Street Rod/Custom Vehicle Legislation

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SEMA has produced model legislation to create titling and registration classifications for street rods and custom vehicles, including kit cars and replicas. Under the SEMA model, eligible vehicles are titled as the production year they most closely resemble, are required to meet the equipment standards for that model year and are exempt from periodic vehicle inspections and emissions inspections. CLICK HERE to download a copy of the bill.

Arkansas

SEMA model enacted in 2007.

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California

Enacted in 2001. Allows 500 specially constructed vehicles each year, including kit cars, to be held to the emissions standards for the model-year that the body of the vehicle represents.

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California Specially Constructed Vehicle Amnesty Program

For the past several years, SEMA has been working with the California legislature and state agencies to provide protection for owners of improperly or illegally titled and registered specially constructed vehicles (SPCNS).

Colorado

SEMA model enacted in 2006. Based on SEMA model, kit cars are exempted from the state's emissions-inspection program.

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Florida

SEMA model enacted in 2007.

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Hawaii

Enacted in 2004. Portions based on SEMA model.

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Idaho

Replica vehicle portion of SEMA model enacted in 2008.

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Illinois

SEMA model enacted in 2002.

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Amended in 2009 to remove provisions relating to inspection by the National Street Rod Association.

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Iowa

SEMA model enacted in 2008.

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Maine

Custom vehicle portion of SEMA model enacted in 2005.

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Massachusetts

Language based on SEMA model enacted in 2010.

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Missouri

SEMA model enacted in 2004.

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Montana

SEMA model enacted in 2005.

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Nebraska

Language based on SEMA model enacted in 2018.

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Nevada

Replica vehicle portion of SEMA model enacted in 2007.

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North Carolina

Language based on SEMA model enacted in 2009.

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Oregon

The SAN worked with the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to adopt new state regulations that will exempt newly built street rods, custom cars, replicas and assembled vehicles from the state's mandatory emissions-inspection program.

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Rhode Island

SEMA model enacted in 2004.

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Tennessee

Custom vehicle portion of SEMA model enacted in 2008.

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Texas

SEMA model enacted in 2011.

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Utah

Language based on SEMA model enacted in 2009.

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Virginia

Custom vehicle portion of SEMA model enacted in 2007.

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Washington

Enacted in 1999. Portions based on SEMA model.

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Amended in 2011 to alter street rod provisions and add custom vehicle provisions.

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Wyoming

SEMA model bill to enacted in 2009.

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