OFF-HIGHWAY LOCATIONS IS PERMITTED AN AXLE LOAD LIMIT TOLERANCE OF 5
PERCENT FROM SUBSECTIONS (B) AND (C) OF THIS SECTION.

24-111.1.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, as to any vehicle found to
exceed the weight limits permitted under this subtitle, if the overweight does not
exceed 5,000 pounds, a police officer may require the driver to unload the excess
weight.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, as to any vehicle found to
exceed the weight limits permitted under this subtitle, if the overweight exceeds
5,000 pounds, the vehicle may not be moved until the excess weight is unloaded.

(c) [If] EXCEPT ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS, IF an overweight vehicle bears
registration plates issued by this State and is transporting liquid milk in bulk from
the producer, the vehicle may be granted a 5 percent tolerance on the applicable
registration or statutory gross weight limit. However, a tolerance granted under this
subsection may not permit the gross weight of the vehicle to exceed [79,000] 80,000
pounds.

(d)  As to an overweight vehicle carrying an indivisible load:

(1) If it is the first indivisible load overweight violation by the driver of
the vehicle, the vehicle may be allowed to proceed, after a permit to do so is obtained
from the State Highway Administration; and

(2) If it is a second or subsequent indivisible load overweight violation by
the driver of the vehicle, the vehicle shall return with its load to its place of entry or
origin in this State, after a permit to do so is obtained from the State Highway
Administration.

(e) As to an overweight vehicle carrying perishable products as its only load:

(1) If it is the first perishable load overweight violation during the
calendar year by the driver of the vehicle, the vehicle shall be allowed to proceed to its
destination; and

(2) If it is a second or subsequent perishable load overweight violation
during the calendar year by the driver of the vehicle, the vehicle may not be moved
until the excess weight is unloaded.

(f) All material or cargo unloaded under this section shall be cared for by the
owner or operator of the vehicle at the risk of the owner or operator.

27-105.

(b) Except on interstate highways, a loading error or tolerance of 1,000 pounds
over a registered weight limit, statutory weight limit, or weight limit imposed by
signs is allowed and only weight in excess of this tolerance is a violation provided that
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