Motor vehicles required to pay registration fees or a mile tax shall pay the following fees:

1.    Nonresidents electing to pay mile tax in lieu of registration, when authorized to do so by the department, shall pay a fee of twenty dollars for a trip permit which is valid for a period of seventy-two hours. All fees collected under the provisions of this subsection must be credited to the state highway fund.

2.    Motor vehicles required to be registered in this state must be furnished license plates upon the payment of the following annual fees; however, if a motor vehicle, including a motorcycle or trailer, first becomes subject to registration other than at the beginning of the registration period, such fees must be prorated on a monthly basis. The minimum fee charged hereunder must be five dollars:

a.    Passenger motor vehicles:

YEARS REGISTERED 1st, 2nd,             7th, 8th,             10th, 11th,             13th and Gross                 3rd, 4th, 5th,            and 9th                and 12th            Subsequent Weights                 and 6th Years             Years                 Years                 Years Less than 3,200                    $73                     $65                     $57                     $49 3,200 – 4,499                         93                         81                         69                         57 4,500 – 4,999                         111                         94                         79                         63 5,000 – 5,999                         142                     120                         98                         76 6,000 – 6,999                         175                     146                     117                         89 7,000 – 7,999                         208                     172                     137                     102 8,000 – 8,999                         241                     199                     157                     115 9,000 and over                     274                     225                     177                     128 A house car is subject to registration at the rates prescribed for other vehicles under this subdivision modified by using the weight applicable to a     vehicle whose weight is forty percent of that of the house car, but not using a weight of less than four thousand pounds [1814.35 kilograms].

A pickup truck is subject to registration at the rates prescribed for other vehicles under this subdivision by applying the shipping weight of the vehicle to the fee schedule. At a minimum, the registered gross weight displayed on the registration card for a pickup truck must be twice the shipping weight of the vehicle. Unless otherwise exempted by this chapter, the owner of a pickup truck shall request the registered gross weight of the pickup truck be increased to ensure the registered gross weight is sufficient to include the total weight of the vehicle and any load transported on or by the vehicle. For purposes of this subdivision, a pickup truck is a motor vehicle with a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of less than eleven thousand five hundred pounds [5216.31 kilograms], with an unladen weight of less than eight thousand pounds [3628.74 kilograms], and which is equipped with an open box-type bed not exceeding nine feet [2.74 meters] in length.

b.    Schoolbuses, buses for hire, buses owned and operated by religious, charitable, or nonprofit organizations and used exclusively for religious, charitable, or other public nonprofit purposes, and trucks or combination trucks and trailers, including commercial and noncommercial trucks, except those trucks or combinations of trucks and trailers which qualify for registration under this subsection or subsection 5:

YEARS REGISTERED 1st                 7th                 10th                13th            20th and Gross                     Through         Through         Through         Through     Subsequent Weights                    6th Years        9th Years     12th Years     19th Years         Years Not over 4,000                     $71                        $58                 $53                 $50                 $49 4,001 – 6,000                         76                         63                 57                 51                 50 6,001 – 8,000                         81                         68                 61                 52                 51 8,001 – 10,000                     86                         73                 65                 54                 53 10,001 – 12,000                     91                         78                 69                 56                 55 12,001 – 14,000                     96                         83                 73                 59                 58 14,001 – 16,000                 101                         88                 77                 62                 61 16,001 – 18,000                 106                         93                 81                 64                 63 18,001 – 20,000                 109                         96                 83                 65                 64 YEARS REGISTERED 1st, 2nd, 3rd,                        8th, 9th, 10th,                13th and Gross                    4th, 5th, 6th,                             11th, and                 Subsequent Weights                 and 7th Years                         12th Years                     Years 20,001 – 22,000                        $139                                     $113                         $100 22,001 – 26,000                         191                                        161                            145 26,001 – 30,000                         252                                        210                            188 30,001 – 34,000                         318                                        263                            235 34,001 – 38,000                         379                                        312                            278 38,001 – 42,000                         440                                        361                            320 42,001 – 46,000                         501                                        409                            363 46,001 – 50,000                         562                                        458                            406 50,001 – 54,000                         632                                        516                            457 54,001 – 58,000                         693                                        565                            500 58,001 – 62,000                         755                                        614                            543 62,001 – 66,000                         815                                        662                            586 66,001 – 70,000                         876                                        711                            628 70,001 – 74,000                         937                                        760                            671 74,001 – 78,000                         998                                        809                            714 78,001 – 82,000                     1,059                                        858                            757 82,001 – 86,000                     1,182                                        963                            844 86,001 – 90,000                     1,304                                     1,067                            931    90,001 – 94,000                     1,426                                     1,172                         1,018 94,001 – 98,000                     1,548                                     1,277                         1,106 98,001 – 102,000                     1,670                                     1,381                         1,193 102,001 – 105,500                 1,792                                     1,486                         1,280 c.    Motorcycles, fifteen dollars.

3.    Motor vehicles acquired by disabled veterans under the provisions of Public Law 79-663 [38 U.S.C. § 3901] are exempt from the payment of state sales or use tax and, if paid, such veterans are entitled to a refund. This exemption also applies to any passenger motor vehicle or pickup truck not exceeding twenty-six thousand pounds [11793.40 kilograms] registered gross weight but shall apply to no more than two such motor vehicles owned by a disabled veteran at any one time.

4.     a.    Each trailer, except a semitrailer or farm trailer, required to be registered under this chapter must be furnished registration plates upon the payment of a twenty dollar annual fee. A trailer, semitrailer, or farm trailer not required to be registered under this chapter must be furnished an identification plate upon the payment of a fee of five dollars.

b.    A semitrailer or farm trailer required to be registered under this chapter must be furnished:

(1) Permanent registration plates upon the payment of a permanent registration fee of one hundred twenty dollars. The permanent registration is valid until ownership of the semitrailer or farm trailer is transferred, assigned, or if the semitrailer is destroyed or otherwise completely removed from the service of the owner; or

(2) Annual registration upon the payment of a twenty dollar annual fee.

c.    Upon the request of a person with a trailer or farm trailer to whom a registration or identification plate is provided under this subsection, the department shall provide a plate of the same size as provided for a motorcycle. The department shall provide notification of this option to the person before the replacement or issuance of the plate.

5.    Trucks or combinations of trucks and trailers weighing more than twenty thousand but not more than one hundred five thousand five hundred pounds [more than 9071.84 but not more than 47854.00 kilograms] which are used as farm vehicles only, are entitled to registration under the following fee schedule and the provisions of this subsection.

Farm vehicles are considered, for the purpose of this subsection, as trucks or combinations of trucks and trailers weighing more than twenty thousand but not more than one hundred five thousand five hundred pounds [more than 9071.84 but not more than 47854.00 kilograms] owned, or leased for at least one year by a bona fide resident farmer who uses the vehicles exclusively for transporting the farmer’s own property or other property on a farm work exchange basis with other farmers between farms and the usual local trading places but not in connection with any commercial retail or wholesale business being conducted from those farms, nor otherwise for hire.

In addition to the penalty provided in section 39-04-41, any person violating this subsection shall license for the entire license period the farm vehicle at the higher commercial vehicle rate in accordance with the weight carried by the farm vehicle at the time of the violation.

YEARS REGISTERED 1st, 2nd,                     7th and                 9th and                11th and Gross                 3rd, 4th, 5th,                     8th                     10th             Subsequent Weights                 and 6th Years                 Years                 Years                 Years 20,001 – 22,000                 $111                            $97                     $83                     $65 22,001 – 24,000                     116                            101                         86                         67 24,001 – 26,000                     124                            107                         90                         69 26,001 – 28,000                     135                             115                         96                         73 28,001 – 30,000                     144                            123                     102                         77 30,001 – 32,000                     159                            136                     113                         86 32,001 – 34,000                     169                            144                     119                         90    34,001 – 36,000                     179                            152                     125                         94 36,001 – 38,000                     189                            160                     131                         98 38,001 – 40,000                     199                            168                     137                     102 40,001 – 42,000                     209                            176                     143                     106 42,001 – 44,000                     219                            184                     149                     110 44,001 – 46,000                     229                            192                     155                     114 46,001 – 48,000                     239                            200                     161                     118 48,001 – 50,000                     249                            208                     167                     122 50,001 – 52,000                     269                            226                     183                     136 52,001 – 54,000                     279                            234                     189                     140 54,001 – 56,000                     289                            242                     195                     144 56,001 – 58,000                     299                            250                     201                     148 58,001 – 60,000                     309                            258                     207                     152 60,001 – 62,000                     319                            266                     213                     156 62,001 – 64,000                     329                            274                     219                     160 64,001 – 66,000                     339                            282                     225                     164 66,001 – 68,000                     349                            290                     231                     168 68,001 – 70,000                     359                            298                     237                     172 70,001 – 72,000                     369                            306                     243                     176 72,001 – 74,000                     379                            314                     249                     180 74,001 – 76,000                     389                            322                     255                     184 76,001 – 78,000                     399                            330                     261                     188 78,001 – 80,000                     409                            338                     267                     192 80,001 – 82,000                     419                            346                     273                     196 82,001 – 84,000                     429                            368                     316                     272 84,001 – 86,000                     449                            385                     330                     284 86,001 – 88,000                     469                            402                     344                     296 88,001 – 90,000                     489                            419                     358                     308 90,001 – 92,000                     509                            436                     372                     320 92,001 – 94,000                     529                            453                     386                     332 94,001 – 96,000                     549                            470                     400                     344 96,001 – 98,000                     569                            487                     414                     356 98,001 – 100,000                 589                            504                     428                     368 100,001 – 102,000                 609                            521                     442                     380 102,001 – 104,000                 629                            538                     456                     392 104,001 – 105,500                 649                            555                     470                     404 6.    A motor vehicle registered in subsection 5 may be used for custom combining operations by displaying identification issued by the department and upon payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars.