All-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles; allow tagging for operation on certain roads.

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To: Highways and
Transportation
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026

By: Senator(s) Suber

SENATE BILL NO. 2628

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-31-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO 1
ALLOW ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES AND RECREATIONAL OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES 2
TO OPERATE ON COUNTY RURAL, GRAVEL OR PAVED ROADS; TO REQUIRE, FOR 3
SUCH OPERATION, COMPLIANCE WITH LICENSING AND TAGGING REQUIREMENTS 4
AND OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE REGULATIONS, EXCEPT THOSE REQUIRING 5
EQUIPPING WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS; TO SPECIFY THAT A LICENSE TAG 6
SHALL NOT AUTHORIZE THE USE OF AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE OR 7
RECREATIONAL OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE FOR TOWING, OR FOR OPERATION ON 8
AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY OR ANY OTHER ROAD FOR WHICH THE SPEED LIMIT 9
EXCEEDS 40 MILES PER HOUR, EXCEPT FOR CROSSING CERTAIN ROADS; TO 10
AMEND SECTION 27-19-99, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT 11
MONIES REMITTED OR RECEIVED AS REGISTRATION OR TAG FEES FROM THE 12
ADDITIONAL RATE OF $5.00 SHALL, IN THE CASE OF ALL-TERRAIN 13
VEHICLES AND RECREATIONAL OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES, BE PAID TO THE 14
COUNTY IN WHICH THE VEHICLE IS REGISTERED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 15
27-19-3, 27-19-5, 27-19-43, 27-51-5, 63-3-103, 63-15-3 AND 16
63-21-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; AND FOR RELATED 17
PURPOSES. 18
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 19
SECTION 1. Section 63-31-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 20
amended as follows: 21
63-31-3. (1) No off-road vehicle shall be operated upon any 22
public property by any person unless: 23
(a) (i) The person possesses a valid driver's license; 24
or 25
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(ii) The person possesses a certificate as 26
provided under subsections (3) and (4) of this section * * *; and 27
(b) * * * Each person under sixteen (16) years of age 28
who is operating or riding on the off-road vehicle is wearing a 29
crash helmet that complies with minimum guidelines established by 30
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration pursuant to the 31
federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 218 (49 CFR 571.218) for 32
helmets designed for use by motorcyclists. 33
(2) A violation of subsection (1) of this section is 34
punishable by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) 35
nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00). 36
(3) Off-road vehicle safety courses shall be held by the 37
Cooperative Extension Service using 4-H safety course materials 38
and curricula, and shall be taught by instructors possessing 39
qualifications approved by the Department of Public Safety. The 40
Cooperative Extension Service shall issue a certificate to each 41
person who satisfactorily completes the off-road vehicle safety 42
course. 43
(4) Off-road vehicle safety courses may be held by any 44
organization approved by the Department of Public Safety. Such 45
organization shall issue a certificate to each person who 46
satisfactorily completes the off-road vehicle safety course. 47
(5) All-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway 48
vehicles may be operated on county rural, gravel or paved roads. 49
All-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles 50
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operating under this subsection shall comply with licensing and 51
tagging requirements under Chapter 19, Title 27, Mississippi Code 52
of 1972, and with other motor vehicle regulations, except those 53
requiring equipping with windshield wipers. A license tag shall 54
not authorize the use of an all-terrain vehicle or recreational 55
off-highway vehicle for towing, or for operation on an interstate 56
highway or any other road for which the speed limit exceeds forty 57
(40) miles per hour. However, such a vehicle may, for the purpose 58
of crossing from one (1) road, field or area of operation to 59
another, be operated on a state-maintained highway or other 60
noncounty road, other than the interstate and national defense 61
highway system, if: 62
(a) The crossing is made at an angle of approximately 63
ninety (90) degrees to the direction of the highway and at a place 64
where no obstruction prevents a quick and safe crossing; 65
(b) The vehicle is brought to a complete stop before 66
crossing the shoulder or main traveled way of the highway; 67
(c) The operator yields the right-of-way to all 68
oncoming traffic that constitutes an immediate potential hazard; 69
and 70
(d) Both the headlights and the taillights are 71
illuminated when the crossing is made. 72
( * * *6) For the purposes of this section: 73
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(a) "Off-road vehicle" means any all-terrain vehicle, 74
dirt bike or recreational off-highway vehicle. The term "off-road 75
vehicle" shall not include electric bicycles. 76
(b) "All-terrain vehicle" or "ATV" means any motorized 77
vehicle manufactured and designed exclusively for off-road use 78
that is fifty-five (55) inches or less in width; has an unladen 79
dry weight of one thousand (1,000) pounds or less; and travels on 80
three (3), four (4) or more nonhighway tires. The term 81
"all-terrain vehicle" shall not include electric bicycles. 82
(c) "Dirt bike" means a motor-powered vehicle 83
possessing two (2) or more tires, designed to travel over any 84
terrain and capable of * * * traveling off of paved roads, whether 85
or not the vehicle may be operated legally on a public street. 86
The term "dirt bike" shall not include electric bicycles. 87
(d) "Recreational off-highway vehicle" means any 88
motorized vehicle manufactured and designed exclusively for 89
off-road use that is seventy-five (75) inches or less in width; 90
has an unladen dry weight of three thousand five hundred (3,500) 91
pounds or less; and travels on four (4) or more nonhighway tires. 92
* * * 93
SECTION 2. Section 27-19-99, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 94
amended as follows: 95
27-19-99. (1) The Department of Revenue shall furnish the 96
tax collector of each county a sufficient supply of license tags 97
or plates and a sufficient supply of license receipts with which 98
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to make the collection of the taxes imposed by the provisions of 99
this article, which such tax collectors are required to collect. 100
The license tag receipts shall be on forms prescribed by the 101
department. Upon the payment of the taxes and fees required by 102
this article, the tax collector shall issue the license receipt in 103
the form prescribed by the department. The department shall keep 104
account against the tax collector for the license taxes and fees 105
