No certificate of title need be obtained for:
- (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 pursuant to section 168.27 or 168.28, or a vehicle used by a manufacturer solely for testing;
- (3) a vehicle owned by a nonresident 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 wheelchair or invalid tricycle;
- (9) a trailer having a gross weight of 4,000 pounds or less or a trailer designed primarily for agricultural purposes except recreational equipment or a manufactured home, both as defined in section 168.011, subdivisions 8 and 25;
- (10) a snowmobile.