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 28 - International Registration Plan › Section 28.5 - Temporary evidence of apportioned registration

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) General. The department is aware that IRP
				  registrants in this State may find that in some emergency situations it may be
				  necessary to make changes in fleet registrations or to replace lost or stolen
				  IRP documents more rapidly than can be accomplished following routine
				  established procedures. The department will attempt to service these emergency
				  situations through the use of a procedure for the issuance of the Temporary
				  Evidence of Apportioned Registration. However, the use of such emergency
				  procedures will not be allowed to unduly interfere with the routine processing
				  of registration applications. Therefore, upon notice, the department may
				  eliminate specific registration changes from such Temporary Evidence of
				  Apportioned Registration procedure.
(b) Procedure for issuance of Temporary
				  Evidence of Apportioned Registration (TEAR).
(1) A registrant who has a fleet IRP
				  registered in this State, and is in good standing may apply to the
				  International Registration Bureau of the department to purchase one or more
				  TEARs. An established wire service may apply to the International Registration
				  Bureau of the department on behalf of the department. With respect to the
				  processing of TEARs, an established wire service shall act solely as a
				  transmitter of requests for issuance of TEARs and transmitter of issued TEARs
				  to qualified registrants.
(2) In
				  order to have an assigned TEAR issued, the following information must be
				  submitted to the International Registration Bureau of the department by
				  electronic means: the vehicle identification number of the vehicle for which
				  the TEAR is requested, the name and address of the registrant to which the TEAR
				  will be issued, the name and address of the established wire service, if the
				  request is being submitted by a registrant through an established wire service,
				  the fax number to which the issued TEAR is to be sent, and a copy of a properly
				  completed form provided by the commissioner for the transaction which is being
				  made.
(3) Upon receipt of request
				  for issuance of a TEAR, the department shall verify the information submitted
				  and that the registered or established wire service is eligible to have TEARs
				  issued. If it is appropriate to issue the TEAR, the transaction will be
				  partially processed by the department and an invoice produced. The department
				  shall then issue the TEAR and electronically transmit it to the fax number
				  provided. If the TEAR is transmitted to an established-wire service, that
				  service shall be responsible for delivery of the TEAR or a copy of the TEAR to
				  the registrant to whom the TEAR is being issued. The department shall then mail
				  the invoice to the registrant together with a list of any documentation which
				  may be required to be submitted. The documentation which is required is the
				  documentation that is necessary for the registration change that is being made
				  or is necessary for the replacement of IRP items as set forth in section
				  28.2 
				  of this Part. The amount which will be contained on the invoice will be the
				  total fee required for the registration change or replacement of IRP items and
				  a TEAR fee per vehicle, which fee shall not be refundable.
(4) The registrant to whom the TEAR has been
				  issued must submit all required documents and fees indicated on the invoice to
				  the International Registration Bureau of the department within 30 days from the
				  date the TEAR was processed. Upon receipt of proper documentation and fees, the
				  transaction processing will be completed and the appropriate IRP documents will
				  be produced by the department and mailed to the registrant. Failure of the
				  registrant to submit required documentation and fees within that 30-day period
				  will result in suspension of the registration of all vehicles for any fleet
				  registered in its name and may result in the inability of that registrant to
				  obtain TEARs in the future for any vehicle registered in its name.