Ask the Editors: Where Are ATV Titles These Days?
Why no title?
The first part of your question is, thankfully, quite simple – many ATVs do not leave the factory with titles, instead coming with transferrable registrations. That is why the procedure to register an ATV in most areas is as follows:
A completed Bill of Sale including: Full Names of Buyer and Seller. Address of Buyer and Seller. Signatures of Buyer and Seller. Date and Place of Sale. Purchase Price. Year, Make and Model & VIN number.
Transfer of Ownership / Tax Form.
Consumer Taxation Branch Gift of Vehicle Form.
A sample ATV registration card looks like this:
Check your local DMV to determine the criteria for where you intend to ride.
As for the second part of your question, we took an in depth look at the sad reality that the sport quad is nearly extinct here.
The long short of it is a combination of factors; the 2008 recession (you may remember the housing boom that left banks with more property than they had returns on loans) began to put the squeeze on the then-booming sport ATV segment. By and large unless you were a racer, sport quads weren’t necessary investments so much as recreational purchases. Demand dropped and dealer stock sat idle.
As if this weren’t bad enough, the government decided to get involved with some pretty harsh regulatory antics, the likes of which caused Suzuki to decide to simply stop importing the Quadracer LTR-450 altogether. Factory support began to dwindle and one by one, each manufacturer began pulling the plug on production.
