LAWS & RULES : SNOWMOBILE 17
§ 13104 – Registration
1 . Operating unregistered snowmobile . Except as provided in this section , subsection 7 and section 13112 , a person may not operate a snowmobile that is not registered in accordance with this section .
A . A registration is not required for a snowmobile operated over the snow on land on which the owner lives or that the snowmobile operator owns or leases , regardless of where that snowmobile operator is domiciled , as long as the snowmobile is not operated elsewhere within the jurisdiction of this State .
B . A registration is not required for a snowmobile operated by a commercial ski area for the purpose of packing snow or for rescue operations thereon , unless the snowmobile is required to cross a public way during that operation .
C . Snowmobiles owned and operated in this State by the Federal Government , the State or political subdivision of the State are exempt from registration fees , but must be registered and required to display numbers .
D . Registration is not required to field test repairs to a snowmobile if valid snowmobile repair shop number plates issued under section 13110 are affixed to the snowmobile during the field test and the snowmobile is not owned by the snowmobile repair shop or any repair shop employee .
E . Registration is not required to field test repairs to a snowmobile when tested on the premises of the repair shop when the shop is open and the snowmobile is not owned by the snowmobile repair shop or any repair shop employee . See page 22 .
2 . Application and issuance . The commissioner , or an agent designated by the commissioner , may register and assign a registration number to a snowmobile upon application and payment of a fee by the owner . The commissioner shall charge a fee of $ 1 in addition to the fee for each registration issued by an employee of the department . The registration number in the form of stickers issued by the commissioner must be clearly displayed on both sides of the snowmobile . An annual registration is valid for one year commencing July 1st of each year , except that any registration issued prior to July 1st but after May 1st is valid from the date of issuance until June 30th of the following year .
3 . Form of registration . The snowmobile registration must be in such form as the commissioner may determine except that the commissioner shall develop a single form of registration that can be used for the 3-day , 10-day , or seasonal nonresident registrations .
4 . Fee . See registration fees on page 15 . $ 10 dollars from each resident registration fee and $ 15 of each nonresident registration fee collected pursuant to this subsection must be transferred to a special fund administered by the Off-Road Vehicle Division of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Agriculture , Conservation & Forestry . The funds must be used to assist any entity that has a snowmobile trail-grooming contract with the bureau in the purchase of trail-grooming equipment . The funds also may be used for the repair or overhaul of trail-grooming equipment . $ 17 from each resident fee is transferred to the Snowmobile Trail Fund . $ 16 from each nonresident 3-day snowmobile registration , $ 16 from each nonresident 10-day registration fee , and $ 21 from each nonresident seasonal snowmobile registration fee must be transferred to the Snowmobile Trail Fund of the Department of Agriculture , Conservation and Forestry , Bureau of Parks and Lands . $ 5 from each non-resident 3-day snowmobile registration fee and 10-day snowmobile registration fee must be transferred to the Snowmobile Enforcement Fund established under section 10258 .
5 . Antique snowmobile registration fee . A person who owns a snowmobile that is more than 25 years old and that is substantially maintained in original or restored condition may register that snowmobile under this subsection as an antique snowmobile . An antique snowmobile registration authorizes that snowmobile to be operated only for the purpose of traveling to , returning from and participating in an exhibition , parade or other event of interest to the public or for occasional personal use . ( Antique snowmobiles are not required to display registration number or stickers ). The one-time fee for an antique snowmobile registration is $ 33 * and can only be obtained at the Augusta office . An antique snowmobile registration is valid until the ownership of that antique snowmobile is transferred to another person . Upon the transfer of ownership , the new owner may reregister that snowmobile as an antique snowmobile by paying the $ 33 * antique snowmobile registration fee . The registration fee for an antique snowmobile is allocated according to section 10206 , subsection 2 , paragraph A .
* Plus agent fee
6 . Members of armed forces permanently stationed in Maine . The following persons are eligible to register any snowmobile owned by them at the resident fee :
A . Any person serving in the Armed Forces of the United States who is permanently stationed at a military or naval post , station or base in the State ; and
B . The spouse and children of the person described in paragraph A , provided that the spouse and children permanently reside with that person .
A member of the armed forces described in paragraph A who desires to register a snowmobile shall present certification from the commander of the post , station or base , or from the commander ’ s designated agent , that the member is permanently stationed at that post , station or base . Registration fees for registrations pursuant to this subsection must be allocated as if the person registering the snowmobile was a resident of the municipality in which the post , station or base is situated .
7 . Snowmobiles of nonresidents ; Maine- New Hampshire Cooperative Trails . Except as specifically provided in this subsection and notwithstanding any other provision of law , a snowmobile belonging to a nonresident may be possessed or operated by any person in this State as long as the snowmobile is properly registered in this State in the name of a nonresident owner of the snowmobile . Nothing in this subsection authorizes the operation of a snowmobile in a manner contrary to this chapter .
A . A nonresident is ineligible to obtain a resident registration for a snowmobile owned by that nonresident . Snowmobiles and grooming equipment registered to federal or state entities , snowmobile clubs , municipalities or counties from bordering states or provinces and engaged in trail grooming may be operated without being registered under this subsection . Snowmobiles registered in either New Hampshire or Canada may be operated on any lake or pond that is partly in both the State and New Hampshire or Canada without being registered in the State .
B . A snowmobile registered in this State or in New Hampshire may be operated without further registration requirements on those portions of the Maine-New Hampshire Cooperative trails located in Maine . For purposes of this paragraph , “ Maine-New Hampshire Cooperative trails ” means :
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