Application for
Farm
License Plates
County Use Only
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License No 1
License No 2
Mo/Yr of Ex
Date Issued
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Instructions
Submit the completed application; payment in the form of a personal check, money order, or cashier’s check; and proof of eligibility to
your local county tax assessor-collector’s office. Fees are non-refundable.
Farm Plate Eligibility: Applicants must provide a current permit card issued by the Texas Co
mptroller’s office with a Texas Agricultural and
Timber Exemption Registration Number unless otherwise exempt from the requirement.
WARNING: Farm
Truck or Farm Truck Tractor license plates may not be issued to:
passenger vehicles (unless reconstructed for delivery purposes and corrected title is applied for),
vehicles transporting livestock (unless for the purpose of sale), and
vehicles used for gainful employment or for hire, including transportation to and from a place of employment.
CO-OPs and Marketing Associations:
Applicants must provide a Filing Number issued by the Texas Secretary of State’s office and present
evidence as described on page 2. The trailer/semitrailer must be titled and/or registered in the co-op or marketing association’s name.
Applicant Information
First Name Middle Name Last Name Suffix County
Address City State ZIP
Email Phone Number
Name of Farm/Ranch/Timber/CO-OP/Marketing Association Operation
Ag/Timber Number, or if applying for a trailer/semitrailer, you may list Secretary of State’s filing number for co-op/marketing association
Farm Truck or Farm Truck Tractor Vehicle 1
Vehicle Identification Number Year Make Body Style
Empty Weight (lbs.) Carrying Capacity (lbs.) Gross Weight (lbs.)
Farm Trailer/Semitrailer Vehicle 2
Vehicle Identification Number Year Make Body Style
Empty Weight (lbs.) Carrying Capacity (lbs.) Gross Weight (34,000 lbs. or less)
Certification State law makes falsifying information a third degree felony.
I certify the vehicle(s) listed above will only be used for the following purposes or is a trailer/semitrailer owned by a farmers’ co-op or
marketing association under Agriculture Code, Chapter 51 or 52:
Farm Truck/Farm Truck Tractor will be operated to transport my own poultry, dairy, livestock, livestock products, timber in its natural
state, and farm products to market or to other points for sale or processing; laborers from their place of residence; and materials, tools,
equipment, or supplies, without charge, from the place of purchase or storage to my own farm or ranch exclusively for my own use on the
farm or ranch. The vehicle may be used to allow farmers/ranchers to participate in equine activities or attend livestock shows.
Farm Trailer/Semitrailer will be used exclusively to haul seasonally harvested agricultural products or livestock from the place of
production to the place of process, market, or storage, or farm supplies from the place of loading to the farm. The vehicle may be used to
allow farmers/ranchers to participate in equine activities or attend livestock shows. The vehicle will not be used for the current year with a
gross weight in excess of 34,000 lbs.
Farm Trailer/Semitrailer is owned by a cotton gin and will be supplied, without charge, to farmers to haul agricultural products from the
place of process, market, or storage of the agricultural products to the farm. The vehicle will not be used for the current year with a gross
weight in excess of 34,000 lbs.
Farm Trailer/Semitrailer will be used solely to haul fertilizer or cottonseed, without charge, between a place of supply or storage to
farms or place of process and return. The vehicle will not be used for the current year with a gross weight in excess of 34,000 lbs.
Date Signature
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Application for Farm License Plates
Additional Information
The vehicle cannot be used in connection with other gainful employment other than farming or ranching.
The vehicle may be used as the means of passenger transport, without charge, only by me or by members of my family to attend
church or school, to visit doctors for medical treatment or supplies, and for other necessities of the home and family.
The following definitions apply:
"Equine animal" means a horse, pony, mule, donkey, or hinny.
Participating in equine activities means riding, handling, training, driving, being a passenger on, or assisting a
participant or sponsor with an equine animal, including assisting in the medical treatment of an equine animal and management
of a show involving equine animals.
“Livestock show” means a nonprofit event where more than two species or breeds of livestock animals are gathered for
exhibition or competition.
Warning: Transportation Code, Chapter 502, provides that the owner of any commercial motor vehicle displaying Farm Truck or Farm
Truck Tractor license plates used or permitted to be used for any purpose other than those listed in the Certification section are guilty of
a misdemeanor on conviction, the owner will be fined from $25 to $200, and each use or permission for use of the vehicle constitutes a
separate offense.
Applicants for Farm Truck and Farm Truck Tractor license plates are required to pay an additional $5 assessment for the Young Farmer
Loan Guarantee Program.
Any trailer/semitrailer displaying a Farm Trailer/Semitrailer license plate that is operated and moved on the public highways of this state
in violation of Transportation Code, Chapter 502, will be deemed to be operated or moved unregistered and will immediately be subject
to the regular registration fees and penalties as prescribed by law.
Ownership Evidence: Farm trailers and semitrailers are not exempt from the Certificate of Title Act. Regardless of the evidence of
ownership presented, you should retain the evidence, and it should not be surrendered to the county tax assessor-collector’s office.
Farm trailers and semitrailers with a gross weight 34,000 lbs. or less may be issued a certificate of title at the discretion of the owner. If
an owner of a farm trailer or semitrailer with a gross weight of 34,000 lbs. or less chooses not to apply for title, the evidence of ownership
should be retained by the owner.
CO-OP and Marketing Association’s Evidence. Farm T
railers/Semitrailers owned by a farmers’ co-op incorporated under Chapter 51 or a
marketing association organized under Chapter 52, Agriculture Code, do not require proof of the Ag/Timber Number for registration. Any
one of the following may be presented to the county:
“Article of Incorporation” or “Certificate of Formation” filed with the secretary of state’s office
“Certificate of Fact” provided by the secretary of state’s office
“Business Organizations Inquiry” printout from the secretary of state’s website
Statement from the entity on letterhead, which includes the filing number issued by the secretary of state’s office
Instructions for County Tax Assessor-Collector
If the applicant is applying for registration and title, this application must be completed in duplicate. The original copy must be
retained by your office, and a duplicate copy must be attached to the title transaction.
This application must be submitted before license plates may be issued or transferred to the applicant for the vehicle described
on page 1.
When evidence is presented by a co-op or marke
ting association it should not be retained by your office.
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