LAWS & RULES : SNOWMOBILE 19
A . A person shall :
( 1 ) Provide a registration certificate or an online registration receipt for inspection by any law enforcement officer on demand . A person may provide a registration certificate or an online registration receipt in electronic form ; and
( 2 ) Display registration numbers in the form of stickers in such a form and manner as the commissioner may determine , except that an antique snowmobile is not required to display registration numbers . A person may operate a snowmobile registered online without displaying a registration number until that person receives the registration certificate from the department or for 30 days after registering the snowmobile online , whichever occurs first .
Note : The registration stickers must be displayed on both sides of the cowling .
13 . Repealed
14 . Report of destroyed , abandoned or permanently removed snowmobile . A registrant shall notify the commissioner if a snowmobile is destroyed , abandoned or permanently removed from the State .
15 . Repealed 16 . Repealed
17 . Snowmobile Trail Fund Donation Sticker Program . The department has established the Snowmobile Trail Fund Donation Sticker Program . The department issues 3 different Snowmobile Trail Fund donation stickers to reflect a donor ’ s donation of $ 25 , $ 50 and $ 100 , respectively . For every donation $ 2 is retained by the department and the remainder is transferred to the Snowmobile Trail Fund of the Department of Agriculture , Conservation and Forestry , Bureau of Parks and Lands .
A Snowmobile Trail Fund donation sticker is in addition to and separate from the snowmobile registration requirements of this section .
§ 13105 – Snowmobile registration agents
1 . Appointment of snowmobile registration agents ; report ; fees . Appointment of snowmobile registration agents and applicable fees are governed by the following .
A . The commissioner may appoint municipal clerks or other persons who a municipality may designate as municipal agents to issue snowmobile registrations . The commissioner may designate other agents as necessary to issue snowmobile registrations . The commissioner shall determine by rule the period when the agents shall act .
B . An agent may charge a service fee of not more than $ 5 for each ATV registration or renewal registration covered by sections 13002 to 13005 . This service fee is retained by the agent .
C . An agent is delinquent if that agent fails to forward to the commissioner funds collected by that agent by the date established in rules adopted under this subsection . Failure to remit the funds as provided in this subsection results in the following sanctions , in addition to any other provided by law .
( 1 ) If an agent is delinquent for more than 150 days or is delinquent 3 or more times in one year , the commissioner shall :
( a ) Terminate the agency for the balance of the year ; and
( b ) Order that the agency not be renewed for the next year .
Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5 , chapter 375 , subchapter 2-A .
2 . Unlawful issuance of snowmobile registration . An agent may not issue a resident snowmobile registration to a nonresident or a nonresident snowmobile registration to a resident .
§ 13106-A – Operation of snowmobile
1 . No permission given . This chapter does not give license or permission to cross or go on the property of another .
2 . Stop and identify requirement . Persons operating a snowmobile upon the land of another shall stop and identify themselves upon the request of the landowner or the landowner ’ s duly authorized representative .
3 . Operating snowmobile upon controlled access highway . Except as provided in paragraph A , a person may not operate a snowmobile upon a controlled access highway or within the right-of-way limits of a controlled access highway .
A . A person may operate a snowmobile upon a controlled access highway or within the right-of-way limits of a controlled access highway in accordance with this paragraph .
( 1 ) A person on a properly registered snowmobile may cross controlled access highways by use of bridges over or roads under those highways or by use of roads crossing controlled access highways at grade .
( 2 ) The Commissioner of Transportation may issue special permits for designated crossings of controlled access highways .
( 3 ) A person on a properly registered snowmobile may operate the snowmobile within the rightof-way limits of a controlled access highway on a trail segment approved by the Commissioner of Transportation or the board of directors of the Maine Turnpike Authority , as applicable .
4 . Unlawfully operating snowmobile on plowed road . A person may not operate a snowmobile upon any plowed private road , or public road plowed privately without public compensation , after having been forbidden to do so by the owner thereof , the owner ’ s agent or a municipal official , either personally or by appropriate notices posted conspicuously on that road .
5 . Operating snowmobile on public way . Except as provided in subsection 3 and this subsection , a person may not operate a snowmobile upon the main traveled portion , the sidewalks or the plowed snowbanks of a public way .
A . A properly registered snowmobile may be operated on a public way only the distance necessary , but in no case to exceed 500 yards , on the extreme right of the traveled way for the purpose of crossing , as directly as possible , a public way , sidewalk or culvert .
B . A properly registered snowmobile may be operated on a public way only the distance necessary , but in no case to exceed 500 yards , on the extreme right of the traveled way for the sole purpose of crossing , as directly as possible , a bridge , overpass or underpass , as long as that operation can be made in safety and that it does not interfere with vehicular traffic approaching from either direction on the public way .
C . A snowmobile may be operated on any portion of a public way when the public way has been closed in accordance with Title 23 , section 2953 .
2023-24 STATE OF MAINE SUMMARY OF LAWS & RULES ATV & SNOWMOBILE