All-Surface Vehicles are defined as (23 V.S.A. § 4) -
An “all-surface vehicle” or “ASV” means any non-highway recreational vehicle, except a snowmobile, when used for cross-country travel on trails or on any one of the following or combination of the following: land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, and natural terrain. An all-surface vehicle shall be designed for use both on land and in water, with or without tracks, shall be capable of flotation and shall be equipped with a skid-steering system, a sealed body, a fully contained cooling system, and six or up to eight tires designed to be inflated with an operating pressure not exceeding 10 pounds per square inch as recommended by the manufacturer. An allsurface vehicle shall have a net weight of 1,500 pounds or less, shall have a width of 75 inches or less, shall be equipped with an engine of not more than 50 horsepower, and shall have a maximum speed of not more than 25 miles per hour. An ASV when operated in water shall be considered to be a motorboat and shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 29, subchapter 2 of this title. An ASV operated anywhere except in water shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 31 of this title.
Registration
If you are registering your ASV (whether purchased in Vermont or out-of-state) for the first time in Vermont, you must complete the Vermont Registration application (VD-119) and comply with all requirements indicated on it.
Reading the instructions for the Registration, Tax, and Title Application (VD-119i) will answer most of your questions about this type of transaction.
Also, see SAFETY ON RECREATIONAL TRAILS
