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K.S.A. § 8-128 (2026)

Same; exceptions

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8-128. Same; exceptions. (a) The following need not be registered under this act, any:

(1) Implement of husbandry;

(2) all-terrain vehicle;

(3) micro utility truck;

(4) golf cart;

(5) work-site utility vehicle;

(6) road roller or road machinery temporarily operated or moved upon the highways;

(7) municipally owned fire truck;

(8) privately owned fire truck subject to a mutual aid agreement with a municipality;

(9) school bus owned and operated by a school district or a nonpublic school that has the name of the municipality, school district or nonpublic school plainly painted thereon;

(10) farm trailer used in carrying not more than 6,000 pounds owned by a person engaged in farming, which trailer is used exclusively by the owner to transport agricultural products produced by such owner or commodities purchased by the owner for use on the farm owned or rented by the owner of such trailer and the weight of any such farm trailer, plus the cargo weight of 6,000 pounds or less, shall not be considered in determining the gross weight for which the truck or truck tractor propelling the same shall be registered;

(11) farm trailer used and designed for transporting hay or forage from a field to a storage area or from a storage area to a feedlot that is only incidentally moved or operated upon the highways, except that this paragraph shall not apply to a farm semitrailer;

(12) electric-assisted scooter; or

(13) electric-assisted bicycle.

(b) Self-propelled cranes where the crane operator on a job site operates the controls of such crane from a permanent housing or module on the crane and the crane is not used for the transportation of property, except the property that is required for the operation of the crane itself and earth moving equipment that are equipped with pneumatic tires may be moved on the highways of this state from one job location to another, or to or from places of storage, delivery or repair, without complying with the provisions of the law relating to registration and display of license plates but shall comply with all the other requirements of the law relating to motor vehicles.

(c) Oil well servicing, oil well clean-out or oil well drilling machinery or equipment need not be registered under this act but shall comply with all the other requirements of the law relating to motor vehicles.

(d) A truck permanently mounted with a hydraulic concrete pump and placing boom may be moved on the highways of this state from one job location to another, or to or from places of storage delivery or repair, without being registered under this act, but shall comply with all the other requirements of the law relating to motor vehicles. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to ready-mix concrete trucks.

