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Where a tracked quad is allowed

Start with your state. Registration, trails, roads and public land on one page, from that state’s own sources — and whether its law mentions track systems at all.

50 of 50 jurisdictions 42 yes· 3 no· 5 maybe
The 50 jurisdictions with a page here, arranged in the conventional US tile grid. Every cell links to that jurisdiction's own page.Alaska — yesAKMaine — yesMEVermont — maybeVTNew Hampshire — maybe, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classNHWashington — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classWAIdaho — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classIDMontana — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classMTNorth Dakota — yesNDMinnesota — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classMNWisconsin — no, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classWIMichigan — yesMINew York — no, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classNYRhode Island — yesRIMassachusetts — yesMAOregon — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classORNevada — yesNVWyoming — yesWYSouth Dakota — yesSDIowa — yesIAIllinois — yesILIndiana — yesINOhio — yesOHPennsylvania — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classPANew Jersey — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classNJConnecticut — yesCTCalifornia — yesCAUtah — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classUTColorado — yesCONebraska — yesNEMissouri — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classMOKentucky — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classKYWest Virginia — yesWVVirginia — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classVAMaryland — yesMDDelaware — yesDEArizona — yesAZNew Mexico — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classNMKansas — noKSArkansas — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classARTennessee — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classTNNorth Carolina — maybe, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classNCSouth Carolina — yesSCOklahoma — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classOKLouisiana — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classLAMississippi — yesMSAlabama — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classALGeorgia — maybe, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classGAHawaii — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classHITexas — yes, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classTXFlorida — maybe, and fitting tracks appears to change its vehicle classFL
Each cell is one jurisdiction and one reading of what that jurisdiction publishes, dated on its own page. 50 readings arranged geographically are still 50 separate readings — the arrangement is there so you can find your own state, and none of it is a statement about the country. Shape carries the answer as well as colour: a filled dot for yes, a half dot for maybe, a cross for no. A notched corner marks the states where fitting tracks appears to move the machine into a different vehicle class, which is a separate question from whether you may ride.

Silence is not a ban

Where a statute does not mention track systems, we do not read that as a prohibition. Most states define an all-terrain vehicle by weight, width, engine displacement or a general description rather than by what it rolls on, and fitting tracks does not usually take a machine outside that definition. What it does mean is that nobody has published a ruling either way, so the definition on this page is the one the machine still has to meet — and the listed office is who confirms it.

15 jurisdictions name tracks outright

These publish language that addresses track systems specifically, rather than leaving it to a general ATV definition: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin.

Across every state

The questions that are not state-specific

Federal land, insurance and the general shape of road rules cut across jurisdictions. Read your own state first — these fill in the background.

Before you call

What to have ready, and what to ask

These definitions turn on width, weight or engine displacement more often than on what the machine rolls on. So measure it as you will ride it — on tracks, not on tires — and have the figures in front of you before you ring anybody.

  • Overall width on tracks

    Measured at the widest point, with the machine sitting on the ground. Take the weight and the engine displacement while you are at it. Those three figures are what a definition or a trail width limit is most likely to be written against.

  • Whether the class changes with tracks on

    Ask whether the machine is still the same registration or trail-sticker class once it is tracked, and whether anything has to be re-registered or re-stickered when the tracks go on or come off.

  • Who manages the trail

    State agency, county, or a club that grooms under permit. A land manager can add a condition the state code says nothing about, so the state answer is not always the answer for the trail in front of you.

  • Where the answer comes from

    Ask which statute, rule or trail regulation the answer sits in, then write down the section, the date and who told you. A staffer’s reading and a published rule are different things to be holding when somebody stops you.

Everything here is our reading of what a state publishes, on the date shown. It is not legal advice and it is not guaranteed complete: rules change, counties and land managers add their own, and a fair amount of this has never been ruled on for a tracked machine specifically. Confirm with the agency named on this page before you rely on any of it.