Any person using a truck or combination of a truck or truck-tractor and trailer registered as a farm truck pursuant to section 60-3,146 in violation of the uses authorized shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor and shall be required to register such truck or combination of a truck or truck-tractor and trailer as a commercial motor vehicle or commercial trailer for the entire registration period in which the violation occurred.

Attorney's Note

Under the Nebraska Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class IV misdemeanorup to $500
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Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 60-3,169

  • Commercial trailer: means any trailer or semitrailer which has a gross weight, including load thereon, of more than nine thousand pounds and which is designed, used, or maintained for the transportation of persons or property for hire, compensation, or profit or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property. See Nebraska Statutes 60-317
  • Farm truck: means a truck or sport utility vehicle, including any combination of a truck, truck-tractor, or sport utility vehicle, and a trailer or semitrailer, of a farmer or rancher (1) used exclusively to carry a farmer's or rancher's own supplies, farm equipment, and household goods to or from the owner's farm or ranch, (2) used by the farmer or rancher to carry his or her own agricultural products to or from storage or market, (3) used by a farmer or rancher in exchange of services in such hauling of supplies or agricultural products, or (4) used occasionally to carry camper units, to tow boats or cabin trailers, or to carry or tow museum pieces or historical vehicles, without compensation, to events for public display or educational purposes. See Nebraska Statutes 60-325
  • 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
  • Registration period: means the period from the date of registration pursuant to section 60-392 to the first day of the month following one year after such date. See Nebraska Statutes 60-3,184
  • 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
  • Truck: means a motor vehicle that is designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property or designated as a truck by the manufacturer. See Nebraska Statutes 60-356
  • Truck-tractor: means any motor vehicle designed and used primarily for towing other motor vehicles or trailers and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the motor vehicle or trailer and load being towed. See Nebraska Statutes 60-357