(1) Except as provided in section 60-3,134, a person presenting a certificate of title issued pursuant to section 60-142.01 or 60-142.02 or a certificate of title indicating that the vehicle is thirty or more years old may apply for historical license plates or may use license plates of the year of manufacture in lieu of regular license plates as provided in sections 60-3,130 to 60-3,134.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 60-3,130

  • Collector: means the owner of one or more historical vehicles who collects, purchases, acquires, trades, or disposes of such historical vehicles or parts thereof for his or her own use in order to preserve, restore, and maintain a historical vehicle or vehicles for hobby purposes. See Nebraska Statutes 60-315
  • Historical vehicle: means a motor vehicle or trailer which is thirty or more years old, which is essentially unaltered from the original manufacturer's specifications, and which is, because of its significance, being collected, preserved, restored, or maintained by a collector as a leisure pursuit. See Nebraska Statutes 60-333
  • Motor vehicle: means any vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular power. See Nebraska Statutes 60-339
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. 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
  • Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(2) Each collector applying for such license plates, other than a nonprofit organization described in sections 21-608 and 21-609, must own and have registered one or more motor vehicles with regular license plates which he or she uses for regular transportation.

(3) A motor vehicle or trailer manufactured, assembled from a kit, or otherwise assembled as a reproduction or facsimile of a historical vehicle shall not be eligible for historical license plates unless it has been in existence for thirty years or more. The age of the motor vehicle or trailer shall be calculated from the year reflected on the certificate of title.