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§ 24-101. Limits to gross weight for vehicle or combination of vehicles

West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportationEffective: April 14, 2014

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Transportation
Title 24. Vehicle Laws--Size, Weight, and Load; Highway Preservation (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 1. Size, Weight, and Load (Refs & Annos)
Effective: April 14, 2014
MD Code, Transportation, § 24-101
§ 24-101. Limits to gross weight for vehicle or combination of vehicles
Currentness
Emergency vehicles, farm equipment, and vehicles driven by special permit
(a) The provisions of this subtitle governing size, weight, and load do not apply to:
(1) Emergency vehicles;
(2) Farm equipment temporarily moved on a highway;
(3) Vehicles owned by or under contract with the State or a political subdivision of the State when engaged in emergency operations or in snow or ice removal consistent with federal law; or
(4) Any other vehicle driven under the terms and conditions of a permit issued under this subtitle.
Driving overweight vehicle or combination of vehicles prohibited
(b) A person may not drive on any publicly maintained highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles with a gross weight that exceeds:
(1) The maximum registered weight limit for which the vehicle or combination is registered under § 24-110 of this subtitle; or
(2) Any other weight limit established under the Maryland Vehicle Law.1
Permitting overweight vehicle or combination of vehicles to be driven prohibited
(c) A person may not permit to be driven on any publicly maintained highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles with a gross weight that exceeds:
(1) The maximum registered weight limit for which the vehicle or combination is registered under § 24-110 of this subtitle; or
(2) Any other weight limit established under the Maryland Vehicle Law.
Violation of maximum weight provisions not a moving violation
(d) A violation of the maximum weight provisions of this subtitle is not a moving violation for purposes of Title 16, Subtitle 4 of this article.

Credits

Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1986, c. 472, § 1; Acts 1987, c. 11, § 1; Acts 2004, c. 368, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2004; Acts 2013, c. 18, § 1, eff. April 9, 2013; Acts 2014, c. 127, § 1, eff. April 14, 2014.
Formerly Art. 66 ½, § 14-101.

Footnotes

1
Transportation, § 11-101 et seq.
MD Code, Transportation, § 24-101, MD TRANS § 24-101
Current through legislation effective through May 9, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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