ยง 403-b. Sales of special number or distinctive license plates by
certain dealers. 1. A dealer, retail dealer, new motor vehicle dealer or
qualified dealer holding a certificate of registration issued pursuant
to section four hundred fifteen of this title shall be authorized to
obtain or order special number or distinctive license plates for a
purchaser of a vehicle from such dealer in return for a processing fee
not to exceed five dollars. Such dealer shall not be required to secure
a license pursuant to section three hundred ninety-five of this chapter.
2. The commissioner is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and
regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section
including, but not limited to, the provision of a credit for number
plates or other interim or temporary plates issued in advance of the
receipt of the special number or distinctive plate, and the requirement
that dealers authorized by this section disclose the initial and annual
fees applicable to any special number and distinctive plates that are
ordered. The processing fee authorized in subdivision one of this
section shall apply only upon orders of special or distinctive plates
and shall be in addition to any other fee or fees authorized by
regulation and charged by such dealers for obtaining motor vehicle
registrations and/or titles.
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.