Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 49-501 (2026)
Titling requirements — Exemptions.
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Titling requirements — Exemptions.
(1) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to every vehicle required to be registered with the department in chapter 4, title 49, Idaho Code.
(2) In addition, the titling requirements of this chapter shall apply to the following vehicles which are not required to be registered under the provisions of chapter 4, title 49, Idaho Code:
(a) All-terrain vehicles, motorbikes, snowmobiles and utility type vehicles as defined in section 67-7101, Idaho Code, except that such vehicles having an internal combustion engine with a displacement of less than fifty (50) cubic centimeters will not be titled;
(b) Manufactured homes as defined in section 39-4105, Idaho Code;
(c) Recreational vehicles that conformed with the definition of a park model recreational vehicle in section 49-117, Idaho Code, when new, that are not registered; and
(d) Truck campers as defined in section 49-121, Idaho Code, that were originally constructed with an overall length of six (6) feet or longer. Titling is optional for truck campers acquired before January 1, 2009. Liens and encumbrances on truck campers that were filed with the office of the secretary of state in compliance with chapter 9, title 28, Idaho Code, prior to January 1, 2009, shall be in full force and effect until said lien or encumbrance is satisfied and released by the lienholder who perfected the original lien or encumbrance.
(3) Certain vehicles which are required to be registered under the provisions of chapter 4, title 49, Idaho Code, shall be exempt from the titling requirements of this chapter as follows:
(a) Utility trailers whose unladen weight is less than two thousand (2,000) pounds; and
(b) The board may, by rule, exempt vehicles and motor vehicles registered under the provisions of sections 49-434 and 49-435, Idaho Code, from the titling requirements of this chapter.
(4) Vehicles exempt from registration under the provisions of section 49-426, Idaho Code, are exempt from the titling requirements of this chapter, unless otherwise specifically required by the provisions of subsection (2) of this section.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 1955–2010 · leading case: Voyles v. City of Nampa, 548 P.2d 1217 (Idaho 1976).
Voyles v. City of Nampa, 548 P.2d 1217 (Idaho 1976). “273, as codified at I.C. §§ 49-501 — 49-846, 49-1001 — 49-1126.”
State v. Bennett, 246 P.3d 387 (Idaho 2010). “Under Idaho Code section 49-501, vehicles that are required to be registered pursuant to Chapter 4, Title 49, Idaho Code (with certain exemptions not pertinent here), must be titled.”
Agric. Servs., Inc. v. Fitzgerald (In Re Field), 263 B.R. 323 (Bankr. D. Idaho 2001). ““Every owner of a motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer who intends to operate the vehicle upon any *329 highway in this state shall before the same is so operated, apply to a county assessor and obtain registration .... ” Idaho Code § 49 -401A.”
Turner v. Purdum, 289 P.2d 608 (Idaho 1955). “Appellant’s third assignment of error is that the court erred in instructing the jury a potato digger is not a “vehicle” within the meaning of Section 49-501, subd. a, I.C., as Section 49-501, I.”
Mattson v. Bryan, 448 P.2d 201 (Idaho 1968). “273, regulating traffic on the highways and defining certain crimes in the use and operation of vehicles is codified as I.C. §§ 49-501 to 49-506 and 49-1001 to 49-1126, incl.”
Fitzgerald v. Am. Gen. Fin., Inc. (In re Psalto), 225 B.R. 753 (Bankr. D. Idaho 1998). “Idaho Code § 49-501 . Since that time, certificates of title have been issued for snowmobiles, and a security interest must be perfected by notation on the title certificate to the snowmobile to be effective.”
Kidd v. Gardner Associated, Inc., 447 P.2d 414 (Idaho 1968). “273, compiled in Idaho Code as §§ 49-501 to 49-846 and 49-1001 to 49-1126, including ch.”
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