History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 6; L. 1933, ch. 72, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 58, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 46, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 57, § 5; L. 1972, ch. 19, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 40, § 3; L. 1977, ch. 29, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 30, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 34, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 27, § 2; L. 1988, ch. 40, § 2; L. 1994, ch. 235, § 2; L. 1995, ch. 61, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 220, § 4; L. 1997, ch. 119, § 2; L. 2001, ch. 41, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 211, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 136, § 1; L. 2007, ch. 140, § 5; L. 2008, ch. 167, § 4; L. 2009, ch. 119, § 5; L. 2019, ch. 61, § 10; L. 2022, ch. 43, § 2; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1979–2017 · leading case: State v. Zeit, 180 P.3d 1068 (Kan. Ct. App. 2008).
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State v. Zeit, 180 P.3d 1068 (Kan. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 7× “at 68 (quoting K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-128[b]). The vehicle in question was described as truck-mounted with a moveable, projecting boom capable of lifting and of pumping concrete, essentially a “crane that can pump concrete.”
State v. Parson, 808 P.2d 444 (Kan. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 8× “Parson complains that the trial court erred in finding that the equipment he was *375 operating is not exempt from registration pursuant to K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 8-128(b). K.S.A. 1990 Supp.”
Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. v. Kurtenbach Ex Rel. Kurtenbach, 961 P.2d 53 (Kan. 1998). · cites it 3× “However, even though the motorcycle is not specifically exempted from registration under K.S.A. 8-128, it may still not be subject to registration under Kansas law.”
State v. Groves, 644 P.2d 1013 (Kan. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 30× “Defendants have raised the following issues: (1) Is the defendants' concrete pump/boom truck a "self-propelled crane" and therefore exempt from the motor vehicle registration requirement pursuant to K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-128? (2) Is defendants' concrete pump/boom truck "road…”
Harlan v. United Fire & Cas. Co., 208 F. Supp. 3d 1168 (D. Kan. 2016). · cites it 4× “Shelter Mut. Ins. Co., No. 15-cv-1199-JTM, 2016 WL 2736083 , at *3 (D.”
State v. Groves, 653 P.2d 457 (Kan. 1982). · cites it 15× “The primary issue presented is this: Was the concrete pump/boom truck in each case either a “self-propelled crane” or “road machinery” and, therefore, exempt from motor vehicle registration under the provisions of K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-128? At the outset, we should look at the…”
Nat'l Educ. Ass'n-Fort Scott v. Bd. of Educ., 592 P.2d 463 (Kan. 1979). “(K.S.A. 1977 Supp. 8-128, 8-238, 8-234(d).”
Midwest Crane & Rigging, LLC v. Kansas Corp. Com'n (Kan. 2017). “See K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 8-128(b); State v. Zeit, 39 Kan.”
— K.S.A. § 8-128(a) — 1 case
State v. Groves, 644 P.2d 1013 (Kan. Ct. App. 1982). “Defendants have raised the following issues: (1) Is the defendants' concrete pump/boom truck a "self-propelled crane" and therefore exempt from the motor vehicle registration requirement pursuant to K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-128? (2) Is defendants' concrete pump/boom truck "road…”
— K.S.A. § 8-128(a)(1) — 2 cases
Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. v. Kurtenbach Ex Rel. Kurtenbach, 961 P.2d 53 (Kan. 1998). “However, even though the motorcycle is not specifically exempted from registration under K.S.A. 8-128, it may still not be subject to registration under Kansas law.”
Harlan v. United Fire & Cas. Co., 208 F. Supp. 3d 1168 (D. Kan. 2016). “Shelter Mut. Ins. Co., No. 15-cv-1199-JTM, 2016 WL 2736083 , at *3 (D.”
— K.S.A. § 8-128(b) — 5 cases
State v. Zeit, 180 P.3d 1068 (Kan. Ct. App. 2008). “at 68 (quoting K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-128[b]). The vehicle in question was described as truck-mounted with a moveable, projecting boom capable of lifting and of pumping concrete, essentially a “crane that can pump concrete.”
State v. Parson, 808 P.2d 444 (Kan. Ct. App. 1991). “Parson complains that the trial court erred in finding that the equipment he was *375 operating is not exempt from registration pursuant to K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 8-128(b). K.S.A. 1990 Supp.”
State v. Groves, 644 P.2d 1013 (Kan. Ct. App. 1982). “Defendants have raised the following issues: (1) Is the defendants' concrete pump/boom truck a "self-propelled crane" and therefore exempt from the motor vehicle registration requirement pursuant to K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-128? (2) Is defendants' concrete pump/boom truck "road…”
State v. Groves, 653 P.2d 457 (Kan. 1982). “The primary issue presented is this: Was the concrete pump/boom truck in each case either a “self-propelled crane” or “road machinery” and, therefore, exempt from motor vehicle registration under the provisions of K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-128? At the outset, we should look at the…”
Midwest Crane & Rigging, LLC v. Kansas Corp. Com'n (Kan. 2017). “See K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 8-128(b); State v. Zeit, 39 Kan.”
— K.S.A. § 8-128(h) — 2 cases
State v. Groves, 653 P.2d 457 (Kan. 1982). “The primary issue presented is this: Was the concrete pump/boom truck in each case either a “self-propelled crane” or “road machinery” and, therefore, exempt from motor vehicle registration under the provisions of K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-128? At the outset, we should look at the…”
State v. Groves, 644 P.2d 1013 (Kan. Ct. App. 1982). “Defendants have raised the following issues: (1) Is the defendants' concrete pump/boom truck a "self-propelled crane" and therefore exempt from the motor vehicle registration requirement pursuant to K.S.A. 1981 Supp. 8-128? (2) Is defendants' concrete pump/boom truck "road…”
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