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§ 13-102. Exceptions to certificate of title requirements

West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportationEffective: October 1, 2014

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Transportation
Title 13. Vehicle Laws--Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 1. Certificates of Title (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2014
MD Code, Transportation, § 13-102
§ 13-102. Exceptions to certificate of title requirements
A certificate of title is not required for:
(1) A vehicle owned and used by the United States, unless it is registered in this State;
(2) A new vehicle owned by a manufacturer or dealer and held for sale, even though incidentally moved on the highway or used for purposes of testing or demonstration or used as allowed under § 13-621 of this title;
(3) A vehicle used by a manufacturer only for testing;
(4) A vehicle owned by a nonresident of this State and not required by law to be registered in this State;
(5) A vehicle regularly engaged in the interstate transportation of people or property and for which a currently effective certificate of title has been issued in another state;
(6) A vehicle moved only by human or animal power;
(7) A bicycle, except for a moped;
(8) A vehicle in which interest has passed to a secured party on default of the owner;
(9) Farm equipment;
(10) Special mobile equipment;
(11) A self-propelled invalid:
(i) Wheelchair; or
(ii) Tricycle;
(12) A trailer, other than a camping trailer, rated by the manufacturer as having a gross vehicle weight of 2,500 pounds or less; or
(13) An off-highway recreational vehicle purchased before October 1, 2010.

Credits

Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1996, c. 140, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 2006, c. 133, § 1, eff. June 1, 2006; Acts 2010, c. 304, § 1, eff. May 4, 2010; Acts 2012, c. 210, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Acts 2012, c. 211, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Acts 2014, c. 294, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2014; Acts 2014, c. 392, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2014.
Formerly Art. 66 ½, § 3-102.
MD Code, Transportation, § 13-102, MD TRANS § 13-102
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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