32-10-1. Definitions. Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1) "Administrator," the secretary of revenue;

(2) "Commercial vehicle," any vehicle which is operated in interstate commerce in furtherance of any commercial enterprise;

(3) "Department," the Department of Revenue;

(4) "Interstate commerce," the movement of a vehicle between jurisdictions but does not include the movement of any vehicle which transports or is being used to transport persons or property, the transportation of which originates in one jurisdiction and passes into or through another jurisdiction or jurisdictions, for delivery in the jurisdiction in which the transportation originated;

(5) "Jurisdiction," a state, district, territory, or possession of the United States, a foreign country, and a state or province of a foreign country;

(6) "Motor vehicle," shall have the meaning ascribed to it by § 32-9-1;

(7) "Owner," as defined in subdivision 32-3-1(16), except that for the purposes of proportional registration of vehicles as authorized and provided in §§ 32-10-10 and 32-10-15 to 32-10-28, inclusive, "owner" means a person who holds a legal title of a vehicle, or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee, or in the event while a vehicle is subject to a lease with an immediate right of possession vested in the lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee, lessee or mortgagee is considered to be the owner;

(8) "Person" shall have the meaning ascribed to it by § 32-9-1;

(9) "Preceding year," a period of twelve consecutive months fixed by the administrator which period shall be within the sixteen months immediately preceding the commencement of the registration or license year for which proportional registration is sought; and the administrator in fixing such period shall make it conform to the terms, conditions, and requirements of any applicable agreement or arrangement for the proportional registration of vehicles;

(10) "Properly registered," as applied to place of registration:

(a) The jurisdiction where the person registering the vehicle has his legal residence; or

(b) In the case of a commercial vehicle, the jurisdiction in which it is registered if the commercial enterprise in which such vehicle is used has a place of business therein, and, if the vehicle is most frequently dispatched, garaged, serviced, maintained, operated, or otherwise controlled in or from such place of business, and, the owner has assigned the vehicle to such place of business; or

(c) In the case of a commercial vehicle, the jurisdiction where, because of an agreement or arrangement between two or more jurisdictions, or pursuant to a declaration, the vehicle has been registered as required by said jurisdiction.

In case of doubt or dispute as to the proper place of registration of a vehicle, the administrator shall make final determination, but in making such determination, may confer with administrators of the other states or jurisdictions affected;

(11) "Vehicle" shall have the meaning ascribed to it by § 32-9-1.Source: SL 1961, ch 237, § 2; SL 1988, ch 251, § 11; SL 2004, ch 17, § 120; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.