2021 Code of Alabama
Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.
Chapter 12A - All-Terrain Vehicles and Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles.
Section 32-12A-1 - Definitions.

Section 32-12A-1

Definitions.

THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACTS 2021-134 AND 2021-322 IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE APRIL 29, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES (ATV). Every motor vehicle 60 inches or less in width, measured from the outside of the tire rim to the outside of the tire rim directly across on the vehicle, having a dry weight of 1,500 pounds or less, designed to travel on three or more non-highway tires, and manufactured for off-road use by a single operator or by an operator and not more than one passenger as provided by the manufacturer.

(2) OFF-ROAD VEHICLE. Any motorized vehicle not designed for use on a highway and capable of cross-country travel on land, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain. The term includes any all-terrain vehicle and recreational off-highway vehicle. The term excludes any golf cart; any vehicle used for military, fire, emergency, or law enforcement purposes; any motorboat; any vehicles used exclusively on airport property; all farm machinery, farm tractors, and other self-propelled equipment for harvesting and transportation of forest products, for clearing land for planting, for utility services and maintenance, or for earth moving, construction, or mining; and self-propelled lawnmowers, snowblowers, and garden or lawn tractors while such vehicles are being used exclusively for their designed purposes. The term does not include any motor vehicle for which a certificate of title is required by Chapter 8.

(3) PRIVATE USE. Use exclusively on private property or as an implement of husbandry, as defined in Section 32-8-2.

(4) PUBLIC USE. Off-road public use in designated public areas.

(5) RECREATIONAL OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE. Any off-road vehicle 80 inches or less in width, measured from the outside of the tire rim to the outside of the tire rim directly across on the vehicle, having a dry weight of 3,500 pounds or less, designed and manufactured to travel on four or more non-highway tires for off-road use by an operator and the number of passengers as provided by the manufacturer.

(6) SECRETARY. The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.

(Act 2017-395, §1; Act 2019-104, §1; Act 2021-134, §3; Act 2021-322, §1.)