehicle is not the operator of the motor vehicle, is jointly and severally liable with the operator of the motor vehicle for the tolls, administrative charges and penalties imposed pursuant to this article if the motor vehicle was used or operated with the express or implied permission of the registered owner at the time the toll transaction occurred.
C. The transferee of title to a motor vehicle as described in section 28-7756 is jointly and severally liable with the operator of the motor vehicle for the tolls, administrative charges and penalties imposed pursuant to this article if the motor vehicle was used or operated with the express or implied permission of the transferee at the time the toll transaction occurred.
D. Except as provided in section 28-7756, the lessee of a motor vehicle, even if the lessee is not the operator of the motor vehicle, is jointly and severally liable with the operator of the motor vehicle for the tolls, administrative charges and penalties imposed pursuant to this article if the motor vehicle was used or operated with the express or implied permission of the lessee at the time the toll transaction occurred.
E. This section does not preclude a person who pays a toll, administrative charge or penalty from pursuing a civil claim to recover the amount of the toll, administrative charge or penalty, attorney fees and court costs from the operator of the motor vehicle at the time of the toll transaction.