41-1a-215 - Staggered registration dates -- Exceptions.
41-1a-215. Staggered registration dates -- Exceptions.
(1) (a) Except as provided under Subsections (2) and (3), every vehicle registration,every registration card, and every registration plate issued under this chapter for the firstregistration of the vehicle in this state, continues in effect for a period of 12 months beginningwith the first day of the calendar month of registration and does not expire until the last day ofthe same month in the following year.
(b) If the last day of the registration period falls on a day in which the appropriate state orcounty offices are not open for business, the registration of the vehicle is extended to midnight ofthe next business day.
(2) The provisions of Subsection (1) do not apply to the following:
(a) registration issued to government vehicles under Section 41-1a-221;
(b) registration issued to apportioned vehicles under Section 41-1a-301;
(c) multiyear registration issued under Section 41-1a-222;
(d) lifetime trailer registration issued under Section 41-1a-1206;
(e) partial year registration issued under Section 41-1a-1207;
(f) registration issued under Section 41-1a-215.5; or
(g) plates issued to a dealer, dismantler, manufacturer, remanufacturer, and transporterunder Title 41, Chapter 3, Part 5, Special Dealer License Plates.
(3) (a) Upon application of the owner or lessee of a fleet of commercial vehicles notapportioned under Section 41-1a-301 and required to be registered in this state, the State TaxCommission may permit the vehicles to be registered for a registration period commencing onthe first day of March, June, September, or December of any year and expiring on the last day ofMarch, June, September, or December in the following year.
(b) Upon application of the owner or lessee of a fleet of commercial vehicles apportionedunder Section 41-1a-301 and required to be registered in this state, the State Tax Commissionmay permit the vehicles to be registered for a registration period commencing on the first day ofJanuary, April, July, or October of any year and expiring on the last day of March, June,September, or December in the following year.
(4) When the expiration of a registration plate is extended by affixing a registration decalto it, the expiration of the decal governs the expiration date of the plate.
Amended by Chapter 295, 2010 General Session