collected. The tax collector shall keep a similar account. 106
(2) The tax collector shall, at the end of each month or 107
within twenty (20) days thereafter, pay into the county road fund 108
all privilege taxes collected by him or her during the preceding 109
month upon motor vehicle privilege licenses which he or she is 110
entitled to issue, less the county's commission. 111
(3) The tax collector shall keep a record of the information 112
furnished by the owners of each motor vehicle registered. The 113
record shall be made in numerical order by tag number or decal 114
number, whichever is appropriate. At the end of each month, or 115
within twenty (20) days thereafter, the tax collector shall submit 116
to the department a copy of such record, together with the copy of 117
each registration receipt, and shall, at the same time, remit to 118
the department the registration fee for each license tag or decal 119
sold by him or her during the preceding month. When the tax 120
collector shall have complied with the provisions of this section 121
and shall have forwarded to the department, within the time 122
specified, all reports required of him or her hereunder, he or she 123
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shall then be entitled to retain five percent (5%) of the 124
registration fees imposed in Section 27-19-43(3)(a) and (b), to be 125
paid into the county general fund; otherwise the county's 126
commission shall be forfeited. The five percent (5%) shall not 127
apply to any additional registration fee imposed above the amounts 128
imposed in Section 27-19-43(3)(a) and (b). The department shall 129
keep a record from the duplicates filed by the tax collectors of 130
all registered vehicles. 131
(4) Counties that use their existing computer system to 132
communicate all data regarding vehicle title and registration 133
transactions to the state's central computer system shall be 134
allotted Fifty Cents (50¢) for each registration fee collected by 135
the county and remitted to the Department of Revenue. Such 136
communication must successfully pass any edit features and 137
successfully create or update title/registration records on the 138
network system. This amount paid to the county shall be deposited 139
into the county general fund to be expended only for costs 140
incurred for the purchase of equipment, software, 141
maintenance * * * or other costs directly related to the 142
title/registration network system, and for education and training. 143
(5) All monies remitted to the department by tax collectors 144
as registration or tag fees from the portion of the rate imposed 145
in Section 27-19-43(3)(a) and (b), and all monies received by the 146
department directly as registration or tag fees from the portion 147
of the rate imposed in Section 27-19-43(3)(a) and (b), except as 148
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otherwise provided in subsection (7) of this section, shall be 149
paid by the department into the General Fund of the State Treasury 150
on the first day of the month succeeding the month in which such 151
fees are received by the department. 152
(6) Except as otherwise provided in Section 31-17-127, and 153
except in the case of all-terrain vehicles and recreational 154
off-highway vehicles, all monies remitted to the department by tax 155
collectors as registration or tag fees from the additional rate of 156
Five Dollars ($5.00) and all monies received by the department 157
directly as registration or tag fees from the additional rate of 158
Five Dollars ($5.00) shall be paid into the State Treasury to the 159
credit of the State Highway Fund for the construction or 160
reconstruction of highways designated under the highway program 161
created under Section 65-3-97. In the case of all-terrain 162
vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles, these monies from 163
the additional rate of Five Dollars ($5.00) shall be paid to the 164
county in which the vehicle is registered. 165
(7) On July 1, 2021, and on the first day of each month 166
succeeding the month in which registration or tag fees are 167
received by the Department of Revenue, the portion of the receipts 168
equal to the cost of the license tags, decals and associated 169
freight costs shall be deposited into the special fund created in 170
Section 27-19-179. 171
SECTION 3. Section 27-19-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 172
amended as follows: 173
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27-19-3. (a) The following words and phrases when used in 174
this article for the purpose of this article have the meanings 175
respectively ascribed to them in this section, except in those 176
instances where the context clearly describes and indicates a 177
different meaning: 178
(1) "Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which 179
any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a 180
public highway, except devices moved by muscular power or used 181
exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. The term "vehicle" 182
includes all-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway 183
vehicles operated on county rural, gravel or paved roads under 184
Section 63-31-3. 185
(2) "Commercial vehicle" means every vehicle used or 186
operated upon the public roads, highways or bridges in connection 187
with any business function. 188
(3) "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle as defined in 189
this section which is self-propelled, including trackless street 190
or trolley cars. The term "motor vehicle" shall not include 191
electric bicycles, personal delivery devices or electric personal 192
assistive mobility devices as defined in Section 63-3-103, or golf 193
carts or low-speed vehicles as defined in Section 63-32-1. 194
(4) "Tractor" means every vehicle designed, constructed 195
or used for drawing other vehicles. 196
(5) "Motorcycle" means every vehicle designed to travel 197
on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground, 198
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except electric bicycles, personal delivery devices and vehicles 199
included within the term "tractor" as herein classified and 200
defined. 201
(6) "Truck tractor" means every motor vehicle designed 202
and used for drawing other vehicles and so constructed as to carry 203
a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so 204
drawn and has a gross vehicle weight (GVW) in excess of ten 205
thousand (10,000) pounds. 206
(7) "Trailer" means every vehicle without motive power, 207
designed to carry property or passengers wholly on its structure 208
and which is drawn by a motor vehicle. 209
(8) "Semitrailer" means every vehicle (of the trailer 210
type) so designed and used in conjunction with a truck tractor. 211
(9) "Foreign vehicle" means every motor vehicle, 212
trailer or semitrailer, which shall be brought into the state 213
otherwise than by or through a manufacturer or dealer for resale 214
and which has not been registered in this state. 215
(10) "Pneumatic tires" means all tires inflated with 216
compressed air. 217
