Registro y tarifas de vehículos de carga autopropulsados en Carolina del Sur

Explicación Simple

Esta ley dice cómo se debe pesar un vehículo de carga y cuánto hay que pagar para registrarlo. Si tienes un camión, necesitas declarar su peso vacío y el peso de lo que vas a cargar.

Es como cuando preparas una maleta para un viaje: primero pesas la maleta vacía y luego le agregas lo que vas a llevar, así sabes cuánto pesa todo junto.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan tiene un camión de carga. Él pesa su camión vacío y le dice a la oficina de vehículos que va a cargar 4,000 libras. Entonces, el peso total que registra es de 10,000 libras, lo que le ayuda a pagar la tarifa correcta por su licencia.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 56-3-660. Fees for self-propelled property carrying vehicles; determination of vehicle gross weight; registration of vehicle for payment of one-half of State's portion of license fee. (A) The determination of gross vehicle weight to register and license self-propelled property carrying vehicles is the empty weight of the vehicle or combination of vehicles and the heaviest load to be transported by the vehicle or combination of vehicles as declared by the registered owner. All determinations of weight must be made in units of one thousand pounds or major fraction of one thousand pounds. The declared gross vehicle weight applies to all self-propelled property carrying vehicles operating in tandem with trailers or semitrailers except that the gross weight of a trailer or semitrailer is not required to be included when the operation is to be in tandem with a self-propelled property carrying vehicle licensed for six thousand pounds or less gross weight, and the gross vehicle weight of the combination does not exceed nine thousand pounds. The Department of Motor Vehicles may register and license a small commercial motor vehicle, as defined in Section 12-37-2810, for which the biennial registration and license fee is one-hundred and sixty dollars or more for an annual or one-year period beginning on April first and ending on March thirty-first of the next year upon application to the department by the owner and the payment of one-half the specified biennial fee or for a semiannual or one-half year beginning on April first and ending on September thirtieth of the same year upon application to the department by the owner and the payment of the appropriate fees. The registration and license fee for small commercial motor vehicles which are registered for the remaining twe