§ 13-410. Issuance of registration plates and validation tabs
West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportationEffective: October 1, 2017
Effective: October 1, 2017
MD Code, Transportation, § 13-410
§ 13-410. Issuance of registration plates and validation tabs
(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this title, when it registers a vehicle, the Administration shall issue to the owner:
(b)(1) Each registration plate shall display:
(c)(1) This subsection applies only to the following vehicles:
(2) At the option of the registered owner of a vehicle for which registration plates are issued under this title, in addition to the information otherwise required to be shown on the registration plates, the registration plates may display a sticker indicating the name of the county, including Baltimore City, in which the owner of the vehicle resides.
(d) Registration plates may be reflectorized and shall be manufactured of a material warranted to have a durability of at least 5 years. However, prior to registration plates being reflectorized, the Administration shall obtain approval of the General Assembly through a budget item.
(e)(1) During subsequent registration years, the Administrator may order the continued use of registration plates that are valid during any current registration year, and, after so doing, the Administrator shall issue, at the time a vehicle's registration is renewed, a validation tab to evidence payment of the vehicle's annual registration fee.
(3) The Administrator from time to time shall evaluate the condition of registration plates issued under this title and may provide for the manufacture and issuance of new registration plates. These new registration plates shall be issued and subsequently validated in the manner required by this subtitle.
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, the Administration may issue reflectorized registration plates under §§ 13-618 and 13-619 of this title.
(g) The dimensions of a registration plate issued for a Class D (motorcycle) vehicle shall be 7 inches wide by 4 inches high.
Credits
Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1978, c. 17, §§ 1, 2; Acts 1978, c. 521; Acts 1983