(11) "Solid rubber tires" means every tire made of 218
rubber other than pneumatic tires. 219
(12) "Solid tires" means all tires, the surface of 220
which in contact with the highway is wholly or partly of metal or 221
other hard, nonresilient material. 222
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(13) "Person" means every natural person, firm, 223
copartnership, corporation, joint-stock or other association or 224
organization. 225
(14) "Owner" means a person who holds the legal title 226
of a vehicle or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an 227
agreement for the conditional sale, lease or transfer of the 228
possession, the person with the right of purchase upon performance 229
of conditions stated in the agreement, and with an immediate right 230
of possession vested in the conditional vendee, lessee, possessor 231
or in the event such or similar transaction is had by means of a 232
mortgage, and the mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to 233
possession, then such conditional vendee, lessee, possessor or 234
mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purposes of this 235
article. 236
(15) "School bus" means every motor vehicle engaged 237
solely in transporting school children or school children and 238
teachers to and from schools; however, such vehicles may transport 239
passengers on weekends and legal holidays and during summer months 240
between the terms of school for compensation when the 241
transportation of passengers is over a route of which not more 242
than fifty percent (50%) traverses the route of a common carrier 243
of passengers by motor vehicle and when no passengers are picked 244
up on the route of any such carrier. 245
(16) "Dealer" means every person engaged regularly in 246
the business of buying, selling or exchanging motor vehicles, 247
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trailers, semitrailers, trucks, tractors or other character of 248
commercial or industrial motor vehicles in this state, and having 249
an established place of business in this state. 250
(17) "Highway" means and includes every way or place of 251
whatever nature, including public roads, streets and alleys of 252
this state generally open to the use of the public or to be opened 253
or reopened to the use of the public for the purpose of vehicular 254
travel, and notwithstanding that the same may be temporarily 255
closed for the purpose of construction, reconstruction, 256
maintenance or repair. 257
(18) "State Tax Commission," "commission" or 258
"department" means the Commissioner of Revenue of the Department 259
of Revenue of this state, acting directly or through his duly 260
authorized officers, agents, representatives and employees. 261
(19) "Common carrier by motor vehicle" means any person 262
who or which undertakes, whether directly or by a lease or any 263
other arrangement, to transport passengers or property or any 264
class or classes of property for the general public in interstate 265
or intrastate commerce on the public highways of this state by 266
motor vehicles for compensation, whether over regular or irregular 267
routes. The term "common carrier by motor vehicle" shall not 268
include passenger buses operating within the corporate limits of a 269
municipality in this state or not exceeding five (5) miles beyond 270
the corporate limits of the municipality, and hearses, ambulances, 271
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and school buses as such. In addition, this definition shall not 272
include taxicabs. 273
(20) "Contract carrier by motor vehicle" means any 274
person who or which under the special and individual contract or 275
agreements, and whether directly or by a lease or any other 276
arrangement, transports passengers or property in interstate or 277
intrastate commerce on the public highways of this state by motor 278
vehicle for compensation. The term "contract carrier by motor 279
vehicle" shall not include passenger buses operating wholly within 280
the corporate limits of a municipality in this state or not 281
exceeding five (5) miles beyond the corporate limits of the 282
municipality, and hearses, ambulances, and school buses as such. 283
In addition, this definition shall not include taxicabs. 284
(21) "Private commercial and noncommercial carrier of 285
property by motor vehicle" means any person not included in the 286
terms "common carrier by motor vehicle" or "contract carrier by 287
motor vehicle," who or which transports in interstate or 288
intrastate commerce on the public highways of this state by motor 289
vehicle, property of which such person is the owner, lessee, or 290
bailee, other than for hire. The term "private commercial and 291
noncommercial carrier of private property by motor vehicle" shall 292
not include passenger buses operated wholly within the corporate 293
limits of a municipality of this state, or not exceeding five (5) 294
miles beyond the corporate limits of the municipality, and 295
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hearses, ambulances, and school buses as such. In addition, this 296
definition shall not include taxicabs. 297
Haulers of fertilizer shall be classified as private 298
commercial carriers of property by motor vehicle. 299
(22) "Private carrier of passengers" means all other 300
passenger motor vehicle carriers not included in the above 301
definitions. The term "private carrier of passengers" shall not 302
include passenger buses operating wholly within the corporate 303
limits of a municipality in this state, or not exceeding five (5) 304
miles beyond the corporate limits of the municipality, and 305
hearses, ambulances, and school buses as such. In addition, this 306
definition shall not include taxicabs. 307
(23) "Operator" means any person, partnership, 308
joint-stock company or corporation operating on the public 309
highways of the state one or more motor vehicles as the beneficial 310
owner or lessee. 311
(24) "Driver" means the person actually driving or 312
operating such motor vehicle at any given time. 313
(25) "Private carrier of property" means any person 314
transporting property on the highways of this state as defined 315
below: 316
(i) Any person, or any employee of such person, 317
transporting farm products, farm supplies, materials and/or 318
equipment used in the growing or production of his own 319
agricultural products in his own truck. 320
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(ii) Any person transporting his own fish, 321
including shellfish, in his own truck. 322
(iii) Any person, or any employee of such person, 323
transporting unprocessed forest products, or timber harvesting 324
equipment wherein ownership remains the same, in his own truck. 325
(26) "Taxicab" means any passenger motor vehicle for 326
hire with a seating capacity not greater than ten (10) passengers. 327
For purposes of this paragraph (26), seating capacity shall be 328
determined according to the manufacturer's suggested seating 329
capacity for a vehicle. If there is no manufacturer's suggested 330
seating capacity for a vehicle, the seating capacity for the 331
