23 CFR § 669.3 - Policy.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t23/s669.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "23 CFR § 669.3 - Policy."
title_number: 23
title_name: "Highways"
section_number: "669.3"
section_name: "Policy."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS"
part_number: "669"
part_name: "ENFORCEMENT OF HEAVY VEHICLE USE TAX"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "23 U.S.C. 141(c) and 315; 49 CFR 1.85."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 25364, July 14, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "669"
---


# 669.3 Policy.

It is the policy of the FHWA that each state require registrants of heavy trucks as described in 26 CFR part 41 to provide proof of payment of the vehicle use tax either before lawfully registering or within 4 months after lawfully registering such vehicles as provided for under a suspension registration system.