Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 49 - Size, Weight and Load
Section 4907 - Penalty for violation of chapter


(a) General rule.--Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which a penalty is not otherwise provided commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $300 for each violation.
(b) Penalty for violation of permit.--Any person whose vehicle, combination or load is in violation of or not in compliance with any condition of a permit and any person who violates or fails to comply with any condition of a permit while operating or transporting a vehicle, combination or load, in addition to any other violation prohibited by this chapter, commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $500 for each violation.
(c) Penalty for violation of multijurisdictional permit.--Any person who violates or fails to comply with any provision of a permit issued under section 6146.1 (relating to multijurisdictional permit agreement), in addition to any other violation prohibited by this title, commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $500 for each violation.
(d) Penalty for operation with an invalid permit.--Any person who operates or moves an oversize or overweight vehicle, combination or load with an expired, void or invalidated permit, in addition to any other violation prohibited by this chapter, commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000 for each violation.
(e) Failure to properly administer, adhere to and enforce the requirements of this chapter.--When it is determined in a summary proceeding that a local authority has failed to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter or the department's concomitant regulations, the following shall occur:
(1) The local authority shall be liable for the costs for scheduling and conducting the proceeding and for the reasonable costs incurred to respond to and defend against the charges. The costs shall be assessed by the magisterial district judge and payable within 30 days of assessment.
(2) The local authority shall forfeit any right of recovery for the cost of any repairs and restoration necessitated by the movement of vehicles upon highways or bridges.
(Dec. 7, 1994, P.L.820, No.115, eff. imd.; Dec. 28, 1994, P.L.1450, No.172, eff. 60 days; June 22, 2001, P.L.411, No.33, eff. 60 days; Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)

2004 Amendment. Act 207 amended subsec. (e)(1). See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.
2001 Amendment. Act 33 added subsec. (e).
Cross References. Section 4907 is referred to in section 4901 of this title.

Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Title 75 - VEHICLES

Chapter 49 - Size, Weight and Load

Extra - Chapter Notes

Section 4901 - Scope and application of chapter

Section 4902 - Restrictions on use of highways and bridges

Section 4903 - Securing loads in vehicles

Section 4904 - Limits on number of towed vehicles

Section 4905 - Safety requirements for towed vehicles

Section 4906 - Fire apparatus and emergency vehicles

Section 4907 - Penalty for violation of chapter

Section 4908 - Operation of certain combinations on interstate and certain other highways

Section 4908.1 - Operation of motor homes on interstate and certain other highways (Repealed)

Section 4909 - Transporting foodstuffs in vehicles used to transport waste

Section 4921 - Width of vehicles

Section 4922 - Height of vehicles

Section 4923 - Length of vehicles

Section 4924 - Limitations on length of projecting loads

Section 4925 - Width of projecting loads on passenger vehicles

Section 4941 - Maximum gross weight of vehicles

Section 4942 - Registered gross weight

Section 4943 - Maximum axle weight of vehicles

Section 4944 - Maximum wheel load

Section 4945 - Penalties for exceeding maximum weights

Section 4946 - Impoundment of vehicles for nonpayment of overweight fines (Repealed)

Section 4947 - Disposition of impounded vehicles and loads (Repealed)

Section 4948 - Maximum weight and seating capacity of buses

Section 4949 - Application to tow trucks

Section 4961 - Authority to issue permits

Section 4962 - Conditions of permits and security for damages

Section 4963 - Exemptions for vehicles used in State highway construction or maintenance

Section 4964 - Oral authorization following emergency or accident

Section 4965 - Single permits for multiple highway crossings

Section 4966 - Permit for movement of quarry equipment

Section 4967 - Permit for movement of implements of husbandry (Repealed)

Section 4968 - Permit for movement during course of manufacture

Section 4969 - Permit for movement of vehicles with oversize wheels and tires (Repealed)

Section 4970 - Permit for movement of construction equipment

Section 4971 - Permit for operation of chemical and fertilizer vehicles (Deleted by amendment)

Section 4972 - Permits for migrant farm vehicles (Repealed)

Section 4973 - Permits for movement of a mobile home, a manufactured home or a modular housing unit and modular housing undercarriage

Section 4974 - Permit for movement of containerized cargo

Section 4975 - Permit for movement of special mobile equipment

Section 4976 - Permit for movement of domestic animal feed and whole or unprocessed grain

Section 4976.1 - Permit for movement of live domestic animals

Section 4976.2 - Permit for movement of eggs

Section 4977 - Permit for movement of wooden structures

Section 4978 - Permit for movement of building structural components

Section 4979 - Permit for movement of particleboard or fiberboard used in the manufacture of ready-to-assemble furniture

Section 4979.1 - Permit for movement of bulk refined oil

Section 4979.2 - Permit for movement of waste coal, beneficial combustion ash or limestone

Section 4979.3 - Permit for movement of float glass or flat glass for use in construction and other end uses

Section 4979.4 - Permit for movement of self-propelled cranes

Section 4979.5 - Permit for movement of nonhazardous liquid glue

Section 4979.6 - Permit for movement of waste tires

Section 4981 - Weighing and measurement of vehicles

Section 4982 - Reducing or readjusting loads of vehicles

Section 4983 - Penalty for failure to obey police officer (Repealed)