Commercial Registration
A Commercial Vehicle is any vehicle or vehicle combination used, designed or maintained for
transportation of persons for hire, compensation for profit, or used primarily for the
transportation of property for gain and profit and:
- A power unit having 2 axles and a gross vehicle weight over 26,000 pounds;
- A power unit having 3 or more axles regardless of weight;
- Is used in combination and the combination exceeds 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight.
Commercial license plates are issued to vehicles meeting the above criteria.
Expiration
Commercial registrations are always paid for the calendar year and always expire in March. Since they
must expire in March, they are the only registrations that may be sold for less than 12 months.
EXAMPLE
Fees
Fees for commercial plates are broken into a County Fee and a State Fee. The
County Fee is calculated in the same way as a
regular registration. The State Fee is calculated depending on the gross vehicle
weight of the vehicle or combination using this WEIGHT TABLE.
Discounts
There are several discounts available for commercial registrations only. The discounts
allow the owner of the vehicle to only pay a percentage of the total county fee.
Only 1 of the following discounts can be applied to a registration:
- Agricultural vehicles: 25% of the total county fee;
- Logging vehicles: 25%;
- Well Service vehicles: 25%;
- Vehicles operated 2,500 miles per year or less: 15%;
- Vehicles operated 2,501-5,000 miles: 20%;
- Vehicles operated 5,001-10,000 miles: 25%;
- Vehicles operated 10,001-20,000 miles: 50%;
- Vehicles operated 20,001-30,000 miles: 75%
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If a commercial vehicle is purchased in April, the owner would be charged for 9 months - (April
through December) and expire in March of the following year.
If a commercial vehicle is purchased in November, the owner would pay for 2 months (November
& December) and expire in March of the following year.
- 26,000 or less : $180.00
- 26,001 - 28,000 : 195.00
- 28,001 - 30,000 : 210.00
- 30,001 - 32,000 : 225.00
- 32,001 - 34,000 : 250.00
- 34,001 - 36,000 : 275.00
- 36,001 - 38,000 : 300.00
- 38,001 - 40,000 : 325.00
- 40,001 - 42,000 : 350.00
- 42,001 - 44,000 : 375.00
- 44,001 - 46,000 : 400.00
- 46,001 - 48,000 : 425.00
- 48,001 - 50,000 : 450.00
- 50,001 - 52,000 : 475.00
- 52,001 - 54,000 : 500.00
- 54,001 - 55,000 : 512.50
- 55,001 - 56,000 : 525.00
- 56,001 - 58,000 : 550.00
- 58,001 - 60,000 : 575.00
- 60,001 - 62,000 : 600.00
- 62,001 - 64,000 : 625.00
- 64,001 - 66,000 : 650.00
- 66,001 - 68,000 : 675.00
- 68,001 - 70,000 : 700.00
- 70,001 - 72,000 : 725.00
- 72,001 - 74,000 : 750.00
- 74,001 - 76,000 : 775.00
- 76,001 - 78,000 : 800.00
- 78,001 - 80,000 : 835.00
For vehicles over 80,000 pounds, the fee will be $825.00 plus $25.00 for each additional
2,000 pounds.