{"data":{"id":"us-vt/23-v.s.a.-307","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"23 V.S.A. § 307","heading":"Carrying of registration certificate; replacement and corrected certificates","body":"(a) An individual shall not operate a motor vehicle nor draw a trailer or semi-trailer unless all required registration certificates are carried in some easily accessible place in the motor vehicle or electronically on a portable electronic device; however, use of a device for this purpose does not in itself constitute consent for an enforcement officer to access other contents of the device.\n(b) In case of the loss, mutilation, or destruction of a certificate, the owner of the vehicle described in it shall immediately notify the Commissioner and remit a fee of $20.00, upon receipt of which the Commissioner shall furnish the owner with a duplicate certificate.\n(c) A corrected registration certificate shall be furnished by the Commissioner upon request and receipt of a fee of $20.00.\n(d)(1) An operator cited for violating subsection (a) of this section shall not be convicted if the operator sends a copy of or produces to the issuing enforcement agency within seven business days after the traffic stop proof of a valid registration certificate that was in effect at the time of the traffic stop.\n(2) An operator cited for violating subsection (a) of this section with respect to a pleasure car, motorcycle, or truck that could be registered for less than 26,001 pounds shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $5.00, which penalty shall be exempt from surcharges under 13 V.S.A. § 7282(a), if the operator is cited within the 14 days following the expiration of the motor vehicle’s registration.","path":["Title 23: Motor Vehicles","Chapter 007: Registration","Subchapter 001: GENERAL REGISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/23/007/00307","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:04Z","sha256":"f78a81ed997d87e0f9d8b2fdd1dad6a708f3ad5a04b7a8bbd2872c55ec06e350","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/23-v.s.a.-306","next":"us-vt/23-v.s.a.-308"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}