An Act To Create Reciprocity of All-terrain Vehicle Registration with the State of New Hampshire
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0543
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sponsors: BRIGGS, PATRICK, CAMPBELL, DAVIS, ESPLING, PETERSON, SHAW, WOOD, JACKSON
Amends: 12 MRSA §13155

Legislative Document 
No. 543 
H.P. 362 
House of Representatives, February 19, 2013 
An Act To Create Reciprocity of All-terrain Vehicle Registration 
with the State of New Hampshire 
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered 
printed. 
MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative BRIGGS of Mexico. 
Cosponsored by Senator PATRICK of Oxford and 
Representatives: CAMPBELL of Newfield, DAVIS of Sangerville, ESPLING of New 
Gloucester, PETERSON of Rumford, SHAW of Standish, WOOD of Sabattus, Senator: 
JACKSON of Aroostook. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  12 MRSA §13155, sub-§1-A, ¶A, as amended by PL 2009, c. 184, §2, is 
further amended to read: 
A.  The following exceptions apply. 
 (1)  Registration is not required for an ATV operated on land on which the 
owner lives or on land on which the owner is domiciled, as long as the ATV is 
not operated elsewhere within the jurisdiction of the State. 
(2)  Registration is not required for an ATV operated by a commercial ski area 
for the purpose of packing snow or for rescue operations on the commercial ski 
area, unless the ATV is required to cross a public way during that operation. 
(3)  An ATV owned and operated in the State by the Federal Government, the 
State or a political subdivision of the State is exempt from registration fees but 
must be registered and is required to display registration numbers. 
(4)  An ATV registration for the farm use specified in Title 29-A, section 501, 
subsection 8, paragraph E is not required for a vehicle registered with the 
Secretary of State under Title 29-A, section 501, subsection 8. 
(5)  An ATV registered in another state or in a Canadian province may be 
operated without being registered pursuant to this section at a special event 
organized to occur in this State if the special event organizer submits a request in 
writing to the commissioner 60 days prior to the special event and provides the 
commissioner with a map of the trails to be used during the special event and the 
commissioner approves the request. 
(6)  An ATV owned or under the control of an ATV manufacturer may be 
operated without a Maine registration at a demonstration event organized to 
occur in this State if such operation is approved by the commissioner.  An ATV 
manufacturer or a representative of an ATV manufacturer must submit a request 
in writing to the commissioner at least 60 days prior to the demonstration event 
and shall include a description and the location of the event. 
(7)  An ATV registered in New Hampshire may be operated in this State without 
being registered pursuant to this section as long as New Hampshire allows an 
ATV registered in this State to be operated in New Hampshire without being 
registered in that state. 
SUMMARY 
This bill allows an ATV registered in New Hampshire to be operated in Maine 
without being registered in Maine as long as New Hampshire provides reciprocity for 
ATVs registered in Maine.