§ 13-102. Exceptions

   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.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 66 1/2, § 3-102; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; 1996, ch. 140; 2006, ch. 133; 2010, ch. 304; 2012, chs. 210, 211.