Idaho § 49-116 - Definitions - O
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 49-116 — Definitions - O, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 49-116. Definitions - O
(1) "Off-highway vehicle" or "OHV" means an off-highway vehicle as defined in section 67-7101 , Idaho Code.
(2) "Operator" means every person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or private property open to public use.
(3) "Out-of-service order" means a temporary prohibition against operating a commercial vehicle as declared by an authorized enforcement officer of a federal, state, Canadian, Mexican, or local jurisdiction and which is applicable to a driver, a commercial motor vehicle, or a motor carrier operation pursuant to federal regulations 49 CFR 386.72, 392.5, 395.13, or 396.9, or compatible laws, or to the North American uniform out-of-service criteria.
(4) "Owner" means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vehicle. The term includes a person entitled to the use and possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person, but excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security. "Owner," for the purposes of chapter 12, title 49 , Idaho Code, means the person legally responsible for the operation of a vehicle upon the highways of the state of Idaho, whether as owner, lessee, or otherwise.
[49-116, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 2, p. 562; am. 1989, ch. 88, sec. 9, p. 163; am. 1990, ch. 45, sec. 8, p. 81; am. 1996, ch. 371, sec. 2, p. 1250; am. 1998, ch. 110, sec. 8, p. 387; am. 2021, ch. 171, sec. 1, p. 476.]
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Section 49-116 ("Definitions - O") is part of the Idaho Statutes, the codified statutory law of Idaho. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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