75 Pa.C.S. § 1901 Exemption of Persons, Entities and Vehicles From Fees

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-66
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 75 Pa.C.S. § 1901

(a) Governmental and quasi-governmental entities.--Except as otherwise specifically provided in this title, no fees shall be charged under this title to any of the following:

(1) The Commonwealth.

(2) Political subdivisions.

(3) State and local authorities.

(4) State-related institutions of higher learning.

(5) The Federal Government.

(6) Other states.

(b) Title and registration fees.--No fee shall be charged for titling or registration of any of the following:

(1) Buses registered by urban mass transportation systems.

(2) Vehicles registered by volunteer fire, rescue and ambulance associations. For the purpose of this paragraph, the department shall exempt a volunteer EMS company, volunteer ambulance service and nonprofit emergency medical services agency that is a nonprofit chartered corporation, association or organization located in this Commonwealth, that is licensed by the Department of Health. The exemption shall not include a corporation, association or organization that is primarily engaged in the operation of invalid coaches that are intended for the routine transport of persons who are convalescent or otherwise nonambulatory and do not ordinarily require emergency medical treatment while in transit. The department may not use any other method to determine volunteer status of these organizations.

(3) Vehicles registered by foreign nationals with the rank of vice consul or higher assigned to a consulate in this Commonwealth provided that citizens of the United States are granted reciprocal exemptions.

(4) Vehicles of totally disabled veterans whose disability is certified by the service unit of the armed forces in which the veterans served or by the United States Veterans' Administration as service-connected.

(5) Vehicles on loan or transferred to a nonprofit corporation by the United States Department of Defense or the United States General Services Administration and used exclusively for leasing to political subdivisions, State agencies and the Federal Government. Such vehicles shall be issued the same kind of registration plates as are issued to vehicles registered by political subdivisions.

(c) Processing fee in lieu of registration fee.--No registration fee shall be charged for vehicles registered by any of the following but the department shall charge a fee of $10 to cover the costs of processing for issuing or renewing the registration:

(1) Hospital.

(2) Humane society.

(3) Nonprofit youth center.

(4) American Red Cross.