40-4-2. Application of article.

The provisions of this article requiring vehicle identification numbers on passenger cars and truck chassis with features designed for specialized requirements of a wrecker shall apply only to such items manufactured after January 1, 1967, and designated by the manufacturer as a 1968 or subsequent model.#

This article shall not apply to motorcycles, personal transportation vehicles, motor driven cycles, school buses, farm tractors, buses, truck tractors, road tractors, trucks, trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers, streetcars, or go-carts or to any vehicle whether self-propelled or not which is not required to be issued a license plate under the laws of this state.#

This article shall not apply to the following special purpose vehicles:#

1. Type 1. Truck chassis with body (other than station wagon or bus body) designed primarily for the transportation of persons;

2. Type 2. Truck chassis with other features designed for a specialized requirement other than a wrecker, including but not limited to fire fighting or snowplow features;

3. Type 3. Truck chassis with station wagon body;

4. Type 4. Passenger car chassis with body designed for the commercial transportation of persons;

5. Type 5. Bus chassis with other features designed for a specialized requirement, including but not limited to mobile laboratory, office, post office, classroom, studio, rescue unit, or library features;

6. Type 6. Utility vehicle, being a motor vehicle with a removable top, designed for carrying passengers or cargo and with particular features for operation both on highway and cross-country.

This article shall not apply to the components of any vehicle excluded by subsection (b) or (c) of this Code section.#