If a person is found operating a motor vehicle in violation of the shipping paper requirements in Sections 45, 49, 50 and 55 of this act, the vehicle and its cargo is subject to impoundment, seizure, and subsequent sale and forfeiture, in accordance with the general laws of this state respecting seizure and forfeiture. The failure of the operator of a motor vehicle to have on board, when loaded, the proper shipping papers with a destination state machine-printed on its face pursuant to Section 45 of this act or which fails to meet the descriptive annotation requirements of Sections 49, 50 and 56 of this act, if applicable, shall be presumptive evidence of a violation sufficient to warrant impoundment and seizure of the vehicle and its cargo.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 345, § 59, eff. Oct. 1, 1996.
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