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Alright, I'm sure someone's gonna get their feathers ruffled over this, but oh well.
Today I had to renew the registration on my Harley and asked some questions while I was at MVD (since there has been some recent contoversy as far as how to really Street Legal your RZR on this site).
For those of you that want the real deal on plating your RZR in AZ, read on.
I will put all of this in PLAIN TEXT and you can compare it to the written law on your own. But ultimately, you are responsible for finding out at AZ DOT MVD (the agency that has jurisdiction on licensing for the street).
The law is actually pretty straight forward on this. The only real strange gray area is on windshield or no windshield.....I'll get to that later. I'll put some links up for the written law and a couple other links, but this is for those of you that want to follow the law. If you want to challenge the law and 'the man,' this isn't for you. Chances are you could drive down the street in Havasu non-street legal and wave to the nice cop and get a wave back. That's on you.......but I know through first hand experience that they aren't typically allowing it.
Let's cover some facts first: Arizona has 2 different registrations for OHV's.
TITLE PLATE: It says 'RV' on it with a number, it is strictly registering the vehicle to the owner in the state of AZ. To play offroad, you need the OHV sticker ($25). THIS IS NOT A STREET LIC PLATE. The title plate + OHV sticker = CA Green Sticker
REGISTRATION PLATE: It says 'MC' on it with a number, it is for registering to the owner in the state of AZ. Also, to play offroad, you will need the OHV decal. This IS for street leagalizing your RZR on the street. It requires street legal equipment AND insurance.
Now, an OHV is not an OHV is not an OHV.........there are different equipment requirements for a Street Legal (SL) OHV Motorcycle compared to a SL OHV Quad/ATV compared to a SL OHV Side by Side. This isn't my law, but AZ's law. It is what it is. For this thread, we'll focus on Side by Sides (which under AZ law, is enforced under 'golf carts') Whatever!
STREET LEGAL EQUIPMENT for a golf cart or side by side ohv:
(This will be a little different than street legaling your Dirt Bike or quad) The items with stars are the items your RZR does not have from the factory.
-Brakes
-TWO headlights
-Horn***
-License plate light ***
-Tail lights
-Rear view mirror***
-Reflectors
-Brake lights
-and yes, a WINDSHIELD***
Just because your Street Legal RZR has a "MC" plate, doesn't make it a motorcycle. How your insurance wants to look at it is one thing, but how MVD looks at it, well, they see it as a golf cart. That's why "eye protection" isn't adequate.......a windshield is needed. Oh well, looks like your wallet will be $150 lighter.
To be street legal, your RZR needs to have the above equipment (RZR+windshield, rearview mirror, horn, lighted license plate) AND insurance. Not that hard, right?
REDUCED VLT: Let me use myself as an example………….I only street legaled my KTM and RZR to get to the dirt. For those of you like me, there is a waiver you can sign where you are certifying that you are only doing the street legal thing in order to get to the dirt. It doesn’t waive the other requirements, but it reduces your yearly reg fee. Mine went from $110 / year to $3 / year. (plus $25 for the OHV Decal).
OUT OF STATE VISITORS: The following is copy and pasted from this page (Arizona Off Highway Vehicle Program: Rules & Laws ). It is a paraphrased version of the written law, so it’s more digestible.
“NON-RESIDENT VEHICLE REGISTRATION and OHV DECAL: Whether an off-highway vehicle (OHV) operator is legal to operate an OHV in Arizona depends on the state that they come from. If the machine follows the OHV registration/insurance and sticker requirements of the operator’s home State then you may operate in Arizona for 30 consecutive days and you do not need an Arizona title plate, Arizona registration plate, or OHV decal to ride on unmaintained, existing, open, authorized routes on public lands in Arizona. You must abide by Arizona laws, rules, and regulations of course.”
This means (per the nice lady at MVD) that if you have a Street Legal Wyoming RZR, it’s street legal in AZ for up 30 consecutive days (of course, you have to have Insurance AND street legal equipment). If you have a California Green Sticker RZR, it’s OHV legal in Arizona for 30 days………your CA Green Sticker works here for 30 days as long as you are OFF ROAD.
Since you can’t Street Legal a RZR in CA, the 30 day contingency DOES NOT WORK in AZ. As stated before, after talking to the nice lady at MVD, a CA Green Sticker reciprocates as an AZ OHV decal for 30 days. Technically, they want you to buy an AZ OHV Decal after 30 days.
While talking to her, I asked her, “If I live in CA and have a Green Sticker, is it street legal here in AZ as long as it’s lit up and I have insurance?” She giggled and stared at me not sure if I was kidding or not. She then said, “No.” Then I said, “It would be off road legal for 30 days, though, right?” She said “Yes.”
OUT OF STATE RESIDENTS with an address here, also: This is for the typical CA guy that also has a vacation house here in Havasu or whatever…………..You can do everything a normal fulltime AZ resident can do in this case. The only warning I have for you is MAKE SURE YOUR RZR INSURANCE IS AZ INSURANCE. My neighbor found out the hard way on this (He normally lives in CA, but has a house across from me). The registered address is the AZ address. His mailing address is the CA address.
Sorry this is so wordy, but in the interest of informing the increasing number of Californians asking about this and the bad info that has been handed out before, the length of this post was necessary.
