(1) A finance company which is licensed to do business in this state may, in lieu of registering each motor vehicle or trailer repossessed, upon the payment of a fee of ten dollars, make an application to the department for a repossession registration certificate and one repossession license plate. Additional pairs of repossession certificates and repossession license plates may be procured for a fee of ten dollars each. Repossession license plates may be used only for operating or towing motor vehicles or trailers on the highways for the purpose of repossession, demonstration, and disposal of such motor vehicles or trailers. The repossession certificate shall be displayed on demand for any motor vehicle or trailer which has a repossession license plate. A finance company shall be entitled to a dealer license plate only in the event such company is licensed as a motor vehicle dealer or trailer dealer under the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 60-375

  • Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Company shall: include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Dealer: means any person engaged in the business of selling snowmobiles at wholesale or retail. See Nebraska Statutes 60-3,207
  • Department: means the Department of Motor Vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-319
  • Finance company: means any person engaged in the business of financing sales of motor vehicles, motorcycles, or trailers, or purchasing or acquiring promissory notes, secured instruments, or other documents by which the motor vehicles, motorcycles, or trailers are pledged as security for payment of obligations arising from such sales and who may find it necessary to engage in the activity of repossession and the sale of the motor vehicles, motorcycles, or trailers so pledged. See Nebraska Statutes 60-328
  • Motor vehicle: means any vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular power. See Nebraska Statutes 60-339
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • 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

(2) Repossession license plates shall be prefixed with a large letter R and be serially numbered from 1 to distinguish them from each other. Such license plates shall be displayed only on the rear of a repossessed motor vehicle or trailer.