2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 5 - Drivers' Licenses › Article 19 - Licensing of Drivers › 504 - Form of License.

§ 504. Form  of license. 1. (a) Every license or renewal thereof shall
contain  a  distinguishing  mark  and  adequate  space  upon  which   an
anatomical  gift,  pursuant  to  section  forty-three hundred ten of the
public health law, by the licensee shall be recorded and  shall  contain
such  other  information  and  shall  be  issued  in  such  form  as the
commissioner  shall  determine;  provided,  however,  every  license  or
renewal  thereof  issued  to  a person under the age of twenty-one years
shall have prominently imprinted upon it the statement "UNDER  21  YEARS
OF  AGE"  in  notably  distinctive  print  or  format; provided further,
however, every license or renewal thereof issued to a person  making  an
anatomical  gift  shall  have prominently printed upon the front of such
license or renewal  thereof  the  statement  "ORGAN  DONOR"  in  notably
distinctive print or format. The commissioner shall not require fees for
the  issuance  of  such  licenses  or  renewals thereof to persons under
twenty-one years of age or to persons making an  anatomical  gift  which
are  different  from  the  fees required for the issuance of licenses or
renewals thereof to persons twenty-one  years  of  age  or  over  or  to
persons not making an anatomical gift.
(a-1)  Every license or renewal thereof issued to an applicant who was
a member of the armed forces of the United States and who  (i)  received
an  honorable  discharge  or  was  released  therefrom  under  honorable
conditions, or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as  defined  in  section
one  of  the  veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other
than bad conduct or dishonorable  from  such  service,  or  (iii)  is  a
discharged  LGBT  veteran,  as  defined  in section one of the veterans'
services law, and has received a discharge other  than  bad  conduct  or
dishonorable  from  such  service,  shall,  upon  his or her request and
submission of proof as set forth herein, contain a distinguishing  mark,
in  such form as the commissioner shall determine, indicating that he or
she is a veteran. Such proof shall consist of a certificate  of  release
or discharge from active duty including but not limited to a DD Form 214
or  other proof satisfactory to the commissioner. The commissioner shall
not require fees for the issuance of such licenses or  renewals  thereof
to  persons requesting a veteran distinguishing mark which are different
from fees otherwise required; provided,  however,  that  notwithstanding
the  provisions of this section, the commissioner shall not require fees
for a duplication or amendment of a license prior to its renewal if such
duplication or amendment was solely for the purpose of adding a  veteran
distinguishing mark to such license.
(b)  The  commissioner  may  by regulation provide that every driver's
license contain the photo image of the licensee.  The  learner's  permit
may   also  contain  the  photo  image  of  the  permittee  pursuant  to
regulations established by the commissioner.
2. Whenever an applicant  for  a  license  has  successfully  met  the
requirements  for  the  issuance of a license, the license issued by the
commissioner may be a temporary license which shall be valid  until  the
license  provided  in subdivision one of this section is issued or until
forty-five  days  from  the  date  such  temporary  license  is  issued,
whichever  occurs  first.  The commissioner may in his discretion extend
the period of validity of such temporary license. Such temporary license
shall be in such form as the commissioner shall determine.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any photo  image  taken
as  part  of  the  application  procedure  for  a learner's permit or an
original, duplicate, renewal or amended driver's license shall not be  a
public record.