State rankings
UTV Street Legal States
UTV Street Legal States: compare 51 US states on 2 metrics.
UTV Street Legal Status
4 values across 51 entries
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51 states
 Alabama | Not Legal | — |
 Alaska | Legal w/Restrictions | Legal if registered in another state, where UTVs are street-legal. |
 Arizona | Fully Legal | — |
 Arkansas | Legal w/Restrictions | Legal if registered in another state, where UTVs are street-legal. |
 California | Not Legal | — |
 Colorado | Not Legal | — |
 Connecticut | Legal w/Restrictions | Legal if registered in another state, where UTVs are street-legal. |
 Delaware | Legal w/Restrictions | Legal if registered in another state, where UTVs are street-legal. |
 District of Columbia | Not Legal | — |
 Florida | Not Legal | — |
 Georgia | Legal w/Restrictions | Legal if registered in another state, where UTVs are street-legal. |
 Hawaii | Not Legal | — |
 Idaho | Fully Legal | — |
 Illinois | Legal w/Restrictions | Legal if registered in another state, where UTVs are street-legal. |
 Indiana | Legal w/Restrictions | Legal if registered in another state, where UTVs are street-legal. |
 Iowa | Legal w/Restrictions | Legal if registered in another state, where UTVs are street-legal. |
 Kansas | Legal w/Restrictions | Legal if registered in another state, where UTVs are street-legal. |
 Kentucky | Legal w/Restrictions | Kentucky has proposed Senate Bill 63 to make UTVs legal. Already legal if registered in another state, where UTVs are street-legal. |
 Louisiana | Legal w/Restrictions | Legal if registered in another state, where UTVs are street-legal. |
 Maine | Legality Pending | Maine’s Senate Bill 557 allows certain ATVs, including UTVs, to operate on public roads starting January 1, 2026, under specific conditions |
 Maryland | Not Legal | — |
 Massachusetts | Not Legal | — |
 Michigan | Fully Legal | — |
 Minnesota | Legal w/Restrictions | Legal if registered in another state, where UTVs are street-legal. |
 Mississippi | Not Legal | — |
 Missouri | Legal w/Restrictions | Legal if registered in another state, where UTVs are street-legal. |
 Montana | Fully Legal | — |
 Nebraska | Not Legal | Nebraska LB337 was introduced in January 2025 to allow registered ATVs and UTVs on certain county roads, but it has not advanced beyond committee. |
 Nevada | Legal w/Restrictions | Legal if registered in another state, where UTVs are street-legal. |
 New Hampshire | Legal w/Restrictions | — |
 New Jersey | Not Legal | — |
 New Mexico | Legal w/Restrictions | — |
 New York | Not Legal | — |
 North Carolina | Legal w/Restrictions | — |
 North Dakota | Fully Legal | — |
 Ohio | Legal w/Restrictions | Legal if registered in another state, where UTVs are street-legal. |
 Oklahoma | Fully Legal | — |
 Oregon | Not Legal | — |
 Pennsylvania | Legal w/Restrictions | Legal if registered in another state, where UTVs are street-legal. |
 Rhode Island | Not Legal | — |
 South Carolina | Not Legal | — |
 South Dakota | Fully Legal | — |
 Tennessee | Legal w/Restrictions | Legal if registered in another state, where UTVs are street-legal. |
 Texas | Not Legal | — |
 Utah | Fully Legal | — |
 Vermont | Legal w/Restrictions | Legal if registered in another state, where UTVs are street-legal. |
 Virginia | Not Legal | — |
 Washington | Legal w/Restrictions | — |
 West Virginia | Legal w/Restrictions | Legal when registered as a Special Purpose Vehicle |
 Wisconsin | Legal w/Restrictions | Many of Wisconsin’s rural roads are open to off-highway vehicles. Approved roads statewide, designated as ATV Routes, are open to many types of OHVs including UTVs and side-by-sides. However, it is impossible to register a UTV in Wisconsin as a regular street legal vehicle. it… |
 Wyoming | Fully Legal | — |
Quick answers
- Where does this utv street legal states data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Your State-by-State Guide to Street Legal UTVs - Ravek; Dirt Legal’s Nationwide Street Legal UTV Guide - DirtLegal; In What States Are SxSs & UTVs Street Legal? - LLCTLC; Special Purpose Vehicles - DMV.