No certificate of title need be obtained for:
         1. a vehicle owned by the State of Illinois; or a
    
vehicle owned by the United States unless it is registered in this State;
        2. a vehicle 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, provided a dealer reassignment area is still available on the manufacturer’s certificate of origin or the Illinois title; or a vehicle used by a manufacturer solely for testing;
        3. a vehicle owned by a non-resident of this State
    
and not required by law to be registered in this State;
        4. a motor 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;
        5. a vehicle moved solely by animal power;

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 625 ILCS 5/3-102

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
  • United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

         6. an implement of husbandry;
         7. special mobile equipment;
         8. an apportionable trailer or an apportionable
    
semitrailer registered in the State prior to April 1, 1998;
        9. a manufactured home for which an affidavit of
    
affixation has been recorded pursuant to the Conveyance and Encumbrance of Manufactured Homes as Real Property and Severance Act unless with respect to the same manufactured home there has been recorded an affidavit of severance pursuant to that Act.
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