How To Register An Atv

ATV Registration, Titling, and Insurance

Attending Snowmobile and ATV customers : DCNR recently transitioned to a new snowmobile and ATV registration system, and nosotros are aware of certain issues that have arisen since this new arrangement has been launched.

Please know that we are working to accost these problems and have more detailed information that has been provided on the Dealer, Owner, and Registration sites.

Nosotros are sorry for whatsoever inconvenience that this has created and will go on you updated of our progress.
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All ATVs in Pennsylvania -- except ATVs used solely for business or agronomical purposes -- demand to be registered and titled with DCNR's Snowmobile/ATV Section. The money from ATV registration is used to:

Provide funding to administer the program
Maintain trails on DCNR-managed forests
Provide grants to profit and non-turn a profit organizations for developing boosted riding opportunities in the commonwealth

In addition, if you plan to ride your ATV on holding that is not endemic or leased past you, y'all must bear liability insurance. Proof of that insurance must exist carried with you lot when yous ride.

In that location are no minimum requirements or coverage standards established by DCNR or the Snowmobile/ATV Law for the liability insurance.

ATV Registration

The type of registration you need depends on where you plan to ride your ATV:

General Registration -- This registration permits the ATV to exist operated off the possessor or operator'due south private property. The registration fee is $20 for two years. The possessor is provided with a registration plate, an expiration sticker, and a Certificate of Registration wallet carte.
Express Registration -- This registration is for ATVs used exclusively on the holding of the possessor. In that location is no fee and the registration does not expire. The owner is provided with a registration plate and a menu, simply no expiration sticker.

In Pennsylvania, registration is non required for:

ATVs used exclusively every bit utility vehicles for agricultural or business operations
ATVs owned by nonresidents covered by a valid registration in their land, province, or country that honors Pennsylvania registration
ATVs owned and used past a federal, land, or local authorities body
ATVs owned by a dealer who has been issued a dealer registration document and used only in connection with the dealer'due south business

Registration Plate/Stickers

When you register your ATV, you will be issued a registration plate for your vehicle. An expiration sticker to be affixed to the plate will be issued for full general registrations. This registration plate shall be securely attached to the upper half of the rear of the ATV. No part of the plate shall be in line with a tire.

The information on the plate must exist clearly visible from behind the ATV. Information technology is important to clean mud and dirt off your ATV registration plate at frequent intervals so the information on the plate is clearly visible.

The registration sticker must be placed in a bottom corner of the plate.

ATV Titles

All ATVs in Pennsylvania must have a championship issued by DCNR. The price of a championship is $22.50. The exceptions to this requirement are for:

ATVs registered with DCNR prior to February 12, 1987 -- these ATVs practise not crave a championship until they are sold by the owner
ATVs used exclusively as utility vehicles for agricultural or business organization operations
ATVs owned and used by a federal, state, or local government torso
ATVs endemic by a dealer before and until auction
ATVs endemic by a nonresident
ATVs owned past a Pennsylvania resident, just registered and used in another land

How to Register and Title Your ATV

If you purchase your vehicle at a registered dealer, you will exist issued a registration plate with a temporary 45-mean solar day registration sticker. The dealer will handle your application for title and registration.

If you purchase your ATV privately you will need to supply DCNR with:

Completed application for registration and titling
Proof of Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
Fees
PA sales taxation or proof that tax has been paid

Applications for registration and titling of ATVs are available from:

DCNR's Snowmobile/ATV Registration Section
ATV dealers
Forest district offices
State park offices

The registration and titling application form, forth with the registration and titling fees and sales taxation statement, must be completed and sent to:

Department of Conservation and Natural Resource
Snowmobile/ATV Registration Section
P.O. Box 8553, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8553

Registration Renewals, Replacement Documents, Changes of Address, and Transfers

Please contact DCNR's Snowmobile/ATV Registration Section if you lot demand to:

Renew your registration
Replace lost or damaged registration certificates or stickers
Change your accost

You must notify the Snowmobile/ATV Section in writing of whatsoever change of address within 15 days. Replacement of lost or damaged registration certificates, limited registration certificates, registration decals, registration plates, or expiration stickers is $5.

Y'all also tin perform these transactions online at the Snowmobile/ATV Vehicle Owner Portal, besides as obtain rider safety and user guides on operating your vehicle safely.

ATV Title/Registration Transfers

If you are transferring the title of your ATV to a new owner, complete the assignment on the dorsum of the certificate of championship and obtain notarization.

The new possessor must and then apply for a new document of title and registration in his/her name. Do not remove the registration decal or plate from the car.

Registration cannot be transferred from one possessor to the next. If yous no longer need registration because you take disposed of your vehicle in some way, complete the reverse side of your certificate of registration indicating the disposition status and listing buyer'southward name (if applicable), sign, date and return to DCNR within 15 days of disposition.

You may request the remaining months of your current registration be practical to a new registration of another vehicle that you have acquired. The fee for this transaction is $5.