When you need to surrender plate(s) 
Before you end the vehicle's liability insurance coverage. If you do not turn in your plate , we will suspend your registration and can suspend your driver license. If you want to register your vehicle in another state. You must surrender your New York State vehicle plates to the New York DMV. 

How to surrender New York State plates 
Note: If you need to surrender plates from another state , you need to surrender them to that state's DMV not the New York State DMV. 

By mail 
Step 1 : Remove plates and stickers This includes the plate frames and fasteners - we will not accept plates with them attached. Destroy the registration and inspection stickers from your windshield. Do not give your plates to another person unless that person will surrender the plates for you. Step 2 : Complete the PD-7 application You must complete the Plate Surrender Application PDF [1] PD-7 for each set of plates you are surrendering. Step 3 : Mail the application with your plates to NYS DMV6 Empire State PlazaRoom B240Albany, NY 12228 We use the mail postmark date as the date that you surrendered your plates. To be notified by the US Postal Service that we received your plates, send them by registered or certified mail, and request a return receipt. We will mail you your FS-6 T receipt. 

At a DMV Office 
Step 1 : Remove plates and stickers This includes the plate frames and fasteners - we will not accept plates with them attached. Destroy the registration and inspection stickers from your windshield. Do not give your plates to another person unless that person will surrender the plates for you. Step 2 : Complete the PD-7 application You must complete the Plate Surrender Application PDF [1] PD-7 for each set of plates you are surrendering. Step 3 : Bring the plates and PD-7 to an DMV Find a DMV office [2] near you. County motor vehicle offices will charge you a $1 fee to process the surrender. If another person surrenders your plates for you , make s

user: Hi, good morning, please i need help on temporary surrender.

user: Need to know if my plates can be surrendered temporarily?

assistant: Sure you can. In any case, you need to go and check under special procedures to surrender your plates temporarily for a season.

user: Thanks, i'll sure do that. Um, when i surrender my plates, i just turn them in as they are and no problem?

assistant: No. You need to remove some things from the plates first before surrender. You have to remove any plate frames and fasteners, as well as any sticker you may have attached on it. Besides, you need destroy the registration and inspection stickers you have attached into your windshield.

user: Got it. There is something else i need to do along with the removal?

assistant: Yes. Along with that, you nee to complete the Plate Surrender Application form PD-7 for each set of plates you present to surrender. When you complete that, you can proceed to mail both the application and the plates.

user: Ok, ok, thanks, i'll do that. Now, i need some info about plates if they get lost, or if they are stolen from me or you know, get destroyed.

assistant: No problem. Have you lost your plates? Or this have been stolen from you or got destroyed?

user: Yeah, well, they were stolen from my vehicle some day ago.

assistant: I see. In that case, you need report those plates along with your registration. The DMV can issue to you a new registration and plates if everything is in order.