Farm Tags
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Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
1-Adam-12.....see the man..Officer. Officer. This one right here!
neener neener...gotta catch me first..
Wickedwrench
Stubborn and opinionated
Most of the big excavating companies around here have nothing but Maine tags on their equipment trailers. Saving those dollars.
ArkRescue
Adopt me please !
If someone stole my horse trailer I'd feel awkward calling the MD Police to report my trailer stolen with Maine tags when I've always lived in Maryland.
I'd just tell them the trailer had no tags and that I suspected the thieves might have been from Maine.
Probably farther then you think. You can get to Clements, Loveville, and just shy of St. Leonard (measured from a point just south of Scotland (distance, not driving miles)).
As to trailer tags - MD Code - Transportation - § 13-402(f)(1) - A trailer or semitrailer operated in intrastate service need not be registered in this State if:
(1) It is registered in another state;
Clem72
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So Mr. King, just to point out that semicolon means that the subparagraph is part of a larger clause, not independent.
There were actually three parts to that clause and all three need to be satisfied.
(1) is a given, since we are talking about the trailer being licensed in another state.
(2) is likely also a given since the vehicle is licensed.
(3) is trickier, means you can't have all of your trailers licensed out of state, only up to half of them. If you only have 1 licensed vehicle you must have one in-state before you can have one out of state licensed trailer.
And of course this is predicated on "intrastate service", but that seems like a vague enough term that you could probably qualify it by saying you drive to DC once every couple of years.
The key to the construction of the code is where the "and" is placed. It does not follow part 1, it follows part 2, meaning that the additional requirement is for part 2. You can observe that in various other areas of the code if you bother to explore. Or you might simply look at how to use the semicolon to connect independent clauses.
As to intrastate you do know that means within the boundaries of a state in contrast to interstate which means beyond a state's boundaries.
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Clem72
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No, the "and" is always placed before the last item in a numbered list in legal documents. It's convention. If you only needed to meet one of the enumerated criteria there would be a very obvious "OR" separating the clauses.
You can look to that exact same statute to see that every single time there is a list, the second to last item end with an "and", unless it explicity has an "or". See the Example below. So you can be sure that all three of those clauses apply, not just the top one or the bottom two.
The presence of the "OR" in that same document should clue you in that the use of "and" doesn't link only the last two items in the list.
In this case it's the first three items, or the last item. if that had been and "and" instead of an "or" it would mean all items were required not that you can pick and choose them as you seem to believe.
The semicolon connects independent clauses that are related to the main clause, it does not bind them together. If the clause at question was written with an "and" after the first clause they would be bound together and require adherence to the following clauses. In this instance the trailer would not need to be registered because it was already registered in another state, thus meeting the requirement for exception.
And with that I guess we will just disagree.
Clem72
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All you have to do is google "legal list semicolon" and you will get unlimited articles that will explain why the semicolon is there instead of a comma, and many will also explain why there is an and in the list.
But in the end it's still grammatical rules.
"To make a PBJ you need bread, peanut butter, and jelly"
is the same as
To make a PBJ you need:
(i) Bread;
(ii) peanut butter; and
(iii) jelly.
You need all three, you can't just use bread and call it a PBJ, neither can you use just peanut butter and jelly without the bread.
In the same fashion you can use an "or".
"To make a payment please insert cash, check, or credit card."
To make a payment please insert:
(i) cash;
(ii) check; or
(iii) credit card.
And in this case it's obvious that you can use any of the three choices. Again, grammatically correct but using semicolons instead of commas (as is explained in the links I suggested you read).
Which of those resembles the statute we were talking about. It's the first one, with the "and". So all of them are required.
You can still agree to disagree, it's a free country and you are allowed to be factually incorrect.
Factually incorrect? Don't think so. Here is an example of factually incorrect
A semicolon is used between closely related independent clauses which are not joined by a coordinating conjunction.
As to your PBJ example bread is not a requirement (unless it is associated with the word sandwich). Smucker's Goober is premixed PBJ and you don't need bread to eat it, you can muck it down with a spoon or spread it on crackers and it is still PBJ.
Don't know about that. It seems this has been a discussion for about 14 years and it is still "clear as mud". https://forums.somd.com/threads/trailer-tags-need-advice.192356/
I might have been sarcastic...
Okay, as long as you are not sure.
