61-3-313. Vehicles subject to staggered registration. For purposes of 61-3-313 through 61-3-316, "vehicle" means a motor vehicle, as defined in 61-1-102, that is subject to annual registration in this state except:
     (1) vehicles owned or leased and operated by the government of the United States or by the state of Montana or a political subdivision of the state;
     (2) mobile homes and motor homes;
     (3) vehicles that are registered in accordance with or subject to 61-3-332(10)(c)(i)(A), 61-3-411, or 61-3-421;
     (4) trucks exceeding a 1-ton rated capacity;
     (5) trailers, semitrailers, tractors, buses, motorcycles, quadricycles, and motor-driven cycles;
     (6) special mobile equipment as defined in 61-1-104;
     (7) motor vehicles registered as part of a fleet under 61-3-318; and
     (8) apportionable vehicles registered as part of a fleet, as defined in 61-3-712, that is subject to the provisions of 61-3-711 through 61-3-733.

     History: En. 53-154 by Sec. 1, Ch. 74, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 53-154; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 82, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 516, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 517, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 724, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 209, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 42, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 88, L. 1995.