§ 2102. Exclusions. (a) The following are excluded from the provisions\nof this title:\n (1) A vehicle owned by the United States unless it is registered in\nthis state;\n (2) A vehicle owned by a manufacturer or dealer and held for sale,\neven though incidentally moved on the highway or used for purposes of\ntesting or demonstration; or a vehicle used by a manufacturer solely for\ntesting other than: (i) a vehicle registered by a dealer or\nmanufacturer, or (ii) a vehicle for which a physical examination is\nrequired under section four hundred thirty of this chapter before a\ncertificate of title may be issued, or (iii) a vehicle held for sale by\na dealer which was purchased by the dealer as a result of sale upon\nrepossession or a sale by a sheriff or marshall to satisfy a judgment,\nor (iv) a vehicle held for sale by a dealer for which a certificate of\ntitle containing an error attributable to processing by the department\nhas been issued, or (v) a vehicle held for sale by a dealer for which\nordinarily acceptable proof of ownership cannot be obtained by the\ndealer with reasonable diligence but for which a certificate of title\nwould ordinarily be issued upon the filing of a bond with the\ncommissioner as prescribed in subdivision (d) of section twenty-one\nhundred five of this article, or (vi) a vehicle for which a manufacturer\nor dealer has submitted a notice of repurchase as required by\nsubdivision two of section four hundred seventeen-a of this chapter and\nregulations of the commissioner, or (vii) a vehicle held for sale by a\ndealer which was purchased by a dealer as the result of a sale by a\npolice department, or (viii) a vehicle held for sale by a dealer which\nwas purchased by a dealer as the result of a sale by the United States\ngovernment;\n (3) A vehicle owned by a non-resident of this state and not required\nby law to be registered in this state provided, however, that a\ncertificate of title may be issued to such a non-resident for a vehicle\npurchased by or transferred to such non-resident as a result of a sale\nafter repossession, or a sale by a sheriff or marshall to satisfy a\njudgement, or a sale to foreclose a garageman's lien, provided such sale\nwas held in this state, or a result of the settlement of an estate of a\ndeceased if such settlement is pursuant to the estates, powers and\ntrusts law of this state or a sale by a police department, provided such\nsale was held in this state;\n (4) A vehicle regularly engaged in the interstate transportation of\npersons or property for which a currently effective certificate of title\nhas been issued in another state;\n (5) A vehicle moved solely by animal power;\n (6) An implement of husbandry;\n (7) Special mobile equipment;\n (8) A self-propelled wheel chair or an adapted tricycle operated or\ndriven by a person with a disability;\n (9) A pole trailer or a trailer with an unladen weight of less than\none thousand pounds;\n (10) A vehicle manufactured prior to July first, nineteen hundred\nseventy-two and designated by the manufacturer as being a nineteen\nhundred seventy-two or earlier model year vehicle, and any vehicle\nmanufactured or assembled prior to January first, nineteen hundred\nseventy-three for which the manufacturer or assembler has not designated\na model year;\n (11) Snowmobiles, off-highway motorcycles and limited use motorcycles;\n (12) A motor vehicle set off to a surviving spouse or surviving minor\nchild pursuant to section 5-3.1 of the estates, powers and trusts law\nuntil an application for registration is made by such survivor or until\nafter the survivor transfers the vehicle, in which case the transferee\nmust apply for a certificate of title;\n (13) A vessel not required to be registered in this state and which is\nnot registered in this state;\n (14) A vessel designated by the manufacturer as being a nineteen\nhundred eighty-six or earlier model year vessel and any vessel\nmanufactured or assembled prior to Au
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