NY Veh & Traf L § 410 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 4 - Registration of Vehicles Article 15 - Registration of Motorcycles 410 - Registration of Motorcycles; Fees; Renewals.

§ 410. Registration of motorcycles; fees; renewals. 1. Registration by   owners.  No  motorcycles  shall  be  operated  or driven upon the public   highways of this state without first being registered in accordance with   the provisions of this article, except as otherwise  expressly  provided   in this chapter.Every owner of a motorcycle which shall be operated or driven upon the   public  highways  of  this  state  shall,  except as otherwise expressly   provided, cause to be filed, by mail or otherwise, in the  office  or  a   branch office of the commissioner, or with an agent of the commissioner,   constituted   as   provided   in   this   chapter,  an  application  for   registration, addressed to the  commissioner,  and  on  a  blank  to  be   prepared  under  the  direction of and furnished by the commissioner for   that purpose, containing: (a) A brief description of the  motorcycle  to   be registered, including the name of the manufacturer and factory number   of  such vehicle; (b) the name, residence, including county and business   address of the owner of such motorcycle.2. Registration record. Upon the receipt of a  sufficient  application   for registration, as provided in this article, the commissioner or agent   receiving  it  shall  register such motorcycle, and maintain a record of   the  registration  of  such  motorcycle  under  the  distinctive  number   assigned  to  such  motorcycle,  as  provided  in  this section, and the   information in such record may be obtained  upon  payment  of  the  fees   specified in section two hundred two of this chapter.3. Certificate of registration. a. Upon the filing of such application   and  the payment of the fee hereinafter provided, the commissioner shall   assign to such motorcycle a distinctive number and, without  expense  to   the  applicant, issue and deliver in such manner as the commissioner may   select to the owner a certificate of registration, in such form  as  the   commissioner  may  prescribe,  and  a number plate at a place within the   state of New York named by the applicant  in  his  application.  In  the   event  of  the  loss,  mutilation  or  destruction of any certificate of   registration or number plate, the owner of a registered vehicle may file   such statement and proof of the facts as the commissioner shall require,   with a fee of three dollars, in the  office  of  the  commissioner,  or,   unless  and until the commissioner shall otherwise direct, in the office   of the agent who issued the certificate or plate and the commissioner or   his agent, as the case may be, shall issue a duplicate or substitute. No   application for registration shall be accepted unless the  applicant  is   at least sixteen years of age.b.   Upon   the   issuance  of  a  certificate  of  registration,  the   commissioner shall provide the owner  of  such  vehicle  with  a  notice   regarding  the  laws  governing unidentifiable motorcycle parts, in such   form and manner as the commissioner may prescribe.4. Times for registration and reregistration. Registration applied for   and certificates issued under any application shall  expire  on  a  date   determined   by   the   commissioner.   Registration  shall  be  renewed   periodically in the same manner and upon payment of the same annual  fee   as  provided  in  this  section  for registration, to take effect and to   expire on dates to be determined by the commissioner. Provided, however,   that the commissioner shall have authority to fix the length of time for   which any  such  vehicle  which  is  registered  without  fee  shall  be   registered.  Provided  further,  however, that renewal of a registration   may be used preceding the expiration date of such registration including   such expiration date.5.  Registration  fees.    a.  The  annual  fee  for  registration  or   reregistration  of a motorcycle shall be eleven dollars and fifty cents.   Beginning April first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight the annual fee  for    registration  or  reregistration  of  a  motorcycle  shall  be seventeen   dollars and fifty cents.b.  Where a registration is made for a period of more or less than one   calendar  year,  the  registration  fee  shall  not  be  prorated.   The   provisions hereof with respect to the payment of registration fees shall   not  apply  to  motorcycles  owned  or  controlled by the state, a city,   county, village or town or any of the departments thereof, or any school   district or county extension service association, but in other  respects   shall be applicable.6.  Fees  in  lieu  of  taxes.  The  registration fees imposed by this   article upon such vehicles shall be in lieu of  all  taxes,  general  or   local, to which motorcycles may be subject.7.  "Motorcycle"  as  used  in this section shall mean a motorcycle as   defined by section one hundred twenty-three of this chapter.