I may have missed something here, but that’s it for me on this post. I don’t have to prove a point here and post up all the laws (like on the last thread) because that’s up to you! I can sleep tonight knowing that the stuff in my garage and my friends' vehicles are all legal.:ride:
Today I had to renew the registration on my Harley and asked some questions while I was at MVD (since there has been some recent contoversy as far as how to really Street Legal your RZR on this site).
For those of you that want the real deal on plating your RZR in AZ, read on.
I will put all of this in PLAIN TEXT and you can compare it to the written law on your own. But ultimately, you are responsible for finding out at AZ DOT MVD (the agency that has jurisdiction on licensing for the street).
The law is actually pretty straight forward on this. The only real strange gray area is on windshield or no windshield.....I'll get to that later. I'll put some links up for the written law and a couple other links, but this is for those of you that want to follow the law. If you want to challenge the law and 'the man,' this isn't for you. Chances are you could drive down the street in Havasu non-street legal and wave to the nice cop and get a wave back. That's on you.......but I know through first hand experience that they aren't typically allowing it.
Let's cover some facts first: Arizona has 2 different registrations for OHV's.
TITLE PLATE: It says 'RV' on it with a number, it is strictly registering the vehicle to the owner in the state of AZ. To play offroad, you need the OHV sticker ($25). THIS IS NOT A STREET LIC PLATE. The title plate + OHV sticker = CA Green Sticker
REGISTRATION PLATE: It says 'MC' on it with a number, it is for registering to the owner in the state of AZ. Also, to play offroad, you will need the OHV decal. This IS for street leagalizing your RZR on the street. It requires street legal equipment AND insurance.
Now, an OHV is not an OHV is not an OHV.........there are different equipment requirements for a Street Legal (SL) OHV Motorcycle compared to a SL OHV Quad/ATV compared to a SL OHV Side by Side. This isn't my law, but AZ's law. It is what it is. For this thread, we'll focus on Side by Sides (which under AZ law, is enforced under 'golf carts') Whatever!
STREET LEGAL EQUIPMENT for a golf cart or side by side ohv:
(This will be a little different than street legaling your Dirt Bike or quad) The items with stars are the items your RZR does not have from the factory.
-Brakes
-TWO headlights
-Horn***
-License plate light ***
-Tail lights
-Rear view mirror***
-Reflectors
-Brake lights
-and yes, a WINDSHIELD***
Just because your Street Legal RZR has a "MC" plate, doesn't make it a motorcycle. How your insurance wants to look at it is one thing, but how MVD looks at it, well, they see it as a golf cart. That's why "eye protection" isn't adequate.......a windshield is needed. Oh well, looks like your wallet will be $150 lighter.
To be street legal, your RZR needs to have the above equipment (RZR+windshield, rearview mirror, horn, lighted license plate) AND insurance. Not that hard, right?
REDUCED VLT: Let me use myself as an example………….I only street legaled my KTM and RZR to get to the dirt. For those of you like me, there is a waiver you can sign where you are certifying that you are only doing the street legal thing in order to get to the dirt. It doesn’t waive the other requirements, but it reduces your yearly reg fee. Mine went from $110 / year to $3 / year. (plus $25 for the OHV Decal).
OUT OF STATE VISITORS: The following is copy and pasted from this page (Arizona Off Highway Vehicle Program: Rules & Laws ). It is a paraphrased version of the written law, so it’s more digestible.
“NON-RESIDENT VEHICLE REGISTRATION and OHV DECAL: Whether an off-highway vehicle (OHV) operator is legal to operate an OHV in Arizona depends on the state that they come from. If the machine follows the OHV registration/insurance and sticker requirements of the operator’s home State then you may operate in Arizona for 30 consecutive days and you do not need an Arizona title plate, Arizona registration plate, or OHV decal to ride on unmaintained, existing, open, authorized routes on public lands in Arizona. You must abide by Arizona laws, rules, and regulations of course.”
This means (per the nice lady at MVD) that if you have a Street Legal Wyoming RZR, it’s street legal in AZ for up 30 consecutive days (of course, you have to have Insurance AND street legal equipment). If you have a California Green Sticker RZR, it’s OHV legal in Arizona for 30 days………your CA Green Sticker works here for 30 days as long as you are OFF ROAD.
Since you can’t Street Legal a RZR in CA, the 30 day contingency DOES NOT WORK in AZ. As stated before, after talking to the nice lady at MVD, a CA Green Sticker reciprocates as an AZ OHV decal for 30 days. Technically, they want you to buy an AZ OHV Decal after 30 days.
While talking to her, I asked her, “If I live in CA and have a Green Sticker, is it street legal here in AZ as long as it’s lit up and I have insurance?” She giggled and stared at me not sure if I was kidding or not. She then said, “No.” Then I said, “It would be off road legal for 30 days, though, right?” She said “Yes.”
OUT OF STATE RESIDENTS with an address here, also: This is for the typical CA guy that also has a vacation house here in Havasu or whatever…………..You can do everything a normal fulltime AZ resident can do in this case. The only warning I have for you is MAKE SURE YOUR RZR INSURANCE IS AZ INSURANCE. My neighbor found out the hard way on this (He normally lives in CA, but has a house across from me). The registered address is the AZ address. His mailing address is the CA address.
Sorry this is so wordy, but in the interest of informing the increasing number of Californians asking about this and the bad info that has been handed out before, the length of this post was necessary.
I may have missed something here, but that’s it for me on this post. I don’t have to prove a point here and post up all the laws (like on the last thread) because that’s up to you! I can sleep tonight knowing that the stuff in my garage and my friends' vehicles are all legal.:ride:
