27-16-104. Definitions.

27-16-104. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Driver” means a person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle; (2) “Farm tractor” means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines, and other implements of husbandry; (3) “Motor vehicle” means a vehicle that is self-propelled or that is propelled by electric power drawn from overhead trolley wires but is not operated upon stationary rails or tracks; (4) “Nonresident” means a person who is not a resident of this state; (5)(A) “Owner” means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle. (B) In the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease 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 lessee or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then the conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purposes of this chapter; (6) “Person” means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, or corporation; (7)(A) “Resident” means any person who: (i) Remains in this state for a period of more than ninety (90) days; (ii) Resides in this state due to a change of abode; or (iii) Is domiciled in this state on a temporary or permanent basis. (B) “Resident” does not include any person who is in this state as a student; (8) “Revoke” means to terminate by formal action a driver's license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle on a public highway, which shall not be subject to renewal or restoration; (9) “School bus” means a motor vehicle that is owned by a public or governmental agency and operated for the transportation of children to or from school or that is privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from school; (10) “Street” or “highway” means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part of the way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic; (11) “Suspend” means to temporarily withdraw by formal action a driver's license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle on a public highway, which shall be for a period specifically designated by the suspending authority; and (12) “Vehicle” means a device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.