vehicle shall be determined according to regulations established 332
by the Department of Revenue. 333
(27) "Passenger coach" means any passenger motor 334
vehicle with a seating capacity greater than ten (10) passengers, 335
operating wholly within the corporate limits of a municipality of 336
this state or within five (5) miles of the corporate limits of the 337
municipality, or motor vehicles substituted for abandoned electric 338
railway systems in or between municipalities. For purposes of 339
this paragraph (27), seating capacity shall be determined 340
according to the manufacturer's suggested seating capacity for a 341
vehicle. If there is no manufacturer's suggested seating capacity 342
for a vehicle, the seating capacity for the vehicle shall be 343
determined according to regulations established by the Department 344
of Revenue. 345
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(28) "Empty weight" means the actual weight of a 346
vehicle including fixtures and equipment necessary for the 347
transportation of load hauled or to be hauled. 348
(29) "Gross weight" means the empty weight of the 349
vehicle, as defined herein, plus any load being transported or to 350
be transported. 351
(30) "Ambulance and hearse" shall have the meaning 352
generally ascribed to them. A hearse or funeral coach shall be 353
classified as a light carrier of property, as defined in Section 354
27-51-101. 355
(31) "Regular seats" means each seat ordinarily and 356
customarily used by one (1) passenger, including all temporary, 357
emergency, and collapsible seats. Where any seats are not 358
distinguished or separated by separate cushions and backs, a seat 359
shall be counted for each eighteen (18) inches of space on such 360
seats or major fraction thereof. In the case of a regular 361
passenger-type automobile which is used as a common or contract 362
carrier of passengers, three (3) seats shall be counted for the 363
rear seat of such automobile and one (1) seat shall be counted for 364
the front seat of such automobile. 365
(32) "Ton" means two thousand (2,000) pounds 366
avoirdupois. 367
(33) "Bus" means any passenger vehicle with a seating 368
capacity of more than ten (10) but shall not include "private 369
carrier of passengers" and "school bus" as defined in paragraphs 370
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(15) and (22) of this section. For purposes of this paragraph 371
(33), seating capacity shall be determined according to the 372
manufacturer's suggested seating capacity for a vehicle. If there 373
is no manufacturer's suggested seating capacity for a vehicle, the 374
seating capacity for the vehicle shall be determined according to 375
regulations established by the Department of Revenue. 376
(34) "Corporate fleet" means a group of two hundred 377
(200) or more marked private carriers of passengers or light 378
carriers of property, as defined in Section 27-51-101, trailers, 379
semitrailers, or motor vehicles in excess of ten thousand (10,000) 380
pounds gross vehicle weight, except for those vehicles registered 381
for interstate travel, owned or leased on a long-term basis by a 382
corporation or other legal entity. In order to be considered 383
marked, the motor vehicle must have a name, trademark or logo 384
located either on the sides or the rear of the vehicle in sharp 385
contrast to the background, and of a size, shape and color that is 386
legible during daylight hours from a distance of fifty (50) feet. 387
(35) "Individual fleet" means a group of five (5) or 388
more private carriers of passengers or light carriers of property, 389
as defined in Section 27-51-101, owned or leased by the same 390
person and principally garaged in the same county. 391
(36) "Trailer fleet" means a group of fifty (50) or 392
more utility trailers each with a gross vehicle weight of six 393
thousand (6,000) pounds or less. 394
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(37) "Rental fleet" means a group of two hundred (200) 395
or more private carriers of passengers or light carriers of 396
property, as defined in Section 27-51-101, trailers, semitrailers, 397
or motor vehicles in excess of ten thousand (10,000) pounds gross 398
vehicle weight, except for those vehicles registered for 399
interstate travel, owned or leased on a long-term basis by a 400
corporation or other legal entity and exempt from ad valorem 401
taxation under Section 27-51-41(2)(n). 402
(38) "All-terrain vehicle," "ATV" and "recreational 403
off-highway vehicle" have the meanings ascribed in Section 404
63-31-3. 405
(b) (1) No lease shall be recognized under the provisions 406
of this article unless it shall be in writing and shall fully 407
define a bona fide relationship of lessor and lessee, signed by 408
both parties, dated and be in the possession of the driver of the 409
leased vehicle at all times. 410
(2) Leased vehicles shall be considered as domiciled at 411
the place in the State of Mississippi from which they operate in 412
interstate or intrastate commerce, and for the purposes of this 413
article shall be considered as owned by the lessee, who shall 414
furnish all insurance on the vehicles and the driver of the 415
vehicles shall be considered as an agent of the lessee for all 416
purposes of this article. 417
SECTION 4. Section 27-19-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 418
amended as follows: 419
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27-19-5. There is hereby levied the following annual highway 420
privilege tax on operators of private carriers of passengers as 421
reasonable compensation for the use of the highways of this state:422
(a) On the owner or operator of each private carrier of 423
passengers..................................................$15.00 424
(b) On each motorcycle, per annum................. 8.00 425
(c) On each all-terrain vehicle or recreational 426
off-highway vehicle operated on roads under Section 63-31-3, per 427
annum........................................................ 8.00 428
SECTION 5. Section 27-19-43, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 429
amended as follows: 430
27-19-43. (1) License tags, substitute tags and decals for 431
individual fleets and for private carriers of passengers, school 432
buses (excluding school buses owned by a school district in the 433
state), church buses, taxicabs, ambulances, hearses, 434
motorcycles * * *, all-terrain vehicles and recreational 435
off-highway vehicles operated on roads, private carriers of 436
property, and private commercial carriers of property of a gross 437
weight of ten thousand (10,000) pounds and less, shall be sold and 438
issued by the tax collectors of the several counties. 439
(2) Applications for license tags for motor vehicles in a 440
corporate fleet registered under Section 27-19-66, trailers in a 441
fleet registered under Section 27-19-66.1, motor vehicles in a 442
rental fleet registered under Section 27-19-66.2, and applications 443
for all other license tags, substitute tags and decals shall be 444
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filed with the department or the local tax collector of the 445
