- (A) A moped operated on a public highway must be registered and licensed with the department in the same fashion as passenger vehicles pursuant to this title.
- (B) The department shall establish for mopeds a special size and class of license plates with distinctive numbering and/or lettering so as to be identifiable to law enforcement.
- (C) Mopeds are not required to be titled or insured in this State.
- (D) Mopeds are exempt from ad valorem property taxes in this State.
- (E) If a manufacturer's certificate of origin states the vehicle is a "motor scooter", "motor-driven cycle", or any similar term, the definitions of "motorcycle" and "moped", as shown in Section 56-1-10, must be used to determine whether the vehicle must be registered as a moped or must be titled and registered as a motorcycle.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 10, eff November 19, 2018.