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title: "49 U.S.C. § 31704"
description: "Vehicle registration"
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title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
chapter_number: "317"
chapter_name: "PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION PLAN AND INTERNATIONAL FUEL TAX AGREEMENT"
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citation: "49 U.S.C. § 31704"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 31704 - Vehicle registration
## Text
After September 30, 1996, 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.
(Pub. L. 103272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1032.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3170449:11506 (note).Dec. 18, 1991, Pub. L. 102240, § 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.