respective counties and forwarded to the department for issuance 446
to the applicant. All tags and decals for vehicles owned by the 447
state or any agency or instrumentality thereof, and vehicles owned 448
by a fire protection district, school district or a county or 449
municipality, and all vehicles owned by a road, drainage or levee 450
district shall be issued by the department. 451
(3) In addition to the privilege taxes levied herein, there 452
shall be collected the following registration or tag fee: 453
(a) For the issuance of both a license tag and two (2) 454
decals, a fee of Five Dollars ($5.00). 455
(b) For the issuance of up to two (2) decals only, a 456
fee of Three Dollars and Seventy-five Cents ($3.75). 457
(c) Additionally, the tax collector or the department, 458
as the case may be, shall assess and collect a fee of Four Dollars 459
($4.00) upon each set of license tags and two (2) decals issued, 460
or upon each set of two (2) decals issued, and that sum shall be 461
deposited in the Mississippi Trauma Care Systems Fund established 462
in Section 41-59-75, to be used for the purposes set out in that 463
section. 464
No tag or decal shall be issued either by a tax collector or 465
by the department without the collection of such registration fee 466
except substitute tags and decals and license tags for vehicles 467
owned by the State of Mississippi. 468
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Beginning July 1, 1987, and until the date specified in 469
Section 65-39-35, there shall be levied a registration fee of Five 470
Dollars ($5.00) in addition to the regular registration fee 471
imposed in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection. Such 472
additional registration fee shall be levied in the same manner as 473
the regular registration fee. 474
SECTION 6. Section 27-51-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 475
amended as follows: 476
27-51-5. The subject words and terms of this section, for 477
the purpose of this chapter, shall have meanings as follows: 478
(a) "Motor vehicle" means any device and attachments 479
supported by one or more wheels which is propelled or drawn by any 480
power other than muscular power over the highways, streets or 481
alleys of this state. The term "motor vehicle" shall not include 482
electric bicycles, personal delivery devices or electric personal 483
assistive mobility devices as defined in Section 63-3-103, or golf 484
carts or low-speed vehicles as defined in Section 63-32-1. 485
However, mobile homes which are detached from any self-propelled 486
vehicles and parked on land in the state are hereby expressly 487
exempt from the motor vehicle ad valorem taxes, but house trailers 488
which are actually in transit and which are not parked for more 489
than an overnight stop are not exempted. The term "motor vehicle" 490
includes all-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway 491
vehicles, as defined in Section 63-31-3, operated on roads under 492
Section 63-31-3. 493
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(b) "Public highway" means and includes every way or 494
place of whatever nature, including public roads, streets and 495
alleys of this state generally open to the use of the public or to 496
be opened or reopened to the use of the public for the purpose of 497
vehicular travel, notwithstanding that the same may be temporarily 498
closed for the purpose of construction, reconstruction, 499
maintenance * * * or repair. 500
(c) "Administrator of the road and bridge privilege tax 501
law" means the official authorized by law to administer the road 502
and bridge privilege tax law of this state. 503
SECTION 7. Section 63-3-103, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 504
amended as follows: 505
63-3-103. (a) "Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by 506
which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn 507
upon a highway, except devices used exclusively upon stationary 508
rails or tracks. The term "vehicle" includes all-terrain vehicles 509
and recreational off-highway vehicles, as defined in Section 510
63-31-3, operated on roads under Section 63-31-3. This inclusion 511
subjects such all-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway 512
vehicles to the requirements of this chapter, except as to those 513
provisions that by their nature can have no application; however, 514
this inclusion does not permit all-terrain vehicles or 515
recreational off-highway vehicles to be operated on public roads 516
other than as authorized under Section 63-31-3. 517
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(b) "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is 518
self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric 519
power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon 520
rails. The term "motor vehicle" shall not include electric 521
personal assistive mobility devices, personal delivery devices or 522
electric bicycles. 523
(c) "Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle having a saddle 524
for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than 525
three (3) wheels in contact with the ground but excluding a 526
tractor. The term "motorcycle" includes motor scooters as defined 527
in subsection (j) of this section. The term "motorcycle" shall 528
not include electric bicycles or personal delivery devices. 529
(d) "Authorized emergency vehicle" means every vehicle of 530
the fire department (fire patrol), every police vehicle, every 911 531
Emergency Communications District vehicle, every such ambulance 532
and special use EMS vehicle as defined in Section 41-59-3, every 533
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency vehicle as is designated 534
or authorized by the Executive Director of MEMA and every 535
emergency vehicle of municipal departments or public service 536
corporations as is designated or authorized by the commission or 537
the chief of police of an incorporated city. 538
(e) "School bus" means every motor vehicle operated for the 539
transportation of children to or from any school, provided same is 540
plainly marked "School Bus" on the front and rear thereof and 541
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meets the requirements of the State Board of Education as 542
authorized under Section 37-41-1. 543
(f) "Recreational vehicle" means a vehicular type unit 544
primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, 545
camping or travel use, which either has its own motive power or is 546
mounted on or drawn by another vehicle and includes travel 547
trailers, fifth-wheel trailers, camping trailers, truck campers 548
and motor homes. 549
(g) "Motor home" means a motor vehicle that is designed and 550
constructed primarily to provide temporary living quarters for 551
recreational, camping or travel use. 552
(h) "Electric assistive mobility device" means a 553
self-balancing two-tandem wheeled device, designed to transport 554
only one (1) person, with an electric propulsion system that 555
limits the maximum speed of the device to fifteen (15) miles per 556
hour. 557
(i) "Autocycle" means a three-wheel motorcycle with a 558
