West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 91 - Motor Vehicles › Title 91 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES › Series 91-25 - Special Purpose Vehicles › Section 91-25-4 - Titling, Registration and Road Use for Special Purpose Vehicles and Street-legal Special Purpose Vehicles

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
4.1. All owners of a special purpose vehicle
				must obtain a certificate of title in accordance with the provisions of W.Va.
				Code §
									17A-3-2. The Division shall issue
				a title label in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner for the owner to affix
				as close as possible to the right rear portion of the special purpose vehicle
				as evidence of titling.
4.2. All
				owners of a street-legal special purpose vehicle must register the vehicle and
				obtain a motorcycle trailer inspection sticker if the owner wishes to drive
				such vehicle as provided in W. Va. Code § 17A-13-1 et seq. Any owner of a
				street-legal special purpose vehicle who properly displays a registration plate
				and motorcycle trailer inspection sticker is not required to display the title
				label.
4.3. An owner of a
				street-legal special purpose vehicle may also operate the vehicle in accordance
				with the provisions of W. Va. Code §
									17F-1-1 et seq. An owner of a
				special purpose vehicle of a type that qualifies as a vehicle for road use
				under W. Va. Code §
									17F-1-1 et seq. but chooses not
				to register for road use in accordance with W. Va. Code § 17A-13-1 et seq.
				is limited to road use authorized by W. Va. Code §
									17F-1-1 et seq.
4.4. A special purpose vehicle must be titled
				in the same manner as any other vehicle, however, the commissioner may accept
				an affidavit and a vehicle identification number verification form in lieu of
				other forms of proof of ownership for any special purpose vehicle whose model
				year is 2015 or earlier and was not titled by any owner within the past 5
				years. An owner that uses an affidavit to title shall be assessed 6 percent of
				the purchase price as sales tax in accordance with W. Va. Code §
									11-15-3c upon titling the special
				purpose vehicle but no less than $100 if no proof of the purchase price is
				available.
4.5. Any person
				operating an all-terrain vehicle as defined in W. Va. Code §
									17F-1-9 as a street-legal special
				purpose vehicle under the provisions of W. Va. Code § 17A-13-1 in any
				municipality or county that has enacted a lawful ordinance pursuant to W. Va.
				Code §
									17F-1-3 must operate in
				compliance with the requirements of the municipal or county
				ordinance.
4.6. Any person
				operating an all-terrain vehicle as defined in W. Va. Code §
									17F-1-9 as a street-legal special
				purpose vehicle under the provisions of W. Va. Code § 17A-13-1 in any
				municipality or county without an ordinance enacted pursuant to W. Va. Code
				§
									17F-1-3 must comply with the
				provisions of W. Va. Code §
									17F-1-1 et seq except in
				instances where W. Va. Code § 17A-13-1 specifically provides a different
				requirement.
4.7. No person may
				operate a special purpose vehicle as a street-legal special purpose vehicle on
				a highway where the Division of Natural Resources prohibits special purpose
				vehicles.