How To Register A Quad With Only A Bill Of Sale

An all-terrain vehicle (ATV) is any self-propelled vehicle with two or more than wheels that is manufactured for sale to be used primarily off-highway or in off-road competitions, and that is no wider than 70 inches and weighs no more than 1,000 pounds. This does not include vehicles manufactured for off-highway use and designed exclusively for travel on snow or ice, and supported by 1 or more skis, belts or cleats that utilize an endless belt tread. Those vehicles, which include snowmobiles, are discipline to other laws and regulations.

ATV REGISTRATION AND DATE OF EXPIRATION

An ATV must be registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) if it is operated anywhere in New York State, including on the owner's belongings.

When you register a new or used ATV for the first time, your registration will elapse each year on August 31. Registrations for ATVs originally registered before April 1, 2005, will keep to elapse each year on Apr 30.

ATV dealers are required by law to register every ATV they sell to New York State residents or to non-residents before the purchaser takes delivery; unless the purchaser qualifies for an exemption from registration. A purchaser is exempt from registration when the ATV volition exist used exclusively: outside of New York State; at special events; for agronomical purposes; or for snowfall plowing other than for-rent. Dealers must accept the purchaser complete and sign a "Declaration of Exemption From Snowmobile or All-Terrain Vehicle Registration" (RV-6).

Unless yous qualify for an exemption from registration, you cannot take delivery from an authorized dealer until after the ATV is registered.

If you purchase an ATV from a person who is not a New York State registered ATV dealer, you must annals the ATV with the DMV. To register the ATV; you must consummate an "Vehicle Registration/Championship Application" (MV-82) and submit it to a motor vehicle issuing office. To register an ATV; yous must provide proofs of buying, sales tax payment or exemption, your identity, and your date of nascence.

PROOF OF Buying

Acceptable proof of ownership are:

For a new ATV – the manufacturer'south document or statement of origin (MCO or MSO), an out-of-country title certificate or registration certificate; or,
For a used ATV – a completed "Certification of Sale or Transfer" (MV-51) plus the MCO or MSO; or, a New York Country transferable registration signed over to you lot by the previous possessor.
If your ATV has never been registered and yous do not have these adequate documents, y'all must complete and submit a "Statement of Ownership" (MV-51B).

PROOF OF SALES TAX PAYMENT

If you buy your ATV from a registered New York Land dealer, you should receive a bill of sale in add-on to the acceptable documents that prove ownership. The bill of auction must incorporate the dealer's proper noun, address and dealer registration number, plus your proper noun and accost, the ATV vehicle identification number, the year, make, model, and number of wheels. The bill of auction also must indicate that the ATV is either new or used, and must confirm that the dealer has collected the appropriate sales tax.

If y'all purchase the ATV from a person who is non a registered dealer, you must pay the sales revenue enhancement at a motor vehicle role. To determine the proper amount of sales revenue enhancement, the DMV needs proof of what you paid for the ATV. Have the seller sign and give you a Statement of Transaction- Sale or Souvenir of Motor Vehicle, Trailer, All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV), Vessel (Boat), or Snowmobile (pdf) (at NY Country Section of Revenue enhancement and Finance) (DTF-802). You must submit this grade to the motor vehicle function, and pay the appropriate sales tax, before registering your ATV:

Acceptable documents that bear witness payment of sales tax are:

The dealer's bill of sale showing that the dealer had collected the sales tax; or
A receipt for sales tax payment from the motor vehicle part.

PROOF OF IDENTITY AND DATE OF BIRTH

To register an ATV, you must provide proof of who y'all are. You must provide proof of identity, date of birth, and at least half-dozen points of proof of name. For the most recent listing of acceptable documents see "Proofs of Identity For Registration and Championship" (ID-82).

Documents that automatically qualify every bit half-dozen points are:

NY Country Photograph Driver license or Learner Allow
NY State Non-Commuter Photo Identification Card

FEES

The ATV registration and registration renewal fee is $12.50 per twelvemonth – it is not prorated past month. You also must pay a $12.50 license plate fee when you first register your ATV. You volition be issued a plate, a registration sticker and an attached registration document. The plate must be attached to the rear of the ATV, and the sticker should be placed at the correct side of the plate. You should carry the registration certificate when operating your ATV.

