# COMAR Title 11 — Department of Transportation

## Subtitle 15 — Motor Vehicle Administration — Vehicle Registration

### Chapter 03 — Recreational Vehicles

**Authority:** Transportation Article, §12-104(b), Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: February 15, 1973

**Administrative History:** Amended effective May 12, 1976 (3:10 Md. R. 530)

**Administrative History:** Chapter revised effective September 21, 1979 (6:19 Md. R. 1520)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 amended effective May 28, 1990 (17:10 Md. R. 1220)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02 adopted effective May 28, 1990 (17:10 Md. R. 1220)

#### Regulation .01 Definitions.

*COMAR 11.15.03.01*

A. In these regulations, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

B. Terms Defined.

  (1) For the purpose of administering the provisions of Transportation Article, §13-937, Annotated Code of Maryland, and defining a motor home under Commercial Law Article, §14-1501, Annotated Code of Maryland, a “motor home” means a vehicle:

    (a) Designed to provide temporary living quarters, built into as an integral part of, or permanently attached to, a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis or van; and

    (b) Containing permanently installed life support systems which provide at least four of the following facilities:

      (i) Cooking,

      (ii) Refrigeration or ice box,

      (iii) Self-contained toilet,

      (iv) Heating, air conditioning, or both,

      (v) A potable water supply system including a faucet and sink,

      (vi) Separate 110—125 volt electrical power supply, or

      (vii) an LP gas supply.

  (2) A “motor vehicle”, as defined under Commercial Law Article, §4-1501, Annotated Code of Maryland, does not include a motor home as defined in this regulation.

#### Regulation .02 Registration Plate.

*COMAR 11.15.03.02*

A motor home shall display a Class M (multipurpose passenger vehicle) registration plate.