NOTICE:

The last day to register a commercial vehicles, trailers, and semi-trailers is Saturday, May 29, 2004.  All deputy registrar license agencies will be closed on Sunday, May 30, 2004, and again on Monday, May 31, 2004, for Memorial Day.

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All registrations will expire the last day of the month.

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All registrations are eligible for renewal 90 days prior to expiration.

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Some registrations may exceed 12 months during the transition period only.

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Current required documents must be presented at renewal or when applying for a new commercial registration (i.e. form 2290).

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During the transition year, all commercial registrations expiring May of 2004 will be for no longer than 17 months and no shorter than 6 months.

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Those who are assigned to registration periods 12 months or longer have the option to pay for the full registration at the time of renewal.

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Carriers Assigned to 12+ month expirations (TIN’s ending in 40-82) have the option to renew for 6 months (receiving November 2004 stickers).  Carriers who choose this option will return in November to pay for the remainder of their renewal, taking them to their assigned month.

6 month registration – November 2004

17 month registration – October 2005

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Those who will return in November will receive a registration notice for the remainder of their renewal fees.  Carriers should bring both the notice and the payment when returning to their local deputy registrar.  No other documents are required at this registration time.  This payment will complete the registration until the new assigned month.

All new registrants bringing in a new commercial vehicle will immediately be staggered, beginning March 1st, 2004.

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The new registrant may have a registration period longer than 12 months during the transition period.  In this case, they will have the option to split the payment.

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The first payment must take them to a registration expiration of November, 2004-even if this will be longer than 6 months!  The customer will return in November to pay the rest of the year’s registration, placing them in their proper expiration month.

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Of course, the new registrant has the option to pay for the entire registration period without splitting the payment, if the registration is not more than 17 months.

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The Deputy Registrar is required to calculate registration fees from the “first used” date.  The first used date is considered to be the purchase date of the commercial vehicle.  Therefore, some new registrants may have more registration fees added from prior use of the vehicle.

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A currently registered customer may place new vehicles in any of the predetermined months as long as he or she already has vehicles registered in both the primary and secondary months!

A registrant has a TIN #00.  His primary month is January.  The registrant has four (4) vehicles and each is registered for 80,000 pounds gross weight. The registrant is renewing in May of 2004.  This registrant wants to have all 4 vehicles expire in his primary month.

Primary Month: January 2005 (8 months registration)

4 vehicles for 8 Months

Another registrant with the same number of vehicles, same gross weight and the same primary month comes to renew in May, 2004.  The registrant wants to have 2 vehicles expire in his primary month and 2 vehicles expire in his secondary month, which is July. 

Primary Month: January 2005 (8 months registration)

Secondary Month: July 2005 (14 months)

2 vehicles for 8 months

2 vehicles for14 Months

Another registrant with the same number of vehicles, same gross weight and the same primary month comes to renew in May, 2004.  The registrant wants to have each of his vehicles expire in his primary, secondary and each of the other two optional assigned months.

Primary Month: January 2005 (8 months registration)

Secondary: July 2005 (14 months)

Optional: April 2005 (11 months)

Optional: October 2005 (17 months)

1 vehicle for 8 months (to Jan ’05)

1 vehicle for 14 months (to July ’05)

1 vehicle for 11 months (to April ’05)

1 vehicle for 17 months (to Oct ’05)

Another registrant with the same number of vehicles, same gross weight and the same primary month comes to renew in May, 2004. The registrant wants to have 2 vehicles expire in his primary month and 2 vehicles expire in his secondary month, which is July.  The registrant would also like to split his payment on the 2 vehicles expiring in July, which he is able to do since the period is longer than 12 months.

Primary Month: January 2005 (8 months registration)

Secondary: July 2005 (14 months)

In May, the customer will register for:

2 vehicles for 8 months (2 vehicles until Jan ’05)

2 vehicles for 6 months (2 vehicles until Nov ‘04)*

*The customer must return in November to complete renewal payment for those 2 vehicles

In November, the customer will register for:

2 vehicles for 8 months (2 vehicles from Nov ’04 to July ’05)

Another registrant with the same number of vehicles, same gross weight and the same primary month comes to renew in May, 2004.  The registrant wants to have each of his vehicles expire in his primary, secondary and each of the other two optional assigned months. The registrant would also like to split his payment on the vehicle expiring in July and the vehicle expiring in October, which he is able to do since the periods are longer than 12 months.

Primary Month: January 2005 (8 months registration)

Secondary: July 2005 (14 months)

Optional: April 2005 (11 months)

Optional: October 2005 (17 months)

In May, the customer will register for:

1 vehicle for 8 months (Jan ’05)

1 vehicle for 6 months (July ’05 vehicle split payment will take customer to Nov ’04)

1 vehicle for 11 months (April ’05)

1 vehicle for 6 months (Oct ’05 will take customer to Nov ’04)

In November, the customer will register for:

1 vehicle for 8 months (Nov ’04 to July ’05)

1 vehicle for 11 months (Nov ’04 to Oct ’05)