49 USC § 31704 - Vehicle registration

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title: "49 USC § 31704 - Vehicle registration"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "31704"
section_name: "Vehicle registration"
chapter_number: 317
chapter_name: "PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION PLAN AND INTERNATIONAL FUEL TAX AGREEMENT"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "COMMERCIAL"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1032.)"
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# § 31704. Vehicle registration

September 30, 1996

After , a State that is not participating in the International Registration Plan may not establish, maintain, or enforce a commercial motor vehicle registration law, regulation, or agreement that limits the operation in that State of a commercial motor vehicle that is not registered under the laws of the State, if the vehicle is registered under the laws of a State participating in the Plan.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1032.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 31704 | 49:11506 (note). | Dec. 18, 1991, Pub. L. 102–240, § 4008(f), 105 Stat. 2154. |

The words “a State that is not participating in the International Registration Plan may not” are substituted for “no State (other than a State which is participating in the International Registration Plan) shall” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words.