Delaware § 5224 - Exempt vehicles; carriers.

§ 5224. Exempt vehicles; carriers.

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall apply to any vehicle operated by or on behalf of any department, board, bureau or commission of this State, or any political subdivision thereof, or any quasi-governmental authority of which this State is a participating member, or any agency of the federal government or the District of Columbia or of any state or any political subdivision thereof which grants similar exemption to publicly owned vehicles registered in this State. Nor shall this chapter apply to any school bus operated by, for or on behalf of this State, any political subdivision thereof or any private or privately operated school.

(b) This chapter shall not apply to any motor vehicle for which the registration and inspection has been exempted pursuant to § 2113(2) of Title 21.

(c) This chapter shall not apply to any vehicle operated by, for or on behalf of any volunteer fire company or any ambulance owned and/or operated by a civic or veterans’ organization on a volunteer basis.

(d) This chapter shall not apply to any motor vehicle being road tested for sale or any motor vehicle being delivered to or from a motor vehicle dealer; provided, that said vehicle displays a valid dealer’s license plate.

(e) This chapter shall not apply to any farm truck with a gross registered vehicle weight of less than 40,001 pounds providing that said vehicle displays a valid FT license tag or its equivalent.

30 Del. C. 1953, §  5224;  57 Del. Laws, c. 496, §  1;  60 Del. Laws, c. 488, §  2;  61 Del. Laws, c. 59, §  1;  61 Del. Laws, c. 344, §§  1, 2;  64 Del. Laws, c. 394, §  1;  65 Del. Laws, c. 205, §  1;  65 Del. Laws, c. 427, §  8;  67 Del. Laws, c. 405, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 435, §  1;