Vermont § 602 - Exceptions for farm tractors and highway equipment
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 602 — Exceptions for farm tractors and highway equipment, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 602. Exceptions for farm tractors and highway equipment
- (a) No person may operate a farm tractor or motorized highway building equipment upon
a public highway without first procuring from the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles a
license to operate motor vehicles, except that a person may operate a farm tractor
upon a public highway in going to and from different parts of the farm of the owner
of the farm tractor without obtaining a license. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a person operating a farm tractor
upon the public highways in going to and from different parts of the farm of the owner
of the farm tractor or a person operating motorized highway building equipment upon
the public highways within a construction area under the provisions of this section
is subject to sections 602, 602a, 674, 1007, 1071, 1091, 1094, 1095, 1125, 1126, 1127, and 1201-1210 of this title. (c) A person operating a farm tractor upon the public highways, except when going to and
from different parts of the farm of the owner of the farm tractor, or a person operating
motorized highway building equipment upon the public highways outside a construction
area, is, while so operating, subject to all of the provisions of this title. (Amended 1967, No. 361 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1971, No. 258 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 1, 1973; 2001, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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