INSURANCE

You may not operate any ATV anywhere in New York State, except on your ain property, unless it is covered by liability insurance. Minimum required coverage is $50,000/$100,000 for death, $25,000/$50,000 for injury, and $10,000 for property damage in any 1 accident. Yous must show proof of this insurance upon the request of a guess, the police force, or a person claiming to take suffered injury or holding harm from your operation of the ATV.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS

If you move, cross out the old address on your registration document and write in the new 1. You lot also must report your address alter to the DMV inside 10 days.

THEFT, Destruction, REMOVAL FROM THE State

If your ATV has become stolen, you should immediately written report the theft to the police force. If the ATV is to be, or already has been, destroyed or permanently removed from New York State, you should surrender the plate and registration document to a local motor vehicle office.

OUT-OF-STATE REGISTRATIONS

New York Land honors valid out-of-state ATV registrations. If your home country does not require ATV registration, you must obtain a New York State registration before operating your ATV in this country.

WHO MAY OPERATE AN ATV

You do non need a driver license to operate an ATV in New York State, but certain restrictions apply to operators nether age sixteen.

If yous are age 10 through age 15, you may operate an ATV merely:

Under adult supervision; or,
Without developed supervision on lands owned or leased by your parent or guardian; or,
On any lands where ATV use is permitted, without adult supervision, if you have completed an ATV safety training grade canonical by the DMV. Y'all should carry your grade completion certificate when operating whatsoever ATV.

If you are under historic period x, you may operate an ATV simply:

Under adult supervision; or,
Without adult supervision on lands owned or leased past your parent or guardian.

Adult Supervision ways being accompanied past a person at to the lowest degree eighteen years of age, or a person 16 or 17 years of age who holds an ATV prophylactic grade completion certificate from an approved prophylactic course provider.

SAFETY TRAINING AND Information

ATV safe grooming courses approved by the Section of Motor Vehicles are bachelor throughout the state. Telephone 1-800-887-2887 to enroll, or write to: ATV Safety Found, Enrollment Limited, ii Jenner Street, Suite 150, Irvine, CA 92618-3806

ATV rubber information also is available on the internet at www.nyatvsafety.internet. Written questions about New York State's ATV or motorcycle safety programs should be addressed through the DMV web site or past mail:

NYS DMV
Motorcycle Safety Program
six Empire State Plaza, Room 335
Albany, New York 12228

The awarding forms identified in this publication for ATV owners and operators are available at any motor vehicle office or at the DMV web site: dmv.ny.gov

Responsibleness OF PARENTS AND OWNERS

A parent or guardian may non knowingly permit or qualify a child nether age 16 to operate an ATV in violation of land or local laws. An ATV owner, or another person in possession of an ATV, may non knowingly let or authorize any person under age sixteen to operate an ATV in violation of whatever state or local law.

Both the owner and the operator of an ATV may be held liable for injury and/or damages resulting from an ATV accident.

WHERE AND WHEN TO Bulldoze Beyond HIGHWAYS

DMV recommends you lot avoid crossing a highway unless admittedly necessary. If you cantankerous, you lot must follow these rules:

You must cross at an angle of approximately ninety degrees, at a place where in that location are no obstructions to forbid a quick, safe crossing.
Y'all must come to a consummate stop and yield the right-of-way to traffic on the highway before crossing.
You may cross a divided highway only where it intersects with some other street or highway.
Yous may not cantankerous an interstate highway or any controlled-access highway, such as the Thruway or a parkway at any time.

ON HIGHWAYS

You may not operate an ATV on a highway unless it has been designated and posted for ATV use by the land or local dominance. Ordinarily, simply the office of a highway between two off-highway trails will be posted for ATV utilize. Check with local police to be sure. DMV recommends that yous turn your headlight and taillight on and wearable bright, cogitating clothing whenever y'all ride on a highway. Always enter the highway with intendance, and yield to other traffic.

ON PUBLIC Country

You may non operate an ATV on public land unless it is specifically designated for ATV use, and information technology is allowed by a posted sign.

