Arkansas § 27-14-704 Motor vehicles registered in foreign states

Arkansas Statutes

§ 27-14-704 — Motor vehicles registered in foreign states

Arkansas § 27-14-704

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Ark. Code Ann. § 27-14-704 (2026).

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(a)Any motor vehicle or motorcycle belonging to any person who is a nonresident of this state who has registered the motor vehicle or motorcycle in and who has complied with all the laws of the state, territory, District of Columbia, or any province or territory of Canada in which the owner resides with respect to the registration of motor vehicles and the display of registration numbers and who shall conspicuously display the registration number as required may be operated in this state as follows:

(1)If the motor vehicle is operated for the sole purpose of marketing farm products raised exclusively by the owner or other growers of the products associated with the owner in the raising of the farm products;

(2)A privately owned and duly registered motor vehicle not operated for hire but

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(a) Any motor vehicle or motorcycle belonging to any person who is a nonresident of this state who has registered the motor vehicle or motorcycle in and who has complied with all the laws of the state, territory, District of Columbia, or any province or territory of Canada in which the owner resides with respect to the registration of motor vehicles and the display of registration numbers and who shall conspicuously display the registration number as required may be operated in this state as follows: (1) If the motor vehicle is operated for the sole purpose of marketing farm products raised exclusively by the owner or other growers of the products associated with the owner in the raising of the farm products; (2) A privately owned and duly registered motor vehicle not operated for hire but for the purpose of going to and from the owner's place of regular employment and the making of trips for the purchasing of goods, wares, and merchandise if the owner lives outside of this state; (3) (A) Any motor vehicle operated by a nonresident only making an occasional trip into this state shall have the right to make an occasional trip without the payment of any motor vehicle license fee to this state, if the motor vehicle is not operated for hire. (B) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may issue temporary permits without payment of license fees for motor vehicles operated for hire by a nonresident into and across the highways of this state when the vehicles are operated upon charters for casual, irregular, occasional, and nonscheduled sightseeing trips; and (4) The secretary is authorized and empowered to enter into any agreement or issue any permit for the operation of any motor vehicles upon the highways of this state without payment of license fees when the motor vehicles are operated under and by the supervision of the proper authorities of the United States Army, United States Air Force, United States Navy, or United States Marine Corps during any period of emergency. (b) The provisions of this section shall be operative as to a motor vehicle owned by a nonresident of this state only to the extent that under the laws of the state, territory, District of Columbia, or any province or territory of Canada, or other place of residence of the nonresident owner, like exemptions are granted to motor vehicles registered under the laws of, and owned by, residents of this state.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 4530, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 4529, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1931, No. 246, §§ 1, 2; Pope's Dig., §§ 6633, 6634; Acts 1941, No. 392, § 1; 1943, No. 143, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 75-238, 75-239; Acts 1993, No. 445, § 41; 2003, No. 832, § 1.