Do You Need a License to Drive a Golf Cart?
The answer changes with the surface under the wheels. A license is usually a question of where you drive, not what you drive.
Breaking it down
- Private property: owner rules, no government license normally required
- Community streets and designated paths: often regulated locally
- Public roads: typically requires the same licensing as any slow vehicle
Registration and insurance follow the same map
Where street use is allowed, registration and insurance requirements usually arrive at the same time. Communities that love carts tend to have simple rules; cities with heavy traffic tend not to.
Start local
Your county or city clerk can state, in one call, whether carts need a license, registration and insurance where you live. Get that answer in writing before buying.
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