There is no single answer, and the honest starting point is that most places have never written a law about it. We have read the primary sources for 7 of 63 US states and Canadian provinces so far. Of those, 2 have a statute that names the device, 2 prohibit it on public roads, and 3 regulate a neighbouring device while never naming this one — which is the answer nobody publishes.
The third one is the reason this page exists. “No statute names the device” is the commonest real situation and the one every buying guide flattens into a yes or a no. It matters because it tells you where to look next: a general vehicle classification, and your own municipality.
| State | Status | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Alaska | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Arizona | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Arkansas | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| California | Regulated | A statute names the device and sets out what is required to ride it. |
| Colorado | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Connecticut | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Delaware | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Florida | Unaddressed | No law we can find defines an electric skateboard. What applies instead is a general vehicle classification and, in practice, your municipality. |
| Georgia | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Hawaii | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Idaho | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Illinois | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Indiana | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Iowa | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Kansas | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Kentucky | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Louisiana | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Maine | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Maryland | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Massachusetts | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Michigan | Regulated | A statute names the device and sets out what is required to ride it. |
| Minnesota | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Mississippi | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Missouri | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Montana | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Nebraska | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Nevada | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| New Hampshire | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| New Jersey | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| New Mexico | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| New York | Prohibited | The state says the device may not be operated on public highways. |
| North Carolina | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| North Dakota | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Ohio | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Oklahoma | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Oregon | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Pennsylvania | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Rhode Island | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| South Carolina | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| South Dakota | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Tennessee | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Texas | Unaddressed | No law we can find defines an electric skateboard. What applies instead is a general vehicle classification and, in practice, your municipality. |
| Utah | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Vermont | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Virginia | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Washington | Unaddressed | No law we can find defines an electric skateboard. What applies instead is a general vehicle classification and, in practice, your municipality. |
| West Virginia | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Wisconsin | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Wyoming | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Province or territory | Status | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| British Columbia | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Manitoba | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| New Brunswick | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Northwest Territories | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Nova Scotia | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Nunavut | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Ontario | Prohibited | The state says the device may not be operated on public highways. |
| Prince Edward Island | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Quebec | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Saskatchewan | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
| Yukon | Not yet read | We have not yet read a primary source for this jurisdiction, so we say nothing. |
This is the only part of the site that does not come from our own measurements. Everywhere else we read shop catalogues twice a day and publish what we counted. Here we read a public register — and the same rule applies to both: we show the source so you do not have to trust us. Every line carries a section number, a link, and the date we read it.
Two boundaries we hold to. First, we never write “you may ride”. We write what the statute says and link the text. The difference is not lawyerly caution: wrong legal information at scale costs somebody a fine, a confiscated board, or worse. Second, we do not cover municipal codes, and they frequently decide the question. A state that has written nothing leaves your city to write everything.
Where an official server refused us — two did on the day we started — we quote a legal publisher reproducing the codified text and label it as such, rather than presenting a copy as the original.
There is no federal answer — it is decided state by state, and often city by city below that. Of the states we have read the primary sources for, some have written a statute naming the device, at least one prohibits it on public roads outright, and others regulate a neighbouring device while never naming this one.
Because a table of fifty yes-or-no answers is easy to write and impossible to source. The most common real situation is that no law names the device at all, and a site forced to pick a column will write “legal” or “illegal” with equal confidence and equal inaccuracy. We publish a third answer and show the text.
No, and it does not try. It tells you what the statute says, with the section number and a link, so you can read it. Your city almost certainly has rules of its own on top, and we do not cover municipal codes.
Because we have not read them yet, and saying so is better than guessing. Each entry is added when a primary source has been read and quoted, with the date. The blank rows are the work list, published rather than hidden.
Every source carries the date we read it, shown on each jurisdiction's page. Laws change; a legal page without a date on every line is worth nothing, so we put one on every line.