1. A. For lawful Arizona off-highway operation, the owner or operator of a qualifying all-terrain vehicle, off-highway vehicle, or off-road recreational motor vehicle shall apply to the Department for an off-highway vehicle user indicia as prescribed under A.R.S. § 28-1177. The owner or operator shall submit to the Department:

   1. 1. The off-highway vehicle user indicia application provided by the Department on its website at www.azdot.gov, and
   2. 2. The fee prescribed under subsection (C).

2. B. The owner or operator shall indicate, on the application submitted to the Department under subsection (A), one of the following categories of intended vehicle usage:

   1. 1. Exclusively off-highway;
   2. 2. Primarily off-highway, occasionally on-highway; or
   3. 3. Primarily on-highway, occasionally off-highway.
3. C. The fee for each off-highway vehicle user indicia issued or renewed by the Department under A.R.S. § 28-1177 is $25.
4. D. The off-highway vehicle user indicia, issued by the Department under subsection (A), shall have the same basic design as the license plate tab issued by the Department for other types of vehicles and shall contain the letters OHV.
5. E. The applicant shall display the off-highway vehicle user indicia in the upper left corner of the license plate issued by the Department under A.R.S. Title 28, Chapter 7, Articles 11 through 15.

Historical Note

Former Rule, General Order 39. Former Section R17-4-13 renumbered without change as Section R17-4-312 (Supp. 87-2). Transferred to R17-1-312 (Supp. 92-4). New Section made by final rulemaking at 16 A.A.R. 1132, effective August 7, 2010 (Supp. 10-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 4695 (December 26, 2025), effective February 1, 2026 (Supp. 25-4).