The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 3505)
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§ 3505. Equipment
(a) All all-terrain vehicles shall be equipped with one or more headlights, a red rear
light all in working order, and brakes in good mechanical condition and be equipped
with an efficient muffler and such other equipment and devices as may be required
to meet the noise level specifications of subsection (b) of this section, and if equipped
with a windshield, it shall be free from sharp or jagged edges. Lights shall be on
during operation from 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise.
(b) Subject to regulation by rule of the Commissioner, any all-terrain vehicles shall
be equipped with a muffler system and such other equipment or devices that reduce
maximum machine operating noise to a noise level of not more than 82 decibels on the
A scale at 50 feet, in a normal operating environment.
(c) No person shall sell or offer to sell within the State of Vermont an all-terrain vehicle
unless it complies with the sound requirements specified in subsection (b) of this
section. No all-terrain vehicle shall be equipped in any manner that permits the
operator to bypass the muffler system; no person shall sell or offer to sell at either
wholesale or retail a replacement exhaust muffler system that will not meet or exceed
the exhaust noise reduction capabilities of the all-terrain vehicle. In addition,
any person selling or offering to sell an all-terrain vehicle or replacement muffler
system, whether at wholesale or retail, shall include in the specifications precise
information concerning the designed maximum sound levels of the all-terrain vehicle
or replacement muffler system.
(d) This section and section 3504 of this title shall not apply to any all-terrain vehicle entered into a racing contest sponsored
by a racing or all-terrain vehicle organization or association during the period the
all-terrain vehicle is actually participating in or practicing or preparing for a
racing event at an area especially provided for the purpose.
(e) The provisions of section 1222 of this title shall not apply to any all-terrain vehicle registered pursuant to this chapter.
(f) Every all-terrain vehicle shall be equipped with a U.S. Forest Service qualified spark
arrester. (Added 1983, No. 240 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1991, No. 123 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)