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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="22-404.3" title_number="22" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Equipment of Vehicles" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Other Equipment">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Every truck, truck tractor, and bus operated on highways in this State, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, shall be identified with the name or trade name of its owner, operator, or lessee and shall display:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A United States Department of Transportation number; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The number issued by a State agency.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to the following if operated intrastate only:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Vehicles registered as:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Farm trucks under § 13-921 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Farm truck tractors under § 13-924 of this article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Farm area motor vehicles under § 13-935 of this article;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Trucks registered at 10,000 pounds capacity or less;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Emergency vehicles;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Vehicles used primarily to transport money or commercial paper;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Vehicles owned or operated by the State or any political subdivision of the State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Vehicles operating within 15 days from the date of purchase.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The display of identification required by this section shall comply with the regulations promulgated by the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration relating to vehicles operating interstate, as codified in 49 C.F.R., Part 390.21.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>This section does not prohibit the display of any additional identification required by other laws of this State or any other state, or by any agency or department of the federal government.</text>
  </level>
</section>
