Code of Maine Rules
29 - DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
250 - BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 158 - ADMINISTRATION OF TRAILER TRANSIT PLATES
Section 250-158-A - DEFINITIONS

Universal Citation: 29 ME Code Rules ยง 250-158-A

Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024

In the regulation of users of trailer transit plates, the following words, terms and phrases shall be defined as follows:

1. The term "Secretary" shall mean the Maine Secretary of State.

2. The term "mover" shall mean any individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation, association or company, or lessees, trustees or receivers thereof, operating or causing the operation of storage trailers, light trailers, and mobile homes.

3. The term "temporarily in the custody of the licensee" shall mean a mobile home, or storage trailer, or light trailer which is not owned by the mover but is entrusted to the mover for movement. In the case of storage trailers, the owner may be deemed to be "temporarily in the custody" if the storage trailer is leased to another party for thirty (30) days or more, and the storage trailer is not generally in the owner's direct control. The term "application" shall mean original application and renewal application for trailer transit plates.

1. The term "application" shall mean original application and renewal application for trailer transit plates.

2. The term "highway" shall mean all public ways, roads, including the Maine Turnpike, streets, avenues, alleys, boulevards, parks, squares, ferries, and bridges and approaches here to within the State.

3. The term "trailer transit" shall mean a mobile home, or storage trailer, or light trailer temporarily in the custody of the licensee.

4. The term "mobile home" shall mean a vehicle owned by a manufacturer, dealer, or consumer being moved from point to point or site to site. Mobile home in this context shall include travel trailers, fifth wheel travel trailers, park trailers, office trailers, portable classroom trailers, but not folding camper trailers.

5. The term "storage trailer" shall mean an empty trailer or semitrailer which is moved infrequently over the highways to and from its business location and sites for stationary storage use.

6. The term "license" shall mean a document of the Secretary's design that specifies the location of the place of business by the trailer transit mover for posting the place or business of the mover.

7. The term "registration certificate" shall mean a document that specifies the location of the place of business occupied by the trailer transit mover which shall be carried in the power unit.

8. The term "light trailer" shall mean a trailer or semitrailer with an unladen weight of 3,000 pounds or less, provided that the load is owned by or in the custody of the transporting business.

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