I promised to post an outline of my experience as an Oregon resident getting my Maverick registered and licensed for street use in Arizona. It ended up not being too difficult overall - hopefully others can learn from (and build on) my experiences.
The premise of this post is that the Catch-22 for non-Arizona residents wanting to drive on the street with their SxS/UTVs is that you can't get an Arizona license plate for it directly without being an Arizona resident, and that's one of ADOT's requirements for being able to drive on the street with them. Out-of-staters can ride off-road with their home state's OHV tag (short term visitors), or you can purchase an Arizona OHV permit.
First off, your SxS/UTV has to meet all of the rules/requirements for off-road use, with the additional requirements of a horn, license plate (lighted), and liability insurance. You may also want to consider adding turn signals and outside rear-view mirrors to your SxS for safety reasons if possible, even though AZ regs don't specifically call for those. (It really depends on where you'll be driving on the streets and how comfortable you are without those two items, though.)
Next, you'll need an Arizona address. I believe this could be for someone you know that lives and is a resident down in Arizona that you could ask to have your mail sent to in care of, but I opted to try to get a PO box. The main issue with doing that however is that even though you can order the PO box from USPS online, in order to finalize the purchase, you have to physically visit the post office where the PO box is going to be at, which means a trip down to Arizona. Fortunately, there is another option - there are mailbox service providers that allow you to setup a mailbox remotely with a real street address in Arizona without having to physically visit the site. I used iPostal1 - it allows you to setup and manage your mailbox right from your computer, including notification for arriving mail items and forwarding to your home address. (There are other services out there, iPostal1 just happened to be the one I chose.)
After you have an Arizona address established, you can get the ball rolling on the actual ADOT licensing and registration process. You can go directly through ADOT for this; however, being a non-Arizona resident, I am not very familiar with all of the rules for vehicle registration down there. Fortunately, there are several ADOT-authorized 3rd party providers down there that specialize in doing exactly this process for you that know the exact steps to make sure that you're legally and fully registered for on- and off-road use. Here's the two relavent websites/URLs that show all of those businesses:
The second link is an interactive map of all of the ADOT-authorized 3rd party providers, it makes it really easy to find one that can help. I chose Footework out of Williams, but I'm sure that the process is basically the same with all of them. In order to get registered and licensed, they require two notarized power-of-attorney forms (one for them and one for ADOT) that allow them to submit the DMV paperwork on your behalf; they also require a perfected copy of the UTV/SxS/ATVs title. Additionally, they will need your Arizona address, a copy of your (state of residence) driver's license, and proof of insurance. In my case, I sent all of that to them via snail mail, but there may be other options for submitting those items (i.e. fax, scanned email attachment, etc). There is also a fee for the service - for Footework, it was a total of $89, but other providers may charge more or less. I had my AZ registration, plate, and both on- and off-road tags in about a week after they received the paperwork, and they were able to actually send it directly to my home address up here in Oregon (other service providers may or may not be able to do the same).
As per the ADOT rules, in order to be street-legal, your new Arizona license plate must be displayed on a lighted license plate holder on the rear of the vehicle, with the on-road tag on the upper right-hand corner of the license plate, and the off-road tag on the upper left-hand corner. Another thing to be aware of is that I believe there is a cutoff for the weight of the vehicle to be able to qualify for the OHV sticker (1,800 pounds, I think). The 2-seater Maverick X3 falls under this limit, but I'm not certain if any of the 4-seaters do.
Again, this guide/outline is based on what I've done, and is accurate is as much as to my experiences thus far. I have not been down to Arizona with the plate on the back yet, so I will update with any negative 'feedback' from LEOs that we may encounter once we take our first trip down there with the Maverick this spring. If anyone has any comments/questions/corrections to any of the above, please feel free to add to this thread as needed.
The premise of this post is that the Catch-22 for non-Arizona residents wanting to drive on the street with their SxS/UTVs is that you can't get an Arizona license plate for it directly without being an Arizona resident, and that's one of ADOT's requirements for being able to drive on the street with them. Out-of-staters can ride off-road with their home state's OHV tag (short term visitors), or you can purchase an Arizona OHV permit.
First off, your SxS/UTV has to meet all of the rules/requirements for off-road use, with the additional requirements of a horn, license plate (lighted), and liability insurance. You may also want to consider adding turn signals and outside rear-view mirrors to your SxS for safety reasons if possible, even though AZ regs don't specifically call for those. (It really depends on where you'll be driving on the streets and how comfortable you are without those two items, though.)
Next, you'll need an Arizona address. I believe this could be for someone you know that lives and is a resident down in Arizona that you could ask to have your mail sent to in care of, but I opted to try to get a PO box. The main issue with doing that however is that even though you can order the PO box from USPS online, in order to finalize the purchase, you have to physically visit the post office where the PO box is going to be at, which means a trip down to Arizona. Fortunately, there is another option - there are mailbox service providers that allow you to setup a mailbox remotely with a real street address in Arizona without having to physically visit the site. I used iPostal1 - it allows you to setup and manage your mailbox right from your computer, including notification for arriving mail items and forwarding to your home address. (There are other services out there, iPostal1 just happened to be the one I chose.)
After you have an Arizona address established, you can get the ball rolling on the actual ADOT licensing and registration process. You can go directly through ADOT for this; however, being a non-Arizona resident, I am not very familiar with all of the rules for vehicle registration down there. Fortunately, there are several ADOT-authorized 3rd party providers down there that specialize in doing exactly this process for you that know the exact steps to make sure that you're legally and fully registered for on- and off-road use. Here's the two relavent websites/URLs that show all of those businesses:
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The second link is an interactive map of all of the ADOT-authorized 3rd party providers, it makes it really easy to find one that can help. I chose Footework out of Williams, but I'm sure that the process is basically the same with all of them. In order to get registered and licensed, they require two notarized power-of-attorney forms (one for them and one for ADOT) that allow them to submit the DMV paperwork on your behalf; they also require a perfected copy of the UTV/SxS/ATVs title. Additionally, they will need your Arizona address, a copy of your (state of residence) driver's license, and proof of insurance. In my case, I sent all of that to them via snail mail, but there may be other options for submitting those items (i.e. fax, scanned email attachment, etc). There is also a fee for the service - for Footework, it was a total of $89, but other providers may charge more or less. I had my AZ registration, plate, and both on- and off-road tags in about a week after they received the paperwork, and they were able to actually send it directly to my home address up here in Oregon (other service providers may or may not be able to do the same).
As per the ADOT rules, in order to be street-legal, your new Arizona license plate must be displayed on a lighted license plate holder on the rear of the vehicle, with the on-road tag on the upper right-hand corner of the license plate, and the off-road tag on the upper left-hand corner. Another thing to be aware of is that I believe there is a cutoff for the weight of the vehicle to be able to qualify for the OHV sticker (1,800 pounds, I think). The 2-seater Maverick X3 falls under this limit, but I'm not certain if any of the 4-seaters do.
Again, this guide/outline is based on what I've done, and is accurate is as much as to my experiences thus far. I have not been down to Arizona with the plate on the back yet, so I will update with any negative 'feedback' from LEOs that we may encounter once we take our first trip down there with the Maverick this spring. If anyone has any comments/questions/corrections to any of the above, please feel free to add to this thread as needed.