ON Private LAND

To operate an ATV on private land, you must take permission of the land owner or lessee. If you receive permission, make sure you lot know the boundaries of the property, and respect any special restrictions or requests of the country owner. Yous could lose permission to ride on private land by littering, causing impairment, or riding carelessly.

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT

Whether you are the operator or passenger, you lot must wear a USDOT-canonical helmet when riding an ATV. DMV recommends that yous also wear a face up shield or goggles, and protective clothes and footwear.

Your ATV must accept the following equipment:

Brakes in good condition
A muffler which is in expert operating status and meets federal standards
A spark arrester approved by the U.Due south. Forest Service
Tires with at least two/32nds of an inch tread without visible breaks, cuts, exposed cords, bumps or bulges
A lighted white headlight and red taillight if the ATV is driven at night

The law requires you lot to keep the ATV's headlight and taillight lighted when riding a half hr after sunset to a half hour before sunrise. For greater prophylactic, DMV recommends you keep the lights on at all times.

RIDING RESTRICTIONS

In improver to obeying the ATV laws and rules, it is wise to ride your ATV with common sense and courtesy. Having fun on an ATV does not include annoying others or taking foolish risks. ATV riders who ignore the rules and the rights of others may cause ATV functioning to be restricted or prohibited on private and public lands.

Y'all MAY NEVER OPERATE AN ATV

Other than while seated on the permanent, regular seat.
With a rider, unless the ATV is designed to carry a passenger.
At a speed too fast for existing conditions or potential hazards.
In a careless, reckless or negligent mode.
While intoxicated or impaired by alcohol or drugs.
On the tracks or right-of-way of a railroad.
On a highway, if the ATV is equipped with studded tires other than automobile-blazon studs.
In a tree nursery or planting in a manner which damages or destroys growing stock or creates a substantial risk of harm or destruction.
Inside 100 feet of a dwelling between midnight and half-dozen A.M. at a speed greater than necessary to go on the ATV moving.
While pulling a person on skis, a toboggan, sleigh, sled or trailer, unless the device is attached to the ATV by a tow-bar or other rigid connectedness.
On the water ice or public h2o within 100 feet of a person, fishing shanty or shelter at a speed greater than necessary to keep the ATV moving.
Over an area cleared of snow for skating, unless necessary for access to public waters.

LOCAL LAWS

No locality may crave its own ATV licenses or registrations, merely it may impose additional restrictions or rules on ATV functioning. Discover out about special ATV rules in your area, and obey them.

SPECIAL EVENTS

The person in charge of an ATV special result or off-road competition must utilize to the local jurisdiction for written authorization at to the lowest degree 30 days in advance, unless information technology is held entirely on private holding.

ATV ACCIDENTS

If yous are involved in an accident with your ATV, you must give your name and address, the name and accost of the ATV owner and the plate number to injured persons, the owners of damaged property, and/or the police. You also must show proof of insurance to persons claiming to have suffered injury or harm. If property is damaged, and you cannot locate the possessor, you must give the to a higher place information to law as soon as possible.

Y'all must immediately written report to the police any accident that involves death, personal injury or impairment estimated at $600 or more than to the belongings of any one person.

You must also file a Report of Motor Vehicle Accident (MV-104) with the Section of Motor Vehicles about an blow that results in a fatality, personal injury, or holding impairment estimated at $ane,000 or more. You must file the report within 10 days of the blow and ship a copy to the county sheriff or police force commissioner.

If you are incapacitated, the written report may exist filed by some other party familiar with the accident. The investigating police officeholder must likewise file a written study, only that does not relieve you of your legal responsibleness to file one.

Failure to report an blow is a misdemeanor. A conviction may issue in suspension or revocation of your safety training certificate and/or the ATV registration.

The Department of Motor Vehicles may suspend your safety training certificate and/or the ATV registration until you file an acceptable written study.

Additional information can be institute at: Register and title a recreational vehicle (snowmobile, boat, moped or ATV)

NEW YORK State DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Marking J. F. Schroeder, Commissioner

C-29 (four/07) Edited for the Internet 10/14

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