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Basic Rules for 49cc Scooters


Persons riding mopeds or scooters have the same rights and duties as drivers of motor vehicles. Moped and scooter riders will receive citations for traffic violations.

Moped/Scooter Laws:
1. You must be 16 years of age or older to operate a Moped or Scooter on a public road.
2. Operators of a Moped or Scooter must have the minimum of a class E license. (In some states a 49 cc vehicles requires no license even though you may need a tag see your state regulations).
3. No motorcycle endorsement is required.
4. Moped or Scooter must be registered annually and a tag purchased.
5. Moped or Scooter may not be operated on bicycle paths or footpaths.
6. Moped or Scooter operators do not have to carry PIP insurance.
7. Operators 16 years of age or older are not required to wear helmets.

Be aware that laws may differ between a moped and a scooter. Check out the links below by state, for a detailed look at your states scooter laws.
 

State Scooter Laws
Alabama Scooter Laws
  General Statutes: http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/coatoc.htm
  Legislative URL: http://www.legislature.state.al.us/
  DMV/DOT: http://www.ador.state.al.us/motorvehicle/index.html
Alaska Scooter Laws
  General Statutes: http://146.63.202.118/cgi-bin/folioisa.dll/stattx00?
  Legislative URL: http://www.legis.state.ak.us/
  DMV/DOT: http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/ADMIN/dmv/dmvhome.htm
Arizona Scooter Laws
  General Statutes: http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp
  Legislative URL: http://www.azleg.state.az.us/
  DMV/DOT: http://www.dot.state.az.us/MVD/mvd.htm
Arkansas Scooter Laws
  General Statutes: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/data/ar_code.asp?
  Legislative URL: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/
  DMV/DOT: http://www.arkansas.gov/dfa/

California Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html
Legislative URL: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/
DMV/DOT: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/

Colorado Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/us-co.html
Legislative URL: http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/stateleg.html
DMV/DOT: http://www.mv.state.co.us/mv.html

Connecticut Scooter Laws
General Statutes: http://www.cslib.org/psaindex.htm
Legislative URL: http://www.cga.state.ct.us/
DMV/DOT: http://dmvct.org/

Delaware Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://198.187.128.12/delaware/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=fs-main.htm&2.0
Legislative URL: http://aosta.state.de.us/Legislature.nsf/?Opendatabase
DMV/DOT: http://www.dmv.de.gov/Vehicle_Services/Registration/ve_reg_gopeds.html

District of Columbia Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://dccode.westgroup.com/home/dccodes/
Legislative URL: http://www.dccouncil.washington.dc.us/
DMV/DOT: http://dmv.washingtondc.gov/main.shtm

Florida Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?
Legislative URL: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/
DMV/DOT http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/index.html

Georgia Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.legis.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/gl_codes_detail.pl?code=1-1-1
Legislative URL: http://www.state.ga.us/services/leg
DMV/DOT: http://www.dmvs.ga.gov/motor/

Hawaii Scooter Laws
General Statutes: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/docs.asp?
Legislative URL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/
DMV/DOT: http://www.ehawaiigov.org/living/html/newcomer.html

Idaho Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www3.state.id.us/idstat/TOC/idstTOC.html
Legislative URL: http://www2.state.id.us/legislat/legislat.html
DMV/DOT: http://www2.state.id.us/itd/dmv/index.htm

Illinois Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/ilcs/chapterlist.html
Legislative URL: http://www.legis.state.il.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.sos.state.il.us/services/services_motorists.html

Indiana Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/
Legislative URL: http://www.state.in.us/legislative
DMV/DOT: http://www.state.in.us/bmvexpress/index.html

Iowa Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IowaLaw.html
Legislative URL: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.dot.state.ia.us/mvd/index.htm

Kansas Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.kslegislature.org/cgi-bin/statutes/index.cgi
Legislative URL: http://www.kslegislature.org/
DMV/DOT: http://www.ink.org/public/kdor/dmv/

Kentucky Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/statrev/frontpg.htm
Legislative URL: http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/
DMV/DOT http://www.kytc.state.ky.us/drlic/

Louisiana Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.legis.state.la.us/tsrs/search.htm
Legislative URL: http://www.legis.state.la.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.dps.state.la.us/omv/home.html

Maine Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/
Legislative URL: http://janus.state.me.us/legis
DMV/DOT: http://www.state.me.us/sos/bmv/registration/scooter.html

Maryland Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://mlis.state.md.us/cgi-win/web_statutes.exe
Legislative URL: http://mlis.state.md.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.mva.state.md.us/