steering wheel, nonstraddle seating, rollover protection and seat 559
belts. 560
(j) "Motor scooter" means a two-wheeled vehicle that has a 561
seat for the operator, one (1) wheel that is ten (10) inches or 562
more in diameter, a step-through chassis, a motor with a rating of 563
two and seven-tenths (2.7) brake horsepower or less if the motor 564
is an internal combustion engine, an engine of 50cc or less and 565
otherwise meets all safety requirements of motorcycles. The term 566
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"motor scooter" shall not include electric bicycles or personal 567
delivery devices. 568
(k) "Platoon" means a group of individual motor vehicles 569
traveling in a unified manner at electronically coordinated speeds 570
at following distances that are closer than would be reasonable 571
and prudent without such coordination. 572
(l) "Electric bicycle" means a bicycle or tricycle equipped 573
with fully operable pedals, a saddle or seat for the rider, and an 574
electric motor of less than seven hundred fifty (750) watts that 575
meets the requirements of one (1) of the following three (3) 576
classes: 577
(i) "Class 1 electric bicycle" means an electric 578
bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when 579
the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when 580
the bicycle reaches the speed of twenty (20) miles per hour. 581
(ii) "Class 2 electric bicycle" means an electric 582
bicycle equipped with a motor that may be used exclusively to 583
propel the bicycle, and that is not capable of providing 584
assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of twenty (20) miles 585
per hour. 586
(iii) "Class 3 electric bicycle" means an electric 587
bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when 588
the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when 589
the bicycle reaches the speed of twenty-eight (28) miles per hour. 590
(m) "Personal delivery device" means a device: 591
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(i) Solely powered by an electric motor; 592
(ii) Intended to be operated primarily on sidewalks, 593
crosswalks, and other pedestrian areas to transport cargo; 594
(iii) Intended primarily to transport property on 595
public rights-of-way, and not intended to carry passengers; and 596
(iv) Capable of navigating with or without the active 597
control or monitoring of a natural person. 598
(n) "Personal delivery device operator" means a person or 599
entity that exercises physical control or monitoring over the 600
operation of a personal delivery device, excluding a person or 601
entity that requests or receives the services of a personal 602
delivery device, arranges for or dispatches the requested services 603
of a personal delivery device, or stores, charges or maintains a 604
personal delivery device. 605
(o) "Fully autonomous vehicle" means a motor vehicle 606
equipped with an automated driving system designed to function 607
without a human driver as a Level 4 or Level 5 automation system 608
under the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Standard J3016. 609
SECTION 8. Section 63-15-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 610
amended as follows: 611
63-15-3. The following words and phrases, when used in this 612
chapter, shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the 613
meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except in 614
those instances where the context clearly indicates a different 615
meaning: 616
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(a) "Highway" means the entire width between property 617
lines of any road, street, way, thoroughfare or bridge in the 618
State of Mississippi not privately owned or controlled, when any 619
part thereof is open to the public for vehicular traffic and over 620
which the state has legislative jurisdiction under its police 621
power. 622
(b) "Judgment" means any judgment which shall have 623
become final by expiration, without appeal, of the time within 624
which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmation 625
on appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any 626
state or of the United States, upon a cause of action arising out 627
of the ownership, maintenance or use of any motor vehicle, for 628
damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because 629
of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because 630
of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use 631
thereof, or upon a cause of action on an agreement of settlement 632
for such damages. 633
(c) "Motor vehicle" means every self-propelled vehicle 634
(other than traction engines, road rollers and graders, tractor 635
cranes, power shovels, well drillers, implements of husbandry, 636
electric bicycles, personal delivery devices and electric personal 637
assistive mobility devices as defined in Section 63-3-103) which 638
is designed for use upon a highway, including trailers and 639
semitrailers designed for use with such vehicles, and every 640
vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from 641
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overhead wires but not operated upon rails. The term "motor 642
vehicle" includes all-terrain vehicles and recreational 643
off-highway vehicles, as defined in Section 63-31-3, operated on 644
roads under Section 63-31-3. 645
For purposes of this definition, "implements of husbandry" 646
shall not include trucks, pickup trucks, trailers and semitrailers 647
designed for use with such trucks and pickup trucks. 648
(d) "License" means any driver's, operator's, 649
commercial operator's, or chauffeur's license, temporary 650
instruction permit or temporary license, or restricted license, 651
issued under the laws of the State of Mississippi pertaining to 652
the licensing of persons to operate motor vehicles. 653
(e) "Nonresident" means every person who is not a 654
resident of the State of Mississippi. 655
(f) "Nonresident's operating privilege" means the 656
privilege conferred upon a nonresident by the laws of Mississippi 657
pertaining to the operation by him or her of a motor vehicle, or 658
the use of a motor vehicle owned by him or her, in the State of 659
Mississippi. 660
(g) "Operator" means every person who is in actual 661
physical control of a motor vehicle. 662
(h) "Owner" means a person who holds the legal title of 663
a motor vehicle; in the event a motor vehicle is the subject of an 664
agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right 665
of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the 666
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agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the 667
conditional vendee or lessee or in the event a mortgagor of a 668
vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or 669
lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of 670
this chapter. 671
(i) "Person" means every natural person, firm, 672
copartnership, association or corporation. 673
(j) "Proof of financial responsibility" means proof of 674
ability to respond in damages for liability, on account of 675
accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of said 676
proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor 677
vehicle, in the amount of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars 678
($25,000.00) because of bodily injury to or death of one (1) 679
person in any one (1) accident, and subject to said limit for one 680
(1) person, in the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) 681
because of bodily injury to or death of two (2) or more persons in 682
any one (1) accident, and in the amount of Twenty-five Thousand 683
Dollars ($25,000.00) because of injury to or destruction of 684
property of others in any one (1) accident. Liability insurance 685
required under this paragraph (j) may contain exclusions and 686
limitations on coverage as long as the exclusions and limitations 687
language or form has been filed with and approved by the 688
Commissioner of Insurance. 689
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(k) "Registration" means a certificate or certificates 690
and registration plates issued under the laws of this state 691
pertaining to the registration of motor vehicles. 692
(l) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety 693
of the State of Mississippi, acting directly or through its 694
authorized officers and agents, except in such sections of this 695
chapter in which some other state department is specifically 696
named. 697
(m) "State" means any state, territory or possession of 698
the United States, the District of Columbia, or any province of 699
the Dominion of Canada. 700
SECTION 9. Section 63-21-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 701
amended as follows: 702
63-21-5. The following words and phrases when used in this 703
chapter shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings 704
respectively ascribed to them in this section except where the 705
context clearly indicates a different meaning: 706
(a) "State Tax Commission" or "department" means the 707
Department of Revenue of the State of Mississippi. 708
(b) "Dealer" means every person engaged regularly in 709
the business of buying, selling or exchanging motor vehicles, 710
trailers, semitrailers, trucks, tractors or other character of 711
commercial or industrial motor vehicles in this state, and having 712
in this state an established place of business as defined in 713
Section 27-19-303. The term "dealer" shall also mean every person 714
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engaged regularly in the business of buying, selling or exchanging 715
manufactured housing in this state, and licensed as a dealer of 716
manufactured housing by the Mississippi Department of Insurance. 717
(c) "Designated agent" means each county tax collector 718
in this state who may perform his duties under this chapter either 719
personally or through any of his deputies, or such other persons 720
as the department may designate. The term shall also mean those 721
"dealers" as herein defined and/or their officers and employees 722
and other persons who are appointed by the department in the 723
manner provided in Section 63-21-13 to perform the duties of 724
"designated agent" for the purposes of this chapter. 725
(d) "Implement of husbandry" means every vehicle 726
designed and adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural 727
or livestock raising operations or for lifting or carrying an 728
implement of husbandry and in either case not subject to 729
registration if used upon the highways. 730
(e) "Vehicle identification number" means the numbers 731
and letters on a vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home 732
designated by the manufacturer or assigned by the department for 733
the purpose of identifying the vehicle, manufactured home or 734
mobile home. 735
(f) "Lien" means every kind of written lease which is 736
substantially equivalent to an installment sale or which provides 737
for a right of purchase; conditional sale; reservation of title; 738
deed of trust; chattel mortgage; trust receipt; and every other 739
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written agreement or instrument of whatever kind or character 740
whereby an interest other than absolute title is sought to be held 741
or given on a motor vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home. 742
(g) "Lienholder" means any natural person, firm, 743
copartnership, association or corporation holding a lien as herein 744
defined on a motor vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home. 745
(h) "Manufactured housing" or "manufactured home" means 746
any structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the 747
traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty 748
(40) body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is 749
three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet and which is built 750
on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with 751
or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required 752
utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning 753
and electrical systems contained therein; except that such terms 754
shall include any structure which meets all the requirements of 755
this paragraph except the size requirements and with respect to 756
which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required 757
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and complies 758
with the standards established under the National Manufactured 759
Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 USCS, 760
Section 5401. 761
(i) "Manufacturer" means any person regularly engaged 762
in the business of manufacturing, constructing or assembling motor 763
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vehicles, manufactured homes or mobile homes, either within or 764
without this state. 765
(j) "Mobile home" means any structure, transportable in 766
one or more sections, which in the traveling mode, is eight (8) 767
body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in 768
length or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or 769
more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and 770
designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent 771
foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes 772
the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems 773
contained therein and manufactured prior to June 15, 1976. Any 774
mobile home designated as realty on or before July 1, 1999, shall 775
continue to be designated as realty so that a security interest 776
will be made by incorporating such mobile home in a deed of trust. 777
(k) "Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle having a 778
seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on 779
not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground, but 780
excluding a farm tractor, personal delivery device and electric 781
bicycle. 782
(l) "Motor vehicle" means every automobile, motorcycle, 783
mobile trailer, semitrailer, truck, truck tractor, trailer and 784
every other device in, upon, or by which any person or property is 785
or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway which is 786
