§ 26-53-144 - Certain classes of trucks or trailers. - Arkansas Statutes

26-53-144. Certain classes of trucks or trailers.

(a) As used in this section:

(1) "Person" means a natural person who resided in this state at the time of purchasing a truck tractor or semitrailer in another state;

(2) "Semitrailer" means every vehicle with or without motive power, including a pole trailer, drawn by a truck tractor and designed for carrying property; and

(3) "Truck tractor" means a motor vehicle:

(A) Designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn; and

(B) Registered as a Class Five, Class Six, Class Seven, or Class Eight truck as defined by 27-14-601(a)(3).

(b) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the gross receipts or gross proceeds in excess of nine thousand one hundred fifty dollars ($9,150) derived from the sale of a new or used truck tractor in another state for use in this state are exempt from the Arkansas compensating use tax levied by this subchapter.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the gross receipts or gross proceeds in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) derived from the sale of a new or used semitrailer in another state for use in this state are exempt from the Arkansas compensating use tax levied by this subchapter.

(d) The exemption in this section does not apply to compensating use taxes levied by any Arkansas city, town, or county.