Massachusetts Scooter Laws
General Statutes: http://www.state.ma.us/legis/laws/mgl/index.htm
Legislative URL: http://www.state.ma.us/legis
DMV/DOT: http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/rmv/

Michigan Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18639_18656-52423--,00.html
Legislative URL: http://www.michiganlegislature.org/
DMV/DOT: http://www.michigan.gov/sos

Minnesota Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/statutes.htm
Legislative URL: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.dps.state.mn.us/dvs/index.html

Mississippi Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://198.187.128.12/mississippi/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=fs-main.htm&2.0
Legislative URL: http://www.ls.state.ms.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.dps.state.ms.us/

Missouri Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.moga.state.mo.us/homestat.htm
Legislative URL: http://www.moga.state.mo.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.dor.state.mo.us/

Montana Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/mca_toc/index.htm
Legislative URL: http://leg.state.mt.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.doj.state.mt.us/driving/default.asp

Nebraska Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://statutes.unicam.state.ne.us/
Legislative URL: http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.nol.org/home/DMV/

Nevada Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/law1.cfm
Legislative URL: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
DMV/DOT: http://nevadadmv.state.nv.us/index.htm

New Hampshire Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/indexes/default.html
Legislative URL: http://www.state.nh.us/gencourt
DMV/DOT: http://webster.state.nh.us/safety/index.html

New Jersey Scooter Laws
General Statutes: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/
Legislative URL: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/
DMV/DOT http://www.state.nj.us/mvs/

New Mexico Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://198.187.128.12/newmexico/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=fs-main.htm&2.0
Legislative URL: http://legis.state.nm.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.state.nm.us/tax/mvd/mvd_home.htm

New York

General Statutes: http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?cl=0
Legislative URL: http://www.senate.state.ny.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/

North Carolina Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/statutes/statutes.html
Legislative URL: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.dmv.dot.state.nc.us/

North Dakota Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.state.nd.us/lr/information/statutes/
Legislative URL: http://www.state.nd.us/lr
DMV/DOT: http://www.state.nd.us/dot/

Ohio Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://onlinedocs.andersonpublishing.com/oh/lpExt.dll?f=templates&fn=main-=PORC
Legislative URL: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.ohio.gov/odps/division/bmv/bmv.html

Oklahoma Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/
Legislative URL: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/

Oregon Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/
Legislative URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/billsset.htm
DMV/DOT: http://www.odot.state.or.us/dmv/

Pennsylvania Scooter Laws
General Statutes: http://members.aol.com/StatutesPA/Index.html
Legislative URL: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.dmv.state.pa.us/home/index.shtml

Rhode Island Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/scripts/search/search.asp?SearchWhere=/Statutes/
Legislative URL: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.dmv.state.ri.us/

South Carolina Scooter Laws
General Statutes: http://www.scstatehouse.net/code/statmast.htm
Legislative URL: http://www.scstatehouse.net/
DMV/DOT: http://www.scdps.org/

South Dakota Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://legis.state.sd.us/statutes/index.cfm
Legislative URL: http://legis.state.sd.us/index.cfm
DMV/DOT: http://www.state.sd.us/dps/dl

Tennessee Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://198.187.128.12/tennessee/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=fs-main.htm&2.0
Legislative URL: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.state.tn.us/safety/

Texas Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/statutes.html
Legislative URL: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/capitol.htm
DMV/DOT: http://www.dot.state.tx.us/vtr/vtrreginfo.htm

Utah Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.le.state.ut.us/documents/code_const.htm
Legislative URL: http://www.le.state.ut.us/
DMV/DOT: http://dmv.utah.gov

Vermont Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/statutes/statutes2.htm
Legislative URL: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.aot.state.vt.us/dmv/dmvhp.htm

Virginia Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://legis.state.va.us/Laws/CodeofVa.htm
Legislative URL: http://legis.state.va.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.dmv.state.va.us/

Washington Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.leg.wa.gov/wsladm/rcw.htm
Legislative URL: http://www.leg.wa.gov/wsladm/default.htm
DMV/DOT: http://www.wa.gov/dol/

West Virginia Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/State_Code/finishedData/toc2.html
Legislative URL: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.wvdot.com/

Wisconsin Scooter Laws
General Statutes: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/../rsb/stats.html
Legislative URL: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.dot.state.wi.us/drivers/index.htm  

Wyoming Scooter Laws

General Statutes: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/titles/statutes.htm
Legislative URL: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/
DMV/DOT: http://www.dmv.org/wy-wyoming/department-motor-vehicles.php

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