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In Ohio, golf carts are under-speed vehicles. They may use public streets only where a city, village, township or county allows them, only on streets of 35 mph or less, and only after a local police inspection, an Ohio title and plates. Here's the process, the equipment list, LSV rules and local examples like Put-in-Bay.
Golf carts aren't street legal in Tennessee. Only registered low-speed and medium-speed vehicles may use public roads, and since April 2025 they follow the utility terrain vehicle law: licensed driver 16+, insurance, helmets unless exempt, daylight only and 35 mph max. Here's what changed, what the clerk needs and where you may drive.
Alabama has no statewide golf cart road law. Only towns in Baldwin, Butler, Covington, Dale and Marengo counties may open designated streets posted 25 mph or less, with a city permit, insurance, a licensed driver and basic lights. Here are the amendments, real town rules from Gulf Shores to Opp, and the LSV alternative.
Georgia calls a street-driven golf cart a personal transportation vehicle. It may only use streets or paths your city or county designates, and under the state rules only streets posted 25 mph or less, with a licensed driver and a set equipment list. Here are the statutes, the pre-2012 exception, real town rules and the LSV alternative.
North Carolina lets each city and county decide whether golf carts may use its streets, but only streets posted 35 mph or less, and never with a driver under 16. The DMV can't plate a golf cart, so the permit comes from your town. Here are the statutes, real town rules and the LSV alternative.
California keeps standard golf carts off most public roads. They may only use roads a city or county designates near a golf course, marked crossings, or a city golf cart transportation plan like Palm Desert's, with a licensed driver. Here are the Vehicle Code rules, the LSV alternative and the official links.
South Carolina golf carts need a $5 SCDMV permit decal, insurance and a licensed driver 16 or older. Without a local ordinance they stay on 35 mph secondary roads, in daylight, within 4 miles of home. Here is the 2025 law change, the LSV and UTV rules and the official links.
Golf carts are allowed only on designated, signed roads in Florida, with set equipment and driver rules. LSVs follow different rules. Here's the plain-English summary with the official links.