required to have a road or bridge privilege license, except such 787
as is moved by animal power or used exclusively upon stationary 788
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rails or tracks, and excepting electric bicycles and personal 789
delivery devices. As used in this chapter, "motor vehicle" or 790
"vehicle" also includes all-terrain vehicles, unless the context 791
clearly indicates otherwise; provided, the inclusion of 792
all-terrain vehicles within this definition is for titling 793
purposes and does not imply any requirement that an all-terrain 794
vehicle have a road or bridge privilege license, or any authority 795
for an all-terrain vehicle to be operated on the highways or other 796
public places of this state. 797
(m) "New vehicle" means a motor vehicle, manufactured 798
home or mobile home which has never been the subject of a first 799
sale for use. 800
(n) "Used vehicle" means a motor vehicle, manufactured 801
home or mobile home that has been the subject of a first sale for 802
use, whether within this state or elsewhere. 803
(o) "Owner" means a person or persons holding the legal 804
title of a vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home; in the event 805
a vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home is the subject of a 806
deed of trust or a chattel mortgage or an agreement for the 807
conditional sale or lease thereof or other like agreement, with 808
the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in 809
the agreement and with the immediate right of possession vested in 810
the grantor in the deed of trust, mortgagor, conditional vendee or 811
lessee, the grantor, mortgagor, conditional vendee or lessee shall 812
be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter. 813
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(p) "Person" includes every natural person, firm, 814
copartnership, association or corporation. 815
(q) "Pole trailer" means every vehicle without motive 816
power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the 817
towing vehicle by means of a reach or pole, or by being boomed or 818
otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for 819
transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, 820
pipes, boats or structural members capable generally of sustaining 821
themselves as beams between the supporting connections. 822
(r) "Security agreement" means a written agreement 823
which reserves or creates a security interest. 824
(s) "Security interest" means an interest in a vehicle, 825
manufactured home or mobile home reserved or created by agreement 826
and which secures payment or performance of an obligation. The 827
term includes the interest of a lessor under a lease intended as 828
security. A security interest is "perfected" when it is valid 829
against third parties generally, subject only to specific 830
statutory exceptions. 831
(t) "Special mobile equipment" means every vehicle not 832
designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or 833
property and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway, 834
including, but not limited to: ditch-digging apparatus, 835
well-boring apparatus and road construction and maintenance 836
machinery such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket 837
loaders, tractors other than truck tractors, ditchers, leveling 838
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graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers, 839
scarifiers, earth-moving carryalls and scrapers, power shovels and 840
draglines, and self-propelled cranes, vehicles so constructed that 841
they exceed eight (8) feet in width and/or thirteen (13) feet six 842
(6) inches in height, and earth-moving equipment. The term does 843
not include house trailers, dump trucks, truck-mounted transit 844
mixers, cranes or shovels, or other vehicles designed for the 845
transportation of persons or property to which machinery has been 846
attached. 847
(u) "Nonresident" means every person who is not a 848
resident of this state. 849
(v) "Current address" means a new address different 850
from the address shown on the application or on the certificate of 851
title. The owner shall within thirty (30) days after his or her 852
address is changed from that shown on the application or on the 853
certificate of title notify the department of the change of 854
address in the manner prescribed by the department. 855
(w) "Odometer" means an instrument for measuring and 856
recording the actual distance a motor vehicle travels while in 857
operation; but shall not include any auxiliary instrument designed 858
to be reset by the operator of the motor vehicle for the purpose 859
of recording the distance traveled on trips. 860
(x) "Odometer reading" means the actual cumulative 861
distance traveled disclosed on the odometer. 862
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(y) "Odometer disclosure statement" means a statement 863
certified by the owner of the motor vehicle to the transferee or 864
to the department as to the odometer reading. 865
(z) "Mileage" means actual distance that a vehicle has 866
traveled. 867
(aa) "Trailer" means every vehicle other than a "pole 868
trailer" as defined in this chapter without motive power designed 869
to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle 870
for the purpose of hauling goods or products. The term "trailer" 871
shall not refer to any structure, transportable in one or more 872
sections regardless of size, when erected on site, and which is 873
built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling 874
with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the 875
required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, 876
air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein 877
regardless of the date of manufacture. 878
(bb) "Salvage mobile home" or "salvage manufactured 879
home" means a mobile home or manufactured home for which a 880
certificate of title has been issued that an insurance company 881
obtains from the owner as a result of paying a total loss claim 882
resulting from collision, fire, flood, wind or other occurrence. 883
The term "salvage mobile home" or "salvage manufactured home" does 884
not mean or include and is not applicable to a mobile home or 885
manufactured home that is twenty (20) years old or older. 886
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ST: All-terrain vehicles and recreational off-
highway vehicles; allow tagging for operation on
certain roads.
(cc) "Salvage certificate of title" means a document 887
issued by the department for a salvage mobile home or salvage 888
manufactured home as defined in this chapter. 889
(dd) "All-terrain vehicle" means a motor vehicle that 890
is designed for off-road use and is not required to have a motor 891
vehicle privilege license unless operated on roads under Section 892
36-31-3. As used in this chapter, the term "all-terrain vehicle" 893
includes utility task vehicles (UTVs), also known as 894
side-by-sides, but does not include electric bicycles. 895
SECTION 10. This act shall take effect and be in force from 896
and after July 1, 2026. 897