Maine § 12 §13104 Registration

Maine Statutes

§ 12 §13104 — Registration

Maine § 12 §13104

Title 12CONSERVATION

Part 13INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE

Ch. 937SNOWMOBILES

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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 12, § 12 §13104 (2026).

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1.Operating unregistered snowmobile. Except as provided in this subsection, subsection 7 and section 13112, a person may not operate a snowmobile that is not registered in accordance with this section.

2.Application and issuance. The commissioner, or an agent designated by the commissioner, may register and assign a registration number to a snowmobile upon application and payment of a fee by the owner. The commissioner shall charge a fee of $1 in addition to the fee for each registration issued by an employee of the department. The registration number in the form of stickers issued by the commissioner must be clearly displayed on both sides of the snowmobile. An annual registration is valid for one year commencing July 1st of each year, except that any registration issued prior to July 1

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1.
Operating unregistered snowmobile.
Except as provided in this subsection, subsection 7 and section 13112, a person may not operate a snowmobile that is not registered in accordance with this section.
2.
Application and issuance.
The commissioner, or an agent designated by the commissioner, may register and assign a registration number to a snowmobile upon application and payment of a fee by the owner. The commissioner shall charge a fee of $1 in addition to the fee for each registration issued by an employee of the department. The registration number in the form of stickers issued by the commissioner must be clearly displayed on both sides of the snowmobile. An annual registration is valid for one year commencing July 1st of each year, except that any registration issued prior to July 1st but after May 1st is valid from the date of issuance until June 30th of the following year.
3.
Form of registration.
The snowmobile registration must be in such form as the commissioner may determine except that the commissioner shall develop a single form of registration that can be used for the 3-day, 10-day or seasonal nonresident registrations.
4.
Fee.
Except as provided in subsection 5, the annual snowmobile registration fee is as follows:
5.
Antique snowmobile registration fee.
A person who owns a snowmobile that is more than 25 years old and that is substantially maintained in original or restored condition may register that snowmobile under this subsection as an antique snowmobile. An antique snowmobile registration authorizes that snowmobile to be operated only for the purpose of traveling to, returning from and participating in an exhibition, parade or other event of interest to the public or for occasional personal use. The fee for an antique snowmobile registration is $33. An antique snowmobile registration is valid until the ownership of that antique snowmobile is transferred to another person. Upon the transfer of ownership, the new owner may reregister that snowmobile as an antique snowmobile by paying the $33 antique snowmobile registration fee. The registration fee for an antique snowmobile is allocated according to section 10206, subsection 2, paragraph A.
6.
Members of armed forces permanently stationed in Maine.
The following persons are eligible to register any snowmobile owned by them at the resident fee:
7.
Snowmobiles of nonresidents; Maine-New Hampshire Cooperative Trails.
Except as specifically provided in this subsection and notwithstanding any other provision of law, a snowmobile belonging to a nonresident may be possessed or operated by any person in this State as long as the snowmobile is properly registered in this State in the name of a nonresident owner of the snowmobile. Nothing in this subsection authorizes the operation of a snowmobile in a manner contrary to this chapter.
8.
Duplicate registration certificate.
The holder of any resident or nonresident seasonal registration certificate issued under this section may obtain a duplicate from the commissioner upon application and payment of a fee of $1.
9.
Numbers permanent.
10.
Transfer of ownership, discontinuance of use.
The following provisions govern transfer of ownership and discontinued use.
11.
Open snowmobile weekend.
12.
Restrictions.
12-A.
Registration certificate; inspection and display.
The following provisions apply to registration certificates and numbers.
13.
Fraudulent acquisition of snowmobile registration.
14.
Report of destroyed, abandoned or permanently removed snowmobile.
A registrant shall notify the commissioner if a snowmobile is destroyed, abandoned or permanently removed from the State.
15.
Reciprocity.
16.
Reciprocity.
17.
Snowmobile Trail Fund Donation Sticker Program.
The commissioner shall establish the Snowmobile Trail Fund Donation Sticker Program. The commissioner shall design and issue 3 different Snowmobile Trail Fund donation stickers to reflect a donor's donation of $25, $50 and $100, respectively. For every donation $2 is retained by the department and the remainder is transferred to the Snowmobile Trail Fund of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands.

Legislative History

PL 2003, c. 414, §A2 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 414, §D7 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 614, §9 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 655, §§B386-391 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 655, §B422 (AFF). PL 2005, c. 1, §§1-3 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 12, §§III41,42 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 456, §1 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 465, §1 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 165, §1 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 556, §3 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 651, §18 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 184, §1 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. OO, §§18-20 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 226, §1 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 129, §1 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 437, §1 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §§5, 7 (REV). PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §24 (REV). PL 2013, c. 588, Pt. E, §6 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 588, Pt. E, §7 (AFF). RR 2015, c. 2, §8 (COR). PL 2015, c. 130, §1 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 237, §§1-3 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 97, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 164, §25 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 207, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 207, §4 (AFF). PL 2019, c. 452, §11 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 104, §1 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 130, §3 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 411, §7 (AMD). RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. A, §9 (COR). PL 2023, c. 308, §13 (AMD).