1. (a) The acquisition of a certificate of title shall not be required and the issuance of a certificate of title by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall not be required for the following:

   1. (1) A vehicle owned by the United States, unless it is registered in this state; (2) a vehicle owned by a manufacturer or dealer and held for sale, even though incidentally moved on the highway or used for purposes of testing or demonstration; or a vehicle used by a manufacturer solely for testing; (3) a vehicle owned by a nonresident of this state and not required by law to be registered in this state; (4) a vehicle regularly engaged in the interstate transportation of persons or property for which a currently effective certificate of title has been issued in another state; (5) a vehicle moved solely by animal power; (6) an implement of husbandry; (7) special mobile equipment; (8) a self-propelled wheel chair or invalid tricycle; (9) any trailer having a gross weight not in excess of three thousand pounds; (10) any vehicle for which a temporary registration has been issued pursuant to section 14-12 for the purpose of permitting a nonresident owner who purchases a vehicle in Connecticut to transport such vehicle to such owner's home state; (11) a motor vehicle owned by the state or any town, city or borough within the state; (12) a motor vehicle registered temporarily for inspection purposes pursuant to section 14-12.
2. (b) The acquisition of a certificate of title for any motor vehicle older than twenty model years old shall not be required. The commissioner shall issue a certificate of title for a motor vehicle older than twenty model years old at the request of the owner and charge such owner any fees required by section 14-192.

3. (c) Part III of this chapter does not apply to:

   1. (1) A vehicle moved solely by animal power; (2) an implement of husbandry; (3) special mobile equipment; (4) a self-propelled wheel chair or invalid tricycle; (5) any trailer having a gross weight not in excess of three thousand pounds.

(1957, P.A. 607, S. 2; 1963, P.A. 379; 1967, P.A. 86; 1971, P.A. 511; P.A. 73-102; 73-125; P.A. 75-258, S. 1, 2; P.A. 80-444, S. 1, 6; P.A. 98-182, S. 6, 22; P.A. 14-130, S. 24; P.A. 16-55, S. 15.)

History: 1963 act added Subdivs. (a)(9) and (b)(5); 1967 act deleted “homemade” with reference to trailers in Subsecs. (a)(9) and (b)(5); 1971 act added Subsec. (a)(10) re vehicles 10 or more years old; P.A. 73-102 added Subsec. (a)(11) re vehicles with temporary registration permitting nonresident to transport vehicle to home state; P.A. 73-125 added Subsec. (a)(12) re vehicles owned by state, town, city or borough; P.A. 75-258 added Subsec. (a)(13) re vehicle temporarily registered for inspection purposes; P.A. 80-444 replaced vehicle “ten or more years old” with vehicle “manufactured prior to 1970” in Subsec. (a)(10); P.A. 98-182 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing the provision that “no certificate of title need be obtained for” with a provision stating that the acquisition of a certificate of title shall not be required and the issuance of a certificate of title by the commission shall not be required, by deleting former Subdiv. (10) exclusion for “vehicles, manufactured prior to 1970, excluding commercial tractors and including, but not limited to, commercial vehicles having a gross weight not in excess of eighteen thousand pounds” and renumbering remaining Subdivs. and by adding provision allowing the commissioner to issue a certificate of title to a vehicle manufactured prior to 1981 at his discretion, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 14-130 added Subdiv. (13) re motor vehicle older than 20 model years old and deleted provisions re certificate of title for vehicle manufactured prior to 1981; P.A. 16-55 amended Subsec. (a) to delete former Subdiv. (13) re motor vehicle older than 20 model years old, added new Subsec. (b) re issuance of certificate of title for motor vehicle older than 20 model years old by commissioner at request of owner and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) re application of part III of chapter as Subsec. (c).