60-373 Operation of vehicle without registration; dealer; employee or agent; licensed manufacturer; conditions. - Nebraska Statutes

60-373. Operation of vehicle without registration;dealer; employee or agent; licensed manufacturer; conditions.(1) Each licensed motor vehicle dealer or trailer dealer as definedin sections 60-1401.26 and 60-1401.37, respectively, doingbusiness in this state, in lieu of registering each motor vehicle or trailerwhich such dealer owns of a type otherwise required to be registered, or anyfull-time or part-time employee or agent of such dealer may, if the motorvehicle or trailer displays dealer number plates:(a) Operate or tow the motor vehicle or trailer upon the highways ofthis state solely for purposes of transporting, testing, demonstrating, oruse in the ordinary course and conduct of business as a motor vehicle or trailerdealer. Such use may include personal or private use by the dealer and personalor private use by any bona fide employee licensed pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act, ifthe employee can be verified by payroll records maintained at the dealershipas ordinarily working more than thirty hours per week or fifteen hundred hoursper year at the dealership;(b) Operate or tow the motor vehicle or trailer upon the highways ofthis state for transporting industrial equipment held by the licensee forpurposes of demonstration, sale, rental, or delivery; or(c) Sell the motor vehicle or trailer.(2) Each licensed manufacturer as defined in section 60-1401.24 whichactually manufactures or assembles motor vehicles or trailers within thisstate, in lieu of registering each motor vehicle or trailer which such manufacturerowns of a type otherwise required to be registered, or any employee of suchmanufacturer may operate or tow the motor vehicle or trailer upon the highwaysof this state solely for purposes of transporting, testing, demonstratingto prospective customers, or use in the ordinary course and conduct of businessas a motor vehicle or trailer manufacturer, upon the condition that any suchmotor vehicle or trailer display thereon, in the manner prescribed in section 60-3,100, dealer number plates as provided for in section 60-3,114.(3) In no event shall such plates be used on motor vehicles or trailershauling other than automotive or trailer equipment, complete motor vehicles,or trailers which are inventory of such licensed dealer or manufacturer unlessthere is issued by the department a special permit specifying the haulingof other products. This section shall not be construed to allow a dealer tooperate a motor vehicle or trailer with dealer number plates for the deliveryof parts inventory. A dealer may use such motor vehicle or trailer to pickup parts to be used for the motor vehicle or trailer inventory of the dealer. SourceLaws 2005, LB 274, § 73; Laws 2010, LB816, § 7. Cross ReferencesMotor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act, see section 60-1401. AnnotationsDealer need not apply for certificate of title for motor vehicle in stock or acquired for stock purposes. State Farm Mutual Auto Ins. Co. v. Drawbaugh, 159 Neb. 149, 65 N.W.2d 542 (1954).Licensed automobile dealer is not required to obtain a new certificate of title in his name. Bank of Keystone v. Kayton, 155 Neb. 79, 50 N.W.2d 511 (1951).