61-3-314. Registration period. For the purposes of this chapter, there are 12 registration periods to which a motor vehicle may be assigned. Each registration period commences on the first day of a calendar month. The periods are:
| (1) January 1 through January 31 | 1st period |
| (2) February 1 through February 28/29 | 2nd period |
| (3) March 1 through March 31 | 3rd period |
| (4) April 1 through April 30 | 4th period |
| (5) May 1 through May 31 | 5th period |
| (6) June 1 through June 30 | 6th period |
| (7) July 1 through July 31 | 7th period |
| (8) August 1 through August 31 | 8th period |
| (9) September 1 through September 30 | 9th period |
| (10) October 1 through October 31 | 10th period |
| (11) November 1 through November 30 | 11th period |
| (12) December 1 through December 31 | 12th period |