Exceptions to requirement of certificate of title.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-11
in effectNo certificate of title need be obtained for: A vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home owned by the United States or any agency thereof; A vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home owned by a manufacturer or dealer and held for sale, even though incidentally moved on the highway or used for purposes of testing or demonstration, or a vehicle used by a manufacturer solely for testing; A vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home owned by a nonresident of this state and not required by law to be registered in this state; A vehicle regularly engaged in the interstate transportation of persons or property for which a currently effective certificate of title has been issued in another state; A vehicle moved solely by animal power; An implement of husbandry; Special mobile equipment; A pole trailer; Utility trailers of less than five thousand (5,000) pounds gross vehicle weight; A manufactured home with respect to which the requirements of subsections (1) through (5) of Section 63-21-30, as applicable, have been satisfied unless with respect to the same manufactured home or mobile home there has been recorded an affidavit of severance pursuant to subsection (6) of Section 63-21-30. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the issuance of a certificate of title to the nonresident owner of an all-terrain vehicle that is purchased in this state.
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