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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 75 Pa.C.S.A. Vehicles § 1916. Trucks and truck tractors

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) General rule.--

(1) The annual fee for registration of a truck or truck tractor shall be determined by its registered gross weight or combination weight in pounds according to the following table:

REGISTERED FEES

GROSS OR

FISCAL

FISCAL

FISCAL

FISCAL

FISCAL

COMBINATION

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

WEIGHT IN

2013-

2014-

2015-

2016-

2017-

CLASS

POUNDS

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

1

5,000 or less

$58.50

$60

$60

$62

$62

2

5,001--7,000

81

83

83

86

86

3

7,001--9,000

153

158

158

164

164

4A

9,001--10,000

198

204

204

212

212

4B

10,001--11,000

198

204

204

212

212

5

11,001--14,000

243

263

283

303

323

6

14,001--17,000

288

312

336

359

383

7

17,001--21,000

355.50

385

414

443

473

8

21,001--26,000

405

438

472

505

539

9

26,001--30,000

472.50

511

550

589

628

10

30,001--33,000

567

614

661

707

754

11

33,001--36,000

621

672

723

775

826

12

36,001--40,000

657

711

765

820

874

13

40,001--44,000

697.50

755

813

870

928

14

44,001--48,000

751.50

813

875

937

999

15

48,001--52,000

828

896

965

1,033

1,101

16

52,001--56,000

882

955

1,028

1,100

1,173

17

56,001--60,000

999

1,081

1,164

1,246

1,329

18

60,001--64,000

1,111.50

1,203

1,295

1,387

1, 487

19

64,001--68,000

1,165.50

1,262

1,358

1,454

1, 550

20

68,001--73,280

1,251

1,354

1,457

1,561

1,66 4

21

73,281--76,000

1,597.50

1,729

1,861

1,993

2, 125

22

76,001--78,000

1,633.50

1,768

1,903

2,038

2, 173

23

78,001--78,500

1,651.50

1,788

1,924

2,060

2, 196

24

78,501--79,000

1,669.50

1,807

1,945

2,083

2, 220

25

79,001--80,000

1,687.50

1,827

1,966

2,105

2, 244

(2) A portion of the registration fee for any truck or truck tractor in Classes 9 through 25 shall be deposited in the Highway Bridge Improvement Restricted Account within the Motor License Fund according to the following table:

CLASSES

AMOUNT DEPOSITED IN HIGHWAY BRIDGE IMPROVEMENT RESTRICTED ACCOUNT

9-12

$ 72

13-17

108

18-20

144

21-25

180

(3) A registration fee for a motor carrier vehicle in excess of 17,000 pounds shall be refunded if the vehicle is stolen or demolished and the vehicle has a nonrepairable certificate or certificate of salvage. The refund shall be prorated based on the number of months the vehicle was operational.

(4) In the case of apportioned registrations, only the fees paid for the Commonwealth portion of the fees shall be eligible for a refund.

(b) Optional registration.--Any vehicle falling within the range of weights for Classes 1 through 4, inclusive, shall notwithstanding any gross vehicle weight stamped on the manufacturer's serial plate, be registered, upon request of the person making application for registration, at the maximum allowable gross or combination weight for the particular weight class within which the gross vehicle weight determined by the manufacturer causes such vehicle to fall.

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