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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-27.161 - Funds for license plates contributed by The Garden Club of New Jersey, Inc.; complete applications for plates; fees.

39:3-27.161 Funds for license plates contributed by The Garden Club of New Jersey, Inc.; complete applications for plates; fees.
2. a. No State or other public funds shall be used by the commission for the initial cost of:
(1) producing, issuing, and publicizing the availability of Protect Pollinators license plates; or
(2) any computer programming changes which may be necessary to implement the Protect Pollinators license plate program established pursuant to this act.
b. The Garden Club of New Jersey, Inc. or other individual or entity designated by the Garden Club of New Jersey, Inc., shall contribute monies in an amount to be determined by the chief administrator, not to exceed a total of $25,000, to be used to offset the initial costs incurred by the commission for producing, issuing, and publicizing the availability of Protect Pollinators license plates, and any computer programming which may be necessary to implement the program. To further help offset the initial costs incurred by the commission for the special license plates authorized by this act, other concerned organizations and individual donors may contribute monies to the Garden Club of New Jersey, Inc., or an individual or entity designated by the Garden Club of New Jersey, Inc., for this purpose. Any amount remaining after the payment of the initial costs shall be deposited in the "Protect Pollinators License Plate Fund," established pursuant to subsection c. of section 1 of this act.
c. The commission shall not begin designing, producing, issuing, or publicizing the availability of Protect Pollinators license plates, or making any necessary programming changes, until the following requirements have been met:
(1) The Garden Club of New Jersey, Inc. or the individual or entity designated by the Garden Club of New Jersey, Inc., has provided the commission with the money necessary, as determined by the chief administrator pursuant to subsection b. of this section, to offset the initial costs incurred by the commission in establishing the Protect Pollinators license plate program; and
(2) The liaison appointed by the Garden Club of New Jersey, Inc. pursuant to subsection h. of section 1 of this act has provided the commission with not less than 500 completed applications for Protect Pollinators license plates. These applications shall constitute the initial order for Protect Pollinators license plates and shall be accompanied by a fee representing the total cost of the initial order. Such fee shall be determined by multiplying the number of sets of license plates being ordered by the applicable initial fee for each set of license plates as set forth in subsection b. of section 1 of this act.
L.2021, c.254, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-27.163 - State, public funds, restrictions; non-public monies, use; Kappa Alpha Psi license plates.

39:3-27.163 State, public funds, restrictions; non-public monies, use; Kappa Alpha Psi license plates.
2. a. State or public funds shall not be used by the commission for the initial cost of:
(1) designing, producing, issuing, and publicizing the availability of Kappa Alpha Psi license plates; or
(2) any computer programming changes which may be necessary to implement the Kappa Alpha Psi license plate program established by P.L.2023, c.15 (C.39:3-27.162 et seq.).
b. The Northeastern Province of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. or an individual or entity designated by the Northeastern Province of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., shall contribute non-public monies in an amount to be determined by the chief administrator, not to exceed a total of $25,000, to be used to offset the initial costs incurred by the commission for designing, producing, issuing, and publicizing the availability of Kappa Alpha Psi license plates, and any computer programming which may be necessary to implement the program. Concerned organizations and individual donors may contribute monies to the Northeastern Province of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. to be used to offset the initial costs incurred by the commission for the Kappa Alpha Psi license plates authorized by P.L.2023, c.15 (C.39:3-27.162 et seq.). Any amount remaining after the payment of the initial cost shall be deposited in the "Kappa Alpha Psi License Plate Fund" established pursuant to subsection c. of section 1 of P.L.2023, c.15 (C.39:3-27.162).
c. The commission shall not begin designing, producing, issuing, or publicizing the availability of Kappa Alpha Psi license plates, or making any necessary programming changes, until the following requirements have been met:
(1) The Northeastern Province of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., or an individual or entity designated by the Northeastern Province of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., has provided the commission with the money necessary, as determined by the chief administrator pursuant to subsection b. of this section, to offset the initial costs incurred by the commission in establishing the Kappa Alpha Psi license plate program; and
(2) The liaison appointed by the Northeastern Province Polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. pursuant to subsection g. of section 1 of P.L.2023, c.15 (C.39:3-27.162) has provided the commission with not less than 500 completed applications for Kappa Alpha Psi license plates. These applications shall constitute the initial order for Kappa Alpha Psi license plates and shall be accompanied by a fee representing the total cost of the initial order. The fee shall be determined by multiplying the number of sets of license plates being ordered by the applicable initial fee for each set of license plates as set forth in subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.2023, c.15 (C.39:3-27.162).
L.2023, c.15, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-28 - Licenses and registrations indexed; certified copies of applications as evidence; fees; destruction of applications and copies

39:3-28. Licenses and registrations indexed; certified copies of applications as evidence; fees; destruction of applications and copies
39:3-28. The director shall cause all applications for registration and drivers' licenses to be indexed, and any original application or copy thereof certified to be a true copy under the hand of the director shall be received as evidence in any court to prove the facts contained therein. For each uncertified copy so issued the director shall collect a fee of $8 and for each certified copy so issued the director shall collect a fee of $10. The indexing and copying of these applications shall meet the standards and requirements established in regulation by the Secretary of State for the maintenance and preservation of records.
The director may destroy all records of registration certificates or drivers' licenses and their indices after having made copies of such records in accordance with standards and requirements established in regulation by the Secretary of State for the maintenance and preservation of records. Such copies made in accordance with standards and requirements established in regulation by the Secretary of State for the maintenance and preservation of records may be destroyed when they have been on file in the office of the director for a period of three years after the date of expiration of the registration certificates and drivers' licenses.
Amended 1950, c.165; 1952, c.59; 1953, c.295; 1975, c.180, s.8; 1994, c.60, s.17; 2001, c.276.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-29.1 - Registration certificates, insurance identification cards; counterfeit deterrence, detection; electronic form of certificates; rules, regulations.

39:3-29.1 Registration certificates, insurance identification cards; counterfeit deterrence, detection; electronic form of certificates; rules, regulations.
2. a. The Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission may promulgate rules and regulations concerning the issuance, design, and content of the registration certificates required by this act.
The commission may take any actions necessary to deter and detect counterfeit or fraudulent registration certificates and to provide for an electronic form for the display of registration certificates as provided in R.S.39:3-29.
b. The Commissioner of Banking and Insurance shall, after consultation with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, promulgate rules and regulations concerning the issuance, design, and content of the insurance identification cards required by this act.
The rules and regulations shall:
(1) contain provisions designed to deter and detect counterfeit or fraudulent insurance identification cards; and
(2) provide for an electronic form for the display of insurance identification cards as provided in R.S.39:3-29.
L.1972, c.200, s.2; amended 2003, c.89, s.70; 2015, c.54, s.2; 2021, c.258, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-29.1a - Provision of proof of insurance; impoundment of vehicle.

39:3-29.1a Provision of proof of insurance; impoundment of vehicle.
79. a. Upon the issuance of a summons for failing to possess or exhibit an insurance identification card in violation of R.S.39:3-29, the violator or registrant shall have 24 hours from the time of the citation to provide the issuing law enforcement agency with the insurance identification card, or other satisfactory proof of insurance. Failure to provide the insurance identification card or other satisfactory proof of insurance within the 24-hour time frame shall result in the issuance of a warrant for the immediate impoundment of the vehicle that was being operated when the summons was issued. A motor vehicle impounded pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be removed to a storage space or garage. The registrant shall be responsible for the cost of the removal and storage of the impounded motor vehicle.
b. (1) If the registrant fails to claim a motor vehicle impounded pursuant to subsection a. of this section and pay the reasonable costs of removal and storage by midnight of the 30th day following impoundment, along with a fine of $100 to cover the administrative costs of the municipality wherein the violation occurred, and after a hearing, the municipality may sell the motor vehicle at public auction. The municipality shall give notice of the sale by certified mail to the registrant of the motor vehicle and to the holder of any security interest filed with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, and by publication in a form to be prescribed by the director by one insertion, at least five days before the date of the sale, in one or more newspapers published in this State and circulating in the municipality in which the motor vehicle has been impounded.
(2) At any time prior to the sale, the registrant or other person entitled to the motor vehicle may reclaim possession of it upon providing satisfactory proof of motor vehicle liability insurance coverage and payment of the reasonable costs of removal and storage of the motor vehicle and any outstanding fines or penalties; provided, however, if the other person entitled to the motor vehicle is a lessor or the holder of a lien on the motor vehicle, he may reclaim the motor vehicle without payment. In such cases, the registrant shall be liable for all outstanding costs, fines and penalties, and the municipality shall have a lien against the property and income of that registrant for the total amount of those outstanding costs, fines and penalties.
(3) Any proceeds obtained from the sale of a motor vehicle at public auction pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection in excess of the amount owed to the municipality for the reasonable costs of removal and storage of the motor vehicle and any outstanding fines or penalties shall be returned to the registrant of the vehicle.
L.2003,c.89,s.79.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-29.4 - Identification card to bear color photograph.

39:3-29.4 Identification card to bear color photograph.
3. Every identification card authorized by section 2 of P.L.1980, c.47 (C.39:3-29.3) shall bear a color photograph of the person to whom it is issued and shall be issued upon the form prescribed by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission for color photograph drivers' licenses, except that the card shall prominently contain the words "For Identification Only." A standard identification card shall indicate that the identification card shall not be accepted as identification for an official purpose, as that term is defined under the "REAL ID Act of 2005," Pub.L.109-13, any acts amendatory or supplementary thereto, and any federal regulations adopted thereunder.
L.1980, c.47, s.3; amended 1989, c.52, s.3; 1999, c.28, s.7; 2019, c.271, s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-29.6 - Duplicate card

39:3-29.6. Duplicate card
In the event an identification card issued under section 2 of this act is lost, destroyed or mutilated, a new name or address is acquired, or there is some other change in the information contained on the identification card, the person to whom it was issued may obtain a duplicate upon furnishing satisfactory proof of such fact to the division and upon payment of a fee as established in section 6 of this act. Any person who loses an identification card and who, after obtaining a duplicate, finds the original card, shall immediately surrender the original card to the division. The same documentary evidence shall be furnished for a duplicate as for an original identification card.
L.1980, c. 47, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-29.7 - Fees.

39:3-29.7 Fees.
6. a. The chief administrator shall charge fees as follows:
Standard Identification Card, Original $18
Identification Card, Duplicate $5
Identification Card, Renewal $18
REAL ID Identification Card $29
Digitized photograph $6, in addition to the fees required above
b. The chief administrator may waive the fees established under subsection a. of this section for a person who is homeless who submits proof of temporary residence through a social worker or the coordinator of an emergency shelter for the homeless where the person is temporarily residing. On or before December 31 of each year, the commission shall report to the Office of Homelessness Prevention in the Department of Community Affairs an accounting of each instance in which the commission provided a fee waiver pursuant to this section. For the purposes of this section, "person who is homeless" means a person without a domicile who is unable to secure permanent and stable housing as determined by a social worker or the coordinator of an emergency shelter for the homeless established pursuant to P.L.1985, c.48 (C.55:13C-1 et seq.).
c. The chief administrator may waive the fee imposed for a duplicate identification card if the applicant, at the time of application: is applying for a REAL ID identification card, as that term is defined in R.S.39:1-1; currently holds a valid identification card issued by the commission; and is not eligible to renew the applicant's current identification card. The chief administrator's authority to waive the duplicate identification card fee under this subsection shall expire on October 1, 2020. In order to receive a REAL ID identification card pursuant to this subsection, the applicant shall first surrender to the commission the applicant's current identification card.
L.1980, c.47, s.6; amended 1989, c.52, s.5; 1999, c.28, s.9; 2001, c.391, s.8; 2016, c.99, s.1; 2019, c.73, s.6; 2019, c.271, s.18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-29.7a - Waiver of fee for duplicate identification card, digitized picture fee for organ, tissue donors.

39:3-29.7a Waiver of fee for duplicate identification card, digitized picture fee for organ, tissue donors.
2. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall not impose a fee for a duplicate identification card or the digitized picture fee if the duplicate identification card is requested solely for the purpose of designating that the person shall donate all or any organs or tissues for the purposes of transplantation or therapy pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1978, c.181 (C.39:3-12.2).
b. In order to receive a replacement identification card, pursuant to subsection a. of this section, a person shall first surrender the person's current identification card to the commission.
L.2017, c.108, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-29.8 - Prohibited acts

39:3-29.8. Prohibited acts
It shall be unlawful for any person:
a. To display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his possession any canceled, fictitious, fraudulently altered, or fraudulently obtained identification card;
b. To lend his identification card to any other person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another;
c. To display or represent any identification card not issued to him as being his card;
d. To permit any unlawful use of an identification card issued to him;
e. To do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by this act in reference to identification cards;
f. To photograph, photostat, duplicate, or in any way reproduce any identification card or facsimile thereof in such a manner that it could be mistaken for a valid identification card, or to display or have in his possession any such photograph, photostat, duplicate, reproduction, or facsimile unless authorized by the provisions of this act;
g. To alter any identification card in any manner not authorized by this act.
L.1980, c. 47, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-29.9 - Rules and regulations

39:3-29.9. Rules and regulations
The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles shall promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as he considers necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L.1980, c. 47, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-30 - Registration void upon transfer of ownership, destruction of vehicle

39:3-30. Registration void upon transfer of ownership, destruction of vehicle
39:3-30. Upon the transfer of ownership or the destruction of any motor vehicle or vehicle its registration shall become void. If the motor vehicle or vehicle is sold the original owner shall remove the license plates therefrom, and surrender them to the division in a manner specified by the director if such plates are not transferred to another vehicle pursuant to this section.
The original owner may, by proper sworn application on a form to be furnished by the division, register another motor vehicle for the unexpired portion of the registration period of the original vehicle. A person applying to use the unexpired portion of a registration under this section shall pay a fee of $4.50 if the vehicle is of a weight or other classification equal with or less than the one originally registered, and shall pay a fee of $4.50 and the difference between the fee originally paid and that due if the new motor vehicle is properly registerable in a higher class. Unless the original license plates have been destroyed, the owner shall be assigned the license number previously issued to him and shall receive a new registration certificate. If the original license plates have been destroyed, replacement of the plates will be made under the provisions of R.S.39:3-32.
The surviving husband, wife, child or children of a deceased registered owner of any motor vehicle in whom title thereto shall vest by virtue of the terms of the will of such deceased owner, or otherwise, shall, upon application to the director, and upon the payment of a fee of $4.50, be entitled to have the registration of such vehicle transferred to his or her name.
The registered owner of any motor vehicle shall, upon application to the director, and payment of a fee of $4.50, be entitled to have the vehicle registered jointly in the name of the registered owner and the spouse of said owner. The registration certificate and certificate of ownership shall be amended accordingly without the payment of any additional fee.
Amended 1955,c.8,s.9; 1963,c.34,s.2; 1976,c.43,s.2; 1978,c.96,s.1; 1995,c.112,s.34.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-30.1 - Registration in names of husband and wife; title; presumption; procedure upon death

39:3-30.1. Registration in names of husband and wife; title; presumption; procedure upon death
In the event that a motor vehicle is registered in the names of 2 individuals who are husband and wife title shall be presumed to vest in both persons with right of survivorship. In the event of the death of either, a new certificate of ownership and registration certificate may be granted to the survivor upon proof of such death and surrender of the certificate of ownership signed by said survivor and without the necessity of a Short Certificate, Surrogate's Affidavit or other evidence of administration.
L.1964, c. 41, s. 1. Amended by L.1965, c. 183, s. 1, eff. Nov. 29, 1965.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-30.1a - Affidavit that registrants husband and wife

39:3-30.1a. Affidavit that registrants husband and wife
The Division of Motor Vehicles shall accept as proof that the registrants were husband and wife on the date of death, an affidavit to that effect, executed by the survivor, the form of which affidavit shall be prescribed by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles.
L.1965, c. 183, s. 2, eff. Nov. 29, 1965.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-30.1b - Transfer of motor vehicle on death.

39:3-30.1b Transfer of motor vehicle on death.
1. a. A motor vehicle may be titled in transfer on death ("TOD") form by including in the certificate of ownership a designation of a beneficiary or beneficiaries to whom the motor vehicle shall be transferred on the death of the owner, or the last to die of two or more owners with right of survivorship. The transfer shall be subject to the rights of all lien holders, whether created before, simultaneously with, or after the creation of the TOD interest. A trust may be the beneficiary of a TOD certificate of ownership.
b. A motor vehicle is titled in TOD form by designating in the certificate of ownership the name of the sole owner, or the names of the owners who own the motor vehicle as tenants in common, tenants by the entirety or joint tenants with right of survivorship, followed in substance by the words "transfer on death to (name of beneficiary or beneficiaries)." The abbreviation "TOD" may be used instead of the words "transfer on death to."
c. The transfer on death beneficiary or beneficiaries shall have no interest in the motor vehicle until the death of the owner or the last to die of all multiple owners with right of survivorship. A beneficiary designation may be changed at any time by the owner or all then surviving multiple owners with right of survivorship, without the consent of the beneficiary or beneficiaries, by filing an application for a subsequent certificate of ownership.
d. Ownership of a motor vehicle titled in TOD form for which an application for a subsequent certificate of ownership has not been filed shall vest in the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries on the death of the owner or the last to die of all multiple owners with right of survivorship, subject to the rights of all lien holders. If no beneficiary survives the death of the owner or the last to die of all multiple owners with right of survivorship, then such interest in the motor vehicle belongs to the estate of the deceased owner or the last to die of all multiple owners with right of survivorship.
e. A certificate of ownership in TOD form shall not be considered a testamentary disposition.
f. A will shall not revoke or supersede a TOD beneficiary designation, regardless of when the will was made.
L.2022, c.13, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-30.1c - Publishing of appropriate information, forms by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.

39:3-30.1c Publishing of appropriate information, forms by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.
2. The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall publish appropriate information and forms to allow an owner, or multiple owners, of a motor vehicle to add, change, or remove a transfer on death beneficiary or multiple transfer on death beneficiaries to a certificate of ownership pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2022, c.13 (C.39:3-30.1b). The information and forms shall be available in all commission agency locations and online on the commission's Internet website.
L.2022, c.13, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-30.2 - Rights of creditors; construction against waiver of inheritance tax requirements

39:3-30.2. Rights of creditors; construction against waiver of inheritance tax requirements
This act shall not impair the rights of any creditor of the decedent nor shall it be construed to waive the requirements of the laws of the State of New Jersey relating to Transfer Inheritance Tax.
L.1964, c. 41, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-30.3 - Operation of motor vehicles registered in name of decedent.

39:3-30.3. Operation of motor vehicles registered in name of decedent.
1. Any motor vehicles registered in the name of any decedent may be operated, upon the public highways of this State, by a duly licensed driver who is, or is authorized to drive the same by, the surviving spouse or other member of the family of said decedent, under and by virtue of the registration certificate of such motor vehicle issued to such decedent, until the expiration of that registration certificate.
L.1964, c. 163, s. 1; amended 2023, c.171.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-31 - Duplicate, amended documents; issuance, fees.

39:3-31 Duplicate, amended documents; issuance, fees.
39:3-31. a. The chief administrator, upon presentation of a statement duly sworn to, stating that the original registration certificate or original motorized bicycle registration certificate has been destroyed, lost or stolen, may, if the chief administrator is satisfied that the facts as set forth in the statement are substantially true, issue a duplicate or amended registration certificate or motorized bicycle registration certificate to the original holder thereof, upon the payment to the chief administrator of a fee of $5 for each duplicate or amended registration certificate or motorized bicycle registration certificate so issued. The chief administrator, upon presentation of a statement, duly sworn to, stating that the original driver's license has been destroyed, lost or stolen, or requesting a new color photograph, may, if the chief administrator is satisfied that the facts as set forth in the statement are substantially true, issue a duplicate driver's license to the original holder thereof, upon payment to the chief administrator of a fee of $5 in addition to the digitized photograph fee. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the fee for a duplicate or amended registration certificate for any new passenger automobile required to be registered for a 48-month term or for any new passenger automobile leased for a term of more than 12 months pursuant to R.S.39:3-4, shall be $11.
b. The chief administrator may waive the fee imposed for a duplicate license under subsection a. of this section if the applicant, at the time of application: is applying for a REAL ID license, as that term is defined in R.S.39:1-1; currently holds a valid license to operate a motor vehicle issued by the commission; and is not eligible to renew the applicant's current license. The chief administrator's authority to waive the duplicate license fee under this subsection shall expire on October 1, 2020. In order to receive a REAL ID license pursuant to this subsection, the applicant shall first surrender to the commission the applicant's current license to operate a motor vehicle.
amended 1961, c.77, s.2; 1968, c.130, s.9; 1983, c.105, s.2; 1994, c.60, s.18; 1999, c.28, s.10; 2001, c.391, s.9; 2004, c.64, s.3; 2019, c.271, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-31.1 - Duplicate family registration; fee.

39:3-31.1 Duplicate family registration; fee.
1. The Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, upon presentation of a statement by the holder of an original registration certificate that he requires a duplicate registration certificate for use by members of his family, shall issue a duplicate original registration certificate to the holder of the original registration certificate upon the payment to the chief administrator of a fee of $5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the fee for a duplicate registration certificate for any new passenger automobile required to be registered for a 48-month term or for any new passenger automobile leased for a term of more than 12 months pursuant to R.S.39:3-4, shall be $11.
Any such duplicate original registration certificate may be used in the same manner and for the same purpose as the original registration certificate but may be used only by the holder of the original registration certificate or a member of his family. Any reference to the original registration certificate in the chapter to which this act is supplementary or in Title 39 of the Revised Statutes as amended and supplemented shall be deemed to include any and all duplicate original registration certificates issued pursuant to this act and, in the event that the holder of the original registration certificate shall be required to surrender the same by virtue of the provisions of any law, he shall also be required to surrender the duplicate original registration certificate if he shall have had such duplicate original registration certificate issued to him. The chief administrator shall make and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
This section shall also apply to registration certificates for motorized bicycles.
L.1961,c.77,s.1; amended 1968, c.130, s.10; 1983, c.105, s.6; 1994, c.60, s.19; 2004, c.64, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-32 - Replacement of lost, destroyed or defaced license plates; reissuance of surrendered plates; fees

39:3-32. Replacement of lost, destroyed or defaced license plates; reissuance of surrendered plates; fees
39:3-32. If one or both license plates or one or both inserts are lost, destroyed, or so defaced that the numbers thereon are illegible, the owner of the motor vehicle for which the same were issued shall apply to the director or his representative for new plates or inserts within 24 hours of the discovery of such loss, destruction, or defacement. The application shall be made upon a form furnished by the division, on which the loss, defacement or destruction of the plate or plates, insert or inserts shall be set forth. The application, except as hereinafter provided, shall be accompanied by a fee fixed by the director, the amount of which fee shall equal, as nearly as possible, the cost to the division of replacing the plates or inserts. Thereupon the division may cancel the original registration and shall issue to the applicant new plates or new inserts, as the case may be, and a new registration certificate, if necessary.
Every replacement by reason of defacement shall be by a license plate or plates of the same identifying characters as those on the plate or plates replaced.
When a person has surrendered license plates to the director pursuant to any law or regulation, the director may charge a fee under this section for the reissuance of the plates surrendered or the issuance of new plates, as determined by the director, in an amount set by regulation but equal, as nearly as possible, to the cost incurred by the division in reissuing or replacing the plates.
Amended 1951,c.61,s.1; 1952,c.46,s.1; 1955,c.8,s.10; 1956,c.137; 1994,c.60,s.20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-33a - Additional charge for personalized, courtesy, special license plates.

39:3-33a Additional charge for personalized, courtesy, special license plates.
1. Whenever the Division of Motor Vehicles is authorized to charge an additional application fee for the issuance of a personalized, courtesy or special license plate, the division shall charge that additional application fee only upon the initial issuance of the plate. If a personalized, courtesy or special plate is issued to a lessee in a motor vehicle leasing agreement, upon termination of the lease the lessee may apply to the director to have the plate reissued to another motor vehicle leased or owned by the lessee upon payment of a fee of $4.50. If a personalized, courtesy or special license plate is issued to an owner of a motor vehicle, the owner may apply to the director to have the plate reissued to another motor vehicle leased or owned by the owner upon payment of a fee of $4.50. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the division from charging, at the time of annual registration renewal, the payment of the additional fee which has been required under any other section of law for a special license plate.
L.1999,c.192,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-33b - Subsequent personalized, courtesy, special license plates permitted.

39:3-33b Subsequent personalized, courtesy, special license plates permitted.
1. a. The lessee in a motor vehicle leasing agreement or the owner of a motor vehicle who obtains a base set of personalized, courtesy or special license plates with special identifying marks may obtain and use subsequent sets in a series for use upon other motor vehicles if they are owned or leased from the same or different lessor by that person, provided that there is sufficient space for the series' subscript.
b. The fees for the subsequent sets in a series shall be prescribed by the director.
c. The administrator may promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L. 2001, c.35, s.1; amended L.2004,c.91.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-33c - Merchandise intended to conceal, degrade license plate legibility prohibited; fine.

39:3-33c Merchandise intended to conceal, degrade license plate legibility prohibited; fine.
1. A person shall not sell, offer for sale, distribute, transfer, purchase, receive, or possess any merchandise, including but not limited to retractable license plate holders, reflective spray, or anti-photograph license plate covers, knowing that such merchandise is designed or intended to be used to conceal or degrade the legibility of any part of any marking imprinted upon a vehicle's license plate for the purpose of evading law enforcement. The penalty for a violation of this section shall be a fine not to exceed $500. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose liability on a newspaper that accepts or publishes classified advertising for merchandise that is designed or intended to be used to conceal or degrade the legibility of any part of any marking imprinted upon a vehicle's license plate for the purpose of evading law enforcement.
L.2015, c.49, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-33.1 - Veterans buying motor vehicles from United States; temporary identification markers

39:3-33.1. Veterans buying motor vehicles from United States; temporary identification markers
Any person who served in the active military or naval service of the United States, and who has been discharged or released from such service under conditions other than dishonorable, and who purchases a motor vehicle from the War Assets Corporation or any other agency of the United States Government authorized to sell surplus property and has obtained from such corporation or agency a certificate of identification and a temporary identification marker which shall be displayed on such vehicle in accordance with the requirements of section 39:3-33 of the Revised Statutes, may operate such motor vehicle from the place of purchase to any place within the State for the purpose of registering such motor vehicle, without violating any of the provisions of section 39:3-4 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1946, c. 45, p. 102, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-33.2 - License plates; words "Garden State" to be imprinted

39:3-33.2. License plates; words "Garden State" to be imprinted
The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall, upon the occasion of the next and each subsequent general issue of passenger car motor vehicle registration license plates, cause to be imprinted thereon in addition to other markings which he shall prescribe, the words "Garden State."
L.1954, c. 221, p. 834, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-33.3 - Special identifying marks; issuance of plates

39:3-33.3. Special identifying marks; issuance of plates
The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles is hereby authorized to issue, upon application, registration plates of a particular identifying mark or marks to be displayed as provided in section 39:3-33 of the Revised Statutes, composed of such combination of letters and figures, in accordance with the identification system as may be requested in such application provided that the particular identifying mark so requested is not then issued to and held by some other person or otherwise reserved by the director.
L.1959, c. 56, p. 164, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-33.4 - Fees for courtesy and personalized plates

39:3-33.4. Fees for courtesy and personalized plates
2. The director is authorized to charge an additional fee for the issuance of such particular identifying mark in such amount as he may fix from time to time but not in excess of $30 for identifying marks defined by the director to be courtesy marks, and not in excess of $100 for identifying marks defined by the director to be personalized marks, and the amount of such fee shall accompany the application.
L.1959,c.56,s.2; amended 1975,c.180,s.9; 1994,c.60,s.21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-33.5 - Restrictions upon issuance of certain license plates.

39:3-33.5 Restrictions upon issuance of certain license plates.
3. Except as provided for courtesy marks in section 2 of P.L.2000, c.15 (C.39:3-33.5a), no particular identifying mark or special organization license plate issued pursuant to P.L.1987, c.374 (C.39:3-27.35) may be issued to any applicant who:
(a) for the 10-year period next preceding the date of application for a particular identifying mark or special organization license plate has been convicted of a violation of either section 39:4-50, or section 39:4-96 of this Title or section 2 of P.L.1966, c.142 (C.39:4-50.2) or has been convicted of a violation of a law of a substantially similar nature in another jurisdiction; or
(b) has been convicted of a violation of N.J.S.2C:11-5 or section 1 of P.L.2017, c.165 (C.2C:11-5.3); or
(c) for the two-year period next preceding his application for a particular identifying mark or a special organization license plate has had his driving privileges in this State or in another jurisdiction revoked or suspended for any reason whatsoever.
L.1959, c.56, s.3; amended 2000, c.15, s.1; 2017, c.165, s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-33.5a - Restrictions upon issuance of courtesy mark.

39:3-33.5a Restrictions upon issuance of courtesy mark.
2. No courtesy mark may be issued to any applicant who:
a. has been convicted of a violation of either section 39:4-50, or section 39:4-96 of this Title or section 2 of P.L.1966, c.142 (C.39:4-50.2) or has been convicted of a violation of a law of a substantially similar nature in another jurisdiction; or
b. has been convicted of a violation of N.J.S.2C:11-5 or section 1 of P.L.2017, c.165 (C.2C:11-5.3); or
c. for the two-year period next preceding his application for a courtesy mark has had his driving privileges in this State or in another jurisdiction revoked or suspended for any reason whatsoever.
L.2000, c.15, s.1; amended 2017, c.165, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-33.6 - Disposition of funds

39:3-33.6. Disposition of funds
For a period commencing with the effective date of this act and terminating upon the completion of the first full fiscal year thereafter, all moneys received by the director pursuant to this act shall be forthwith deposited as received with the State Treasurer, and the expenses of administration incurred by the director in carrying out the provisions of this act, during the aforementioned period are hereby appropriated to such purposes and shall be disbursed by the State Treasurer out of such funds in the same manner as other State expenses are paid. Upon the termination of the first full fiscal year after the effective date of this act, any excess of the moneys deposited with the State Treasurer as heretofore provided and over the amount of the expenses of administration during the period heretofore set forth, shall become a part of the General State Fund, and all moneys received thereafter by the director pursuant to this act, shall become a part of the General State Fund.
L.1959, c. 56, p. 165, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-33.9 - Issuance of reflectorized motor vehicle registration plates.

39:3-33.9 Issuance of reflectorized motor vehicle registration plates.
2. a. The chief administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall implement a phase-in program for the issuance of reflectorized motor vehicle registration plates in this State, the planning of which shall begin immediately for the issuance which shall begin on the first day of the seventh month following the report of the Reflectorized License Plate Selection Commission established pursuant to this section of this 1989 amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.1989, c.202 (C.39:3-33.9), except that the commission shall first use any existing supplies of nonreflectorized plates which it orders prior to the commencement of the issuance. The purpose of the issuance shall be to change the color scheme and style of the registration plates in use prior to the beginning of the issuance in order to provide for greater contrast between the background of the plate and the lettering and to ensure that all plates are fully treated with a reflectorized material designed to increase their nighttime visibility and legibility. The color scheme and style of the new plates shall be selected by the Reflectorized License Plate Selection Commission. The markings on the plates shall be in accordance with specifications prescribed by the chief administrator.
For a period of six years commencing on the first day of the seventh month following enactment of this 1989 amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.1989, c.202 (C.39:3-33.9 et al.), the commission may charge in addition to an annual motor vehicle registration fee, an additional annual fee not to exceed $0.40 for the costs of the issuance of reflectorized motor vehicle registration plates in this State.
b. The chief administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) in order to effectuate the purposes of this act.
c. The chief administrator shall submit an annual progress report on the planning and implementation of the reflectorized motor vehicle registration plate phase-in program to the Governor and members of the Legislature with the first report to be submitted one year after enactment of this 1989 amendatory and supplementary act. The annual report submitted after the fourth year of implementation shall contain a recommendation as to the advisability and feasibility of a general recall of all plates of an earlier design that are still in use at the completion of the phase-in program. This report shall also contain the chief administrator's recommendation of a funding source for the ongoing costs associated with the continued issuance of reflectorized plates. The last report shall be submitted after the completion of the phase-in program.
L.1989, c.202, s.2; amended 2007, c.39, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-34 - Application for certificate or license during suspension, etc. prohibited

39:3-34. Application for certificate or license during suspension, etc. prohibited
39:3-34. No person whose registration certificate or driving privilege, including any privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle as defined in P.L.1990, c.103 (C.39:3-10.9 et al.), has been suspended or revoked, or who has been prohibited or disqualified from obtaining a driver's license or registration certificate, shall apply to the director for a registration certificate or license, or a learner's permit, as the case may be, during the period of the suspension, revocation, or prohibition. A person who violates this section shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than three months, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Amended 1942,c.313; 1945,c.222,s.1; 1990,c.103,s.30.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:3-35 - Lending or using registration certificate or plates on other vehicle prohibited; fine

39:3-35. Lending or using registration certificate or plates on other vehicle prohibited; fine
No person shall lend the registration certificate or registration plates for use on a motor vehicle other than the vehicle for which issued, or use the same for a motor vehicle other than the vehicle for which issued.
Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars.