---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 523.8"
title: "49"
number: "523.8"
heading: "Heavy-duty vocational vehicle."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/523.8"
---

# §523.8. Heavy-duty vocational vehicle.


Heavy-duty vocational vehicles are vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) above 8,500 pounds excluding:

- (a) Heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans defined in [§ 523.7](/cfr/49/523.7.md);
- (b) Medium-duty passenger vehicles; and
- (c) Truck tractors, except vocational tractors, with a GVWR above 26,000 pounds;

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 57491, Sept. 15, 2011, as amended at 89 FR 52945, June 24, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 32901; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95.

### Amendments

[76 FR 57491, Sept. 15, 2011, as amended at 89 FR 52945, June 24, 2024]