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 21 - TEMPORARY INDICIA OF REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION › Section 21.2 - Temporary indicia of registration

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
Missing or mutilated registration plate(s).
When one or both registration number plates are missing or
					 mutilated, a motorist may operate or park the motor vehicle or trailer upon the
					 public highways before applying for, or while waiting for the issuance of, a
					 duplicate of such missing or mutilated plate(s), if the motorist places a
					 temporary substitute plate of cardboard or other durable material of the
					 approximate size of the missing plate(s) in the space(s) normally occupied by
					 each missing or mutilated registration plate, and provided all the requirements
					 of section
					 21.5  of
					 this Part are met. Temporary substitute plates shall be provided by the
					 motorist and shall be valid for a period not to exceed 15 days from the date of
					 loss or mutilation, but not beyond the expiration date of the registration. The
					 temporary plate(s) shall set forth, in a manner so as to be legible at a
					 distance of at least 50 feet: the words "New York", the registration plate
					 number and the date of loss or mutilation.
(b)
Missing or mutilated registration
				  sticker.
When a registration validating sticker is missing or
					 mutilated, a motorist may operate or park the motor vehicle upon the public
					 highways, before applying for, or while waiting for the issuance of, a
					 duplicate of such missing or mutilated registration sticker, if the motorist
					 attaches a piece of paper of a size not to obstruct the driver's vision in the
					 inside lower left hand corner of the windshield, and provided all the
					 requirements of section
					 21.5  of
					 this Part are met. Such temporary substitute registration sticker shall be
					 provided by the motorist and shall be valid for a period not to exceed 15 days
					 from the date of loss or mutilation, but not beyond the expiration date of the
					 registration. The temporary substitute registration sticker shall set forth, in
					 a legible manner, the name of the registrant, the year, make and color of the
					 vehicle, the date of expiration of the validating sticker and the date of loss
					 or mutilation.
(c)
New
				  or replaced official registration plates(s).
A motorist operating a motor vehicle registered by any
					 political subdivision or State agency eligible for official registration plates
					 may operate or park the motor vehicle or trailer upon the public highways after
					 the subdivision or agency has applied for, or is waiting for the issuance of,
					 an original or duplicate plate(s), if the motorist places a temporary
					 substitute plate issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles in the rear window,
					 and provided all the requirements of section
					 21.5  of
					 this Part are met. Such motorist must be able to produce the registration
					 document issued at the time of registration. Temporary substitute plates shall
					 be valid for a period not to exceed 30 days from the date
					 issued.