Vermont § 305 - Registration periods

§ 305. Registration periods

• (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue registration certificates and number
  plates upon initial registration, and registration certificates for each succeeding
  renewal period of registration upon payment of the registration fee. Number plates
  so issued will become void one year from the first day of the month following the
  month of issue, unless a longer initial registration period is authorized by law or
  unless this period is extended through renewal. Registrations issued for motor trucks
  shall become void one year from the first day of the month following the month of
  issue. (b) The Commissioner shall issue a registration certificate and a number plate or number
  plates for each motor vehicle owned by the State, which shall be valid for a period
  of five years. Such motor vehicle shall be considered properly registered while the
  issued number plate or number plates are attached to the motor vehicle. The Commissioner
  may replace such number plate or number plates when in the Commissioner’s discretion
  their condition requires. (c) [Repealed.] (d) When a registration for a motor vehicle, snowmobile, motorboat, or all-terrain vehicle
  is processed electronically, a receipt shall be available electronically and for printing.
  An electronic or printed receipt shall serve as a temporary registration for 10 days
  after the date of the transaction. An electronic receipt may be shown to an enforcement
  officer using a portable electronic device. Use of a portable electronic device to
  display the receipt does not in itself constitute consent for an officer to access
  other contents of the device. (Amended 1961, No. 54, § 3, eff. April 1, 1962; 1965, No. 70, § 2; 1967, No. 129, § 3; 1969, No. 259 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1971, No. 150 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1973; 1977, No. 85, §§ 2, 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; 1979, No. 34, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1979; 1985, No. 124 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1987, No. 111, § 10; 1993, No. 9, § 1, eff. Feb. 1, 1994; 1995, No. 112 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1997, No. 39, § 2; 2001, No. 75 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2009, No. 50, § 112; 2009, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 2011, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2013, No. 57, § 5; 2013, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2017, No. 71, § 4; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 142; 2023, No. 41, § 4, eff. November 1, 2023.)