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Size, Weight and Load

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Scope and application of chapter

Restrictions on use of highways and bridges

Securing loads in vehicles

Limits on number of towed vehicles

Safety requirements for towed vehicles

Fire apparatus and emergency vehicles

Penalty for violation of chapter

Operation of certain combinations on interstate and certain other highways

Operation of motor homes on interstate and certain other highways (Repealed)

Transporting foodstuffs in vehicles used to transport waste

Width of vehicles

Height of vehicles

Length of vehicles

Limitations on length of projecting loads

Width of projecting loads on passenger vehicles

Maximum gross weight of vehicles

Registered gross weight

Maximum axle weight of vehicles

Maximum wheel load

Penalties for exceeding maximum weights

Impoundment of vehicles for nonpayment of overweight fines (Repealed)

Disposition of impounded vehicles and loads (Repealed)

Maximum weight and seating capacity of buses

Application to tow trucks

Authority to issue permits

Conditions of permits and security for damages

Exemptions for vehicles used in State highway construction or maintenance

Oral authorization following emergency or accident

Single permits for multiple highway crossings

Permit for movement of quarry equipment

Permit for movement of implements of husbandry (Repealed)

Permit for movement during course of manufacture

Permit for movement of vehicles with oversize wheels and tires (Repealed)

Permit for movement of construction equipment

Permit for operation of chemical and fertilizer vehicles (Deleted by amendment)

Permits for migrant farm vehicles (Repealed)

Permits for movement of a mobile home, a manufactured home or a modular housing unit and modular housing undercarriage

Permit for movement of containerized cargo

Permit for movement of special mobile equipment

Permit for movement of domestic animal feed and whole or unprocessed grain

Permit for movement of live domestic animals

Permit for movement of eggs

Permit for movement of wooden structures

Permit for movement of building structural components

Permit for movement of particleboard or fiberboard used in the manufacture of ready-to-assemble furniture

Permit for movement of bulk refined oil

Permit for movement of waste coal, beneficial combustion ash or limestone

Permit for movement of float glass or flat glass for use in construction and other end uses

Permit for movement of self-propelled cranes

Permit for movement of nonhazardous liquid glue

Permit for movement of waste tires

Weighing and measurement of vehicles

Reducing or readjusting loads of vehicles

Penalty for failure to obey police officer (Repealed)

Chapter Notes