# Transportation (GTR)

## Title 24. Vehicle Laws -- Size, Weight, and Load; Highway Preservation

### Subtitle 1. Size, Weight, and Load

#### Section 24-101

(a) The provisions of this subtitle governing size, weight, and load do not apply to:

  (1) Emergency vehicles;

  (2) Farm equipment temporarily moved on a highway;

  (3) Vehicles owned by or under contract with the State or a political subdivision of the State when engaged in emergency operations or in snow or ice removal consistent with federal law; or

  (4) Any other vehicle driven under the terms and conditions of a permit issued under this subtitle.

(b) A person may not drive on any publicly maintained highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles with a gross weight that exceeds:

  (1) The maximum registered weight limit for which the vehicle or combination is registered under Sec. 24-110 of this subtitle; or

  (2) Any other weight limit established under the Maryland Vehicle Law.

(c) A person may not permit to be driven on any publicly maintained highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles with a gross weight that exceeds:

  (1) The maximum registered weight limit for which the vehicle or combination is registered under Sec. 24-110 of this subtitle; or

  (2) Any other weight limit established under the Maryland Vehicle Law.

(d) A violation of the maximum weight provisions of this subtitle is not a moving violation for purposes of Title 16, Subtitle 4 of this article.

---

Md. Code Ann., Transp. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)