Your' registration' is the sticker placed on your windshield and the paper registration certificate that you must keep in your vehicle. You or your business must register and title at a DMV office any vehicle you own or lease. Registrations do not need to be in the owner's name, or for only one person. Auto dealers can register and title vehicles, and issue plates and charge a fee for this. See information about vehicle plates [1] or vehicle titles [2]. 

Vehicles already registered in New York 


Renew 
You can renew your registration online and print a 10 day document to use until your new registration arrives in the mail. Please note: If your vehicle has been altered or stretched to increase the number of passengers or if there are other special circumstances , you cannot renew your registration online. See additional information and other ways to renew a registration [3]. Renew registration online [4 ] 

Other transactions 
Change address [5 ] Change name or other information [6 ] Check registration status [7 ] Replace registration [8] and get a temporary document Surrender return plates and cancel registration [9 ] Tell DMV your new registration has not come in the mail [10 ] Transfer a registration to another vehicle you own [11 ] 

Suspensions 
See information on registration suspensions due to Parking tickets [12] 1 Toll violations [13 ] Insurance lapses [14 ] 

Register a vehicle in New York 
You must register any vehicle owned by you or your business at a DMV office. 2 See general information about registering a vehicle [15] and specific requirements for different vehicle types [16]. 

What you need to register 
Complete DMV s Document Guide to make sure you have the correct proofs of identification and other documents before you come to the DMV. Find your proofs [17 ] 

Special situations 
Agricultural and farm vehicles [18 ] Deceased owner [19 ] Homemade vehicles and trailers [20 ] Imported vehicles [21 ] More than one owner or registrant [22 ] No title 

user: I am considering opening up a small used car lot in my town.  Can I register and title the vehicles on my lot myself and then charge my customers for that? 

assistant: Auto dealers can indeed register and title vehicles, and issue plates and charge a fee for this. 

assistant: If I am the owner of a used car lot and I choose to register and title the vehicles on my lot myself, to they all have to be in my name or can I have one of my employees do this for me on occasion? 

user: I do not intend to register every vehicle myself.  I want this to be something my employees can do and to be able to charge my customers a fee for this. 

assistant: Are you intending to become a full-time auto dealer? 

user: I am indeed, yes. 

assistant: If you are an auto dealer you can register and title the vehicles, issue plates, and charge a fee for this and the registration does not have to be in the owner's name, or for only one person.  You can have the registration written up in any manner that suits your needs best. 

user: What do I do if I want to renew a registration online? 

assistant: If you want to renew a registration online, you can do so and print a 10 day document to use until your new registration arrives in the mail.  However, you cannot do this if your vehicle has been altered or stretched to increase the number of passengers or if there are other special circumstances. 

user: Where do I need to register vehicles owned by my business? 

assistant: You must register any vehicle owned by your business at a DMV office.