ยง 403-a. Temporary indicia of registration. The commissioner may
promulgate regulations to provide for temporary indicia of registration
which shall permit a person to operate or park a motor vehicle or
trailer on the public highways of this state without number plates
issued by the commissioner or validating stickers for a period not to
exceed fifteen days when the number plate or plates or validating
sticker for such motor vehicle or trailer has been lost, stolen,
mutilated or destroyed. Such regulations may provide for the charging of
a fee of not more than three dollars for any issuance of temporary
indicia of registration. Any person who operates or parks a motor
vehicle or trailer on the public highways of this state, which motor
vehicle or trailer is in fact validly registered pursuant to the
provisions of section four hundred one or four hundred ten of this
chapter, without a number plate or plates or validating sticker, and who
has complied with any such regulations promulgated by the commissioner
under this section shall not be deemed to be operating or parking a
motor vehicle or trailer in violation of subdivision one or three of
section four hundred two or section four hundred three of this chapter.
Falsifying any temporary indicia of registration prescribed by any
regulation of the commissioner issued pursuant to this section shall be
a traffic infraction.
Structure New York Laws
Title 4 - Registration of Vehicles
Article 14 - Registration of Motor Vehicles
401 - Registration of Motor Vehicles; Fees; Renewals.
401-B - Registration of Tow Trucks.
402 - Distinctive Number; Form of Number Plates; Trailers.
402-A - Facsimile License Plates.
403 - Number Plates Continued.
403-A - Temporary Indicia of Registration.
403-B - Sales of Certain Number or Distinctive License Plates by Certain Dealers.
404 - Issuance of Special Number Plates.
404-A - Registration of Motor Vehicles of Severely Disabled Persons.
404-B - Distinctive Plates for Volunteer Firefighters.
404-C - Distinctive Plates for Former Prisoners of War.
404-D - Distinctive Plates for Members of the Organized Militia and Reserve.
404-E - Distinctive Plates for Purple Heart Recipients.
404-F - Distinctive Plates for Members of Volunteer Ambulance Services.
404-G - Distinctive Plates Bearing the Words "Birthplace of Baseball".
404-H - Distinctive Plates for Members of the Jewish War Veterans of America.
404-I - Distinctive Plates for Gold Star Mothers.
404-K - Distinctive Plates for Marine Corps League Members.
404-L - Distinctive Regional Design Plates.
404-M - Distinctive License Plates Commemorating the World University Games.
404-N - Issuance of Distinctive Conservation Plates.
404-O - Distinctive "Olympic Spirit" License Plates.
404-OO - Deposit of Service Charges for Distinctive License Plates.
404-P - Distinctive "Animal Population Control Fund" License Plates.
404-P*2 - Distinctive Plates for Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients.
404-Q - Distinctive "Drive for the Cure" License Plates.
404-Q*2 - Distinctive Plates for the Council on the Arts.
404-R - Distinctive "Foreign Organization" License Plates.
404-S - Issuance of Distinctive "I Love New York" Plates.
404-S*2 - Issuance of Distinctive Plates for Agriculture.
404-S*3 - Distinctive "Drive Out Diabetes" License Plates.
404-S*4 - Distinctive Plates for the Saratoga National Cemetery Honor Guard Association.
404-T - Distinctive Marine and Coastal District of New York License Plates.
404-T*2 - Distinctive Conserve Habitat License Plates.
404-T*3 - Distinctive "Peace at Home" License Plates.
404-U - Distinctive "Keep Kids Drug Free" License Plates.
404-U*2 - Distinctive "National Multiple Sclerosis Society" License Plates.
404-U*3 - Distinctive Gift of Life License Plates.
404-U*4 - Distinctive "Erie Canal" License Plates.
404-V - Distinctive Plates for Water Rescue Team Members.
404-V*2 - Distinctive Plates for the United States Naval Armed Guard.
404-V*3 - Distinctive Plates for the Arts and Cultural Institutions and Museums.
404-V*4 - Distinctive Plates for Members of the Eighth Air Force Historical Society.
404-V*5 - Issuance of Distinctive "Discover Queens" License Plates.
404-V*6 - Distinctive Autism Awareness License Plates.
404-V*7 - Distinctive "Love Your Library" Plates.
404-W - Distinctive Plates for War on Terror Veterans.
404-W*2 - Distinctive Plates for Persian Gulf Veterans.
404-X - Distinctive "Ducks Unlimited" License Plates.
404-Y - Distinctive Plates for Veterans of the Iraq War and Veterans of the Afghanistan War.
404-Y*2 - Distinctive "Appalachian Trail" License Plates.
404-Y*3 - Distinctive Plates for Members of the Kiwanis International.
404-Y*4 - Distinctive Plates for Conspicuous Service Cross Recipients.
404-Y*5 - Distinctive Lupus Awareness License Plates.
404-Y*6 - Distinctive Sickle Cell Disease Awareness License Plates.
404-Z - Distinctive "Elks Association" License Plates.
404-AA - Distinctive Plates for Members of the Catholic War Veterans of America.
404-BB - Distinctive Cystic Fibrosis Foundation License Plates.
404-CC - Distinctive "Cure Chilhood Cancer" Plates.
404-DD - Distinctive Plates for Members of Amvets.
404-DD*2 - Mental Illness Anti-Stigma License Plates.
404-EE - Distinctive "West Indian American Day Carnival" License Plates.
404-EE*2 - Distinctive Down's Syndrome Awareness License Plates.
404-EE*3 - Distinctive "September Eleventh, Two Thousand One Remembrance" License Plates.
404-EE*4 - Distinctive "Jamaican Bobsled Team" Number Plates.