Need help with OHV registration

weekendwarriorfsw32 · 04-01-2008, 08:02 PM

Well I want to be able to take my Yamaha G2 golf cart to the same place that I take my dirt bikes so I talked to the ranger and he told me to go to the DMV and get it registered as a OHV Vehicle. So I am like well this is going to be easy so I go down there today and I get in line and wait for 30 min and then my number is called so I ask the lady " I need to register my golf cart for OHV and she looks at me like I am crazy and says I cant register a Golf Cart for off road driving and says there is nothing I can do to register it for off road driving. Is this True? I hope not. Can anyone help me out here with this problem by the way this is in California if that madders,
Thanks
Nick

azboo · 04-01-2008, 08:10 PM

Don't you just get a resident OHV sticker like you would to ride in the dunes. I live in AZ but we ride in the imperial sand dunes all the time and we get a nonresident sticker. The cart doesn't have to be licensed although mine is. I would think that sticker would be all you would need.

Boo

weekendwarriorfsw32 · 04-01-2008, 08:36 PM

Where Can I get this sticker?

azboo · 04-01-2008, 08:49 PM

I guess the same kind of places that sell them here. Places where they sell quads, dirt bikes, etc. That's where most people around here get them. I'm hoping someone who rides offroad in CA will chime in here who might know for sure. My cart is licensed and street legal, but I also have an OHV sticker on it. You might check if there is a website for the place you're going. It seems like even if your cart is licensed what you really need is an OHV permit.

Boo

weekendwarriorfsw32 · 04-01-2008, 09:14 PM

Thanks so much. I hope a Cali person also chimes in soon to.

weekendwarriorfsw32 · 04-02-2008, 02:10 PM

Anyone. I relay need help on this?

johnusarmy · 04-02-2008, 11:34 PM

hey,
well in minnesota i have mine regisered as an atv, i went to the dmv and went thru the same thing u did. i told the lady give me a regulation book, i went thru the regulations with her and said yup i meet all those. has to have 3 or more flotaion tires, cant weigh over 800lbs...etc.. well she called someone from the main dnr and they said if it meets regualtions to go ahead and make a sticker for it. so i have it regisered the exact way a atv is. make model and serial number is all u need.
they can do it, just keep pushing them!!

weekendwarriorfsw32 · 04-03-2008, 09:44 AM

Thanks allot. So there is a book they have that defines a ATV and the golf cart fits inside those guide lines.

jwfab1 · 04-03-2008, 06:50 PM

If it is street legal, leave it street legal. If you decide to green sticker(offroad) it, I was told by the DMV you can't reverse it. If it's street legal, you can drive on and offroad. Just have to insure it to renew registration.

It all depends on who you get at the CA DMV, those who know, and those who have no clue!!! You got a clueless one.

weekendwarriorfsw32 · 04-03-2008, 08:37 PM

Should I try another DMV

04-01-2008, 08:02 PM	#1
weekendwarriorfsw32 Getting Wild Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 102	Need help with OHV registration Well I want to be able to take my Yamaha G2 golf cart to the same place that I take my dirt bikes so I talked to the ranger and he told me to go to the DMV and get it registered as a OHV Vehicle. So I am like well this is going to be easy so I go down there today and I get in line and wait for 30 min and then my number is called so I ask the lady " I need to register my golf cart for OHV and she looks at me like I am crazy and says I cant register a Golf Cart for off road driving and says there is nothing I can do to register it for off road driving. Is this True? I hope not. Can anyone help me out here with this problem by the way this is in California if that madders, Thanks Nick

04-01-2008, 08:10 PM	#2
azboo Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pluto Posts: 20,472	Re: Need help with OHV registration Don't you just get a resident OHV sticker like you would to ride in the dunes. I live in AZ but we ride in the imperial sand dunes all the time and we get a nonresident sticker. The cart doesn't have to be licensed although mine is. I would think that sticker would be all you would need. Boo

04-01-2008, 08:36 PM	#3
weekendwarriorfsw32 Getting Wild Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 102	Re: Need help with OHV registration Where Can I get this sticker?

04-01-2008, 08:49 PM	#4
azboo Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pluto Posts: 20,472	Re: Need help with OHV registration I guess the same kind of places that sell them here. Places where they sell quads, dirt bikes, etc. That's where most people around here get them. I'm hoping someone who rides offroad in CA will chime in here who might know for sure. My cart is licensed and street legal, but I also have an OHV sticker on it. You might check if there is a website for the place you're going. It seems like even if your cart is licensed what you really need is an OHV permit. Boo

04-01-2008, 09:14 PM	#5
weekendwarriorfsw32 Getting Wild Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 102	Re: Need help with OHV registration Thanks so much. I hope a Cali person also chimes in soon to.

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04-02-2008, 02:10 PM	#6
weekendwarriorfsw32 Getting Wild Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 102	Re: Need help with OHV registration Anyone. I relay need help on this?

04-02-2008, 11:34 PM	#7
johnusarmy Gone Wild Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 291	Re: Need help with OHV registration hey, well in minnesota i have mine regisered as an atv, i went to the dmv and went thru the same thing u did. i told the lady give me a regulation book, i went thru the regulations with her and said yup i meet all those. has to have 3 or more flotaion tires, cant weigh over 800lbs...etc.. well she called someone from the main dnr and they said if it meets regualtions to go ahead and make a sticker for it. so i have it regisered the exact way a atv is. make model and serial number is all u need. they can do it, just keep pushing them!!
johnusarmy Gone Wild Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 291

04-03-2008, 09:44 AM	#8
weekendwarriorfsw32 Getting Wild Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 102	Re: Need help with OHV registration Thanks allot. So there is a book they have that defines a ATV and the golf cart fits inside those guide lines.

04-03-2008, 06:50 PM	#9
jwfab1 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 13	Re: Need help with OHV registration If it is street legal, leave it street legal. If you decide to green sticker(offroad) it, I was told by the DMV you can't reverse it. If it's street legal, you can drive on and offroad. Just have to insure it to renew registration. It all depends on who you get at the CA DMV, those who know, and those who have no clue!!! You got a clueless one.
jwfab1 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 13

04-03-2008, 08:37 PM	#10
weekendwarriorfsw32 Getting Wild Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 102	Re: Need help with OHV registration Should I try another DMV