[gldskr]

Originally Posted by DCLXVI

There are statutes allowing for the registration of "vehicles."
I suspect so, but allowing isn't the same as requiring and I doubt private automobiles are included within those classifications

So where in law does it state that when I apply to register my vehicle, whether or not required, it becomes a motor vehicle.
You wont find it in the "law", but the application itself will describe what it is that you are applying for.

Assuming what you say is true about only "motor vehicles" being required to register, where does it state that vehicles not required to be registered under the code, become "motor vehicles"?
There are codes that specifically exempt certain vehicles from registration that are deemed to be motor vehicles. These are usually those of governmental entities. The purpose of registration is to generate revenue, it would be redundant for governments to tax themselves.
In regard to private automobiles, why would the state concern itself with subjects not required?

I see nowhere yet that says that a vehicle becomes a motor vehicle simply because it is registered. Is there a construction of multiple laws that I am missing?
There is no single statute that entails what you describe. The code must be read in its totality to understand who and what the statutes apply. Where is the law that makes me liable for an Income tax? You are asking me the same regarding registration. The answer is the same in both cases. That is why we must self assess ourselves.

Where have you found "person" to mean "fictional entity"?

What rules of statutory construction specifically demand this?

Ejusdem generis - Of the same kind, class or nature. In the construction of laws, wills and other instruments, the "ejusdem generis rule" is, that where general words follow an enumeration of persons or things, by words of a particular and specific meaning, such general words are not to be construed in their widest extent, but are to be held as applying only to persons or things of the same general kind or class as those specifically mentioned. U.S. v. LaBrecque, D.C.N.J., 419 F.Supp. 430,432.

Originally Posted by DCLXVI

Why does the state issue a "certificate of ownership", if the "certificate of title" is the same thing?

Are they the same thing and in what instance does the state issue a certificate of ownership?

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