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Passenger registration is generally issued for a motor vehicle when:
- Its design and main use is to transport persons, and
- Its registration* weight is 10,000 pounds or less, and
- It is not required by Oregon law to be registered as another type of vehicle, or prohibited from being registered, and
- It meets federal standards for highway use.
About heavier passenger vehicles:
- Pickups or SUVs that are 10,000 pounds or less registration* weight usually qualify for passenger registration. Those that are over 10,000 pounds must register as a heavy motor vehicle (T plates). If a passenger-plated vehicle's registration* weight temporarily exceeds 10,000 pounds, it may qualify for operation with a Registration Weight Trip Permit.
- It is illegal for a passenger-plated vehicle to pull a heavy trailer, or operate at a registration* weight over 10,000 pounds, unless it is operating under the appropriate trip permit.
* DMV registration weight is the total empty weight of all vehicles in a combination, plus the total weight of the load carried on that combination of vehicles, not including the weight of these trailing vehicles:
- Campers
- Fixed loads
- Light trailers (loaded weight of 8,000 pounds or less)
- Manufactured structures
- Special use trailers
- Towed motor vehicles
- Travel trailers
Some examples of vehicles that cannot have passenger registration include:
- Low-Speed vehicles. They are not manufactured to meet passenger vehicle standards. There is a registration category for Low-Speed vehicles.
- Trucks that are pulling heavy trailers, unless the truck is operating under the appropriate permit.
- ATVs.
- Motorcycles, even if they have three wheels and an enclosed cab that looks like a "car".
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