# Transportation (GTR)

## Title 11. Vehicle Laws -- Definitions; General Provisions

### Subtitle 1. Definitions

#### Section 11-169

(a) "Trailer" means, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a vehicle that:

  (1) Has no motive power;

  (2) Is designed to carry people or property and to be towed by a motor vehicle; and

  (3) Is constructed so that no part of its weight rests on the towing vehicle.

(b) "Trailer" does not include a pole trailer.

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Md. Code Ann., Transp. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)