Judges: WRITTEN BY: Paul L. Douglas, Attorney General; Ruth Anne E. Galter, Assistant Attorney General.
Filed Date: 1/31/1980
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 7/5/2016
REQUESTED BY: Patrick R. McDermott, Perkins County Attorney. Is a person entitled to register a motor vehicle without paying a registration fee for a previous period of nonuse where such nonuse is for less than a full registration period if the person provides certificates showing the payment of personal property tax thereon and executes under oath an affidavit that said vehicle has not been used on the public highways of the State of Nebraska for the period of nonregistration?
No, registration fees are required to be paid unless the duration of the nonuse for a previous year is for a full registration period.
Section
"Upon application to register any motor vehicle, no registration fee shall be required to be paid thereon for any previous registration period during which such motor vehicle was not at any time used or driven upon any public highway within this state, and the person desiring to register such motor vehicle without payment of fees for previous registration periods shall file with the county treasurer his affidavit showing where, when, and for how long such motor vehicle was stored, and that the same was not used in this state during such registration period or periods, and upon receipt thereof the county treasurer shall issue a registration certificate."
Under section
While the basic theory of registration is to require payment of fees based upon the use of roads, this use is determined on a yearly basis. Section
No partial registration for any period other than a year is provided for by statute.
It is consistent with the general motor vehicle registration statutes to limit the refund of registration fees based on nonuse to periods of one year. Since nonuse of up to 364 days of the yearly registration period has no reducing effect upon the fees, then it obviously is contrary to allow a waiver of fees under section