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| Do UTVs (ie: JD gators, etc,) have to be registered in Indiana. if they are used for farm use or are they exempt? Thinking about putting a sprayer in ours for spraying around fields & ditches. A couple years ago my son was spraying field borders with his 4wheeler & DNR officer told him it had to be registered. Seems to me that I read / heard that recently the state made farm utvs exempt when used for farm purpose but can't find anything on the net. We would be hauling it farm to farm on a trailer behind the p.u. but would be operating in a road ditch & at times would have to cross a public road.
I have problems getting on / off a 4 wheeler & a gator or similiar machine would be a lot easier for me to operate, epecially in a road ditch.
TIA
Edited by boog 7/26/2010 21:08
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Lenawee Co Michigan | There's no registration in Michigan. We put a triangle flag on the back and use them for farm without license. If the driver is wearing overalls and there's a sprayer or bale of hay on the ATV it passes.
There's a doodlebug law on the books from the 30s allowing them for farm use without license. Those were the Model A's or T's with the coach removed and a small bed installed on the back. An ATV is really the same thing today. |
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Centralia, MO | I doubt you'll get one straight answer since this can be a very confusing area of law. However, one thing I can tell you is that most ATV's cannot be licensed in any way because they don't have DOT approved tires. There are a few golf cart like machines with DOT tires that can be licensed. In MO, you can't be on the roads at all without a license except for farm equipment. Some of my neighbors claim hanging an SMV on one makes it farm equipment. Of course, the police don't really enforce anything on the gravel roads but I had a Sheriff try to pull me over once when I was making a short run on a blacktop road. When I saw his lights come on I made a quick turn onto a gravel road and he shut off his lights and went on. |
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West Central IL | In IL I have the hazard light package on my Kubota RTV900 and a SMV and can run up and down the rural roads legally because it won't go over 30 mph. Driving it to the coffee shop is a no no though. |
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| In PA, ATV's are registered thru the PA-DCNR office, and, yes, you do get a license plate. (Does that make it a "license"?) If you use them on public property, they need to be registered, and have show proof of liability insurance. Farmers do not need to register them to use them on their own property. I think Boog was asking about IN, and I do think he needs to get a response about what is pertinent to IN, as I suspect the answer will vary from state to state. |
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| Correct martin, I was referring to the regulations in Indiana. In my original post I used the abbreviation for Indiana (In.) That might have confused people so after reading your post I went back & changed it to the full spelling. From what I can gather eading the DNR regulations is that they don't have to be registered when used on your own property. I quess my question boils doen to "is a road ditch along your field considered "public property" or "private property" Here in Indiana your property line is considered to the center of the road in most instances though I know of at least one instance where the property line is actually on the opposite side of the road. When the DNR officer stopped my son a couple years ago he was in the road ditch along a field that he farms. Officer gave him 3 days to get his 4 wheeler registered or get a ticket. Son had just crossed a public road to get from one field to another so I'm not sure if that instigated things or just the fact he was in a road side ditch. This particular officer has even ticketted people for riding 4 wheelers in their own yard.
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Kittitas Co. Wa. State | The Officer is an Idiot. Has a badge and gun but no functioning nurons.... I would call the Sheriff or whoever this bonehead's supervisor is. . |
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| Boog, This really does not help you much; however, this is what is allowed in PA (from the PA DCNR website). From what I see *here*, it seems like your officer was a bit "over-the-top". However, your rules in IN may be very different. Again, below applies to PA: Operation on streets and highways
ATVs may be operated only on streets and highways designated and posted as an ATV road by the government agency having jurisdiction over that road. An ATV may make a direct crossing of a street or two-lane highway if:
- The crossing is made at an angle of approximately 90 degrees to the direction of the highway and at a place where no obstruction prevents a quick and safe crossing;
- The ATV is brought to a complete stop before crossing the highway;
- The driver yields the right-of-way to all oncoming traffic that constitutes an immediate hazard;
- The crossing of a divided highway is made at an intersection of that highway with another street or highway.
ATVs may be operated on streets or highways during periods of emergency, if declared by the jurisdiction, or when necessary to cross a bridge or culvert. |
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| Here's a link to the IN DNR website: http://www.ai.org/legislative/ic/code/title14/ar16/ch1.html
Edited by martin 7/26/2010 23:30
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| Thanks, that's more detailed that what I had found. Do you know the date? I was thinking I had read there was an exemption for farm utv that went into effect 7/1 of this year. Guess I need to talk to our county sheriff. |
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| date? I found it from the IN DNR website. maybe print it off and take it to the office of your local state representative, and see if they can find out if it is current .... or if newer rules have superceeded it. or go to the IN DNR website and find contact information, and go from there. |
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Little River, TX | I thought only Massachusetts and California had weak brained legislatures. It appears it is catching in the Fly Over Land also.
You folks have my sympathy. |
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| You no longer have to register the vehicle in Indiana if it is used primarily for farm or construction purposes. Indiana law now defines it as a "farm wagon" and is exempt from the "off road vehicle" classification.
IC 9-13-2-60
Farm wagon
Sec. 60. (a) "Farm wagon" means any of the following:
(1) A wagon, other than an implement of agriculture, that is used primarily for transporting farm products and farm supplies in connection with a farming operation.
(2) A three (3), four (4), or six (6) wheeled motor vehicle with a folding hitch on the front of the motor vehicle, manufactured with seating for not more than four (4) individuals, that is used primarily:
(A) to transport an individual from one (1) farm field to another, whether or not the motor vehicle is operated on a highway in order to reach the other farm field;
(B) for the transportation of an individual upon farm premises; or
(C) for both purposes set forth in clauses (A) and (B).
(3) A three (3), four (4), or six (6) wheeled construction related motor vehicle, capable of cross-country travel:
(A) without the benefit of a road; and
(B) on or immediately over land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain;
that is used primarily for construction related purposes, including hauling building materials.
(b) The term includes a motor vehicle described in subsection (a)(2) that is used for the incidental transportation of farm supplies or farm implements at the same time it is used for the transportation of an individual.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.210-2005, SEC.6; P.L.150-2009, SEC.1; P.L.86-2010, SEC.1. |
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Farm UTV registration ?
