New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter B - Registration, Certificate of Title, and Number Plates › Part 17 - Number Plates › Section 17.4 - Placement of number plates and validating sticker

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) One number plate shall be issued for
				  motorcycles, motorcycle dealers and trailers and it shall be placed on the rear
				  of the vehicle. Validating stickers issued for use on motorcycle and motorcycle
				  dealer number plates shall be placed on the right side of such plate in the
				  location provided. Validating stickers issued for use on trailer number plates
				  shall be placed in the lower right-hand corner of such plate.
(b) Validating stickers issued for use on
				  number plates issued for tractors shall be placed in the lower right-hand
				  corner of the number plate attached to the front of the tractor, except upon
				  the renewal of any such registrations which expire after September 30, 1972,
				  and upon the original issuance of any such registration for any registration
				  period commencing on and after November 1, 1972, the validating sticker which
				  will be issued shall be a windshield sticker which will be placed on the
				  vehicle as prescribed in subdivision (d) of this section.
(c) Validating stickers issued for use on all
				  other plates shall be placed in the lower right-hand corner of the number plate
				  attached to the rear of the vehicle, unless otherwise provided by these
				  regulations, upon the renewal of any such registration which expires after
				  September 30, 1972 and upon the original issuance of any such registration for
				  any registration period commencing on and after November 1, 1972, except those
				  registrations which expire on December 31, 1972, the validating sticker which
				  will be issued will be a windshield sticker which will be placed on the vehicle
				  as prescribed in subdivision (d) of this section.
(d) Windshield stickers shall be placed on
				  the left-hand side of the inside front windshield to the right of the
				  inspection sticker as viewed from the driver's seat in a position that will not
				  obscure the vehicle identification number, except that on vehicles bearing a
				  Department of Transportation inspection sticker, the windshield sticker shall
				  be placed on the right-hand side of the inside front windshield to the left of
				  the inspection sticker as viewed from the driver's seat. Any old or expired
				  windshield stickers shall be removed before placement of a current validating
				  sticker on the windshield. However, if a vehicle has no windshield, the sticker
				  should be kept with the registration certificate and must be carried in the
				  vehicle.
(e) No windshield sticker
				  shall be required on a motor vehicle which would qualify for historical
				  registration and which is not registered, but which displays a set of
				  registration number plates issued for a historical motor vehicle under section 401 (7)(g)  of the Vehicle
				  and Traffic Law, while such motor vehicle is being operated for the purpose of
				  test driving by the registrant or his agent in anticipation of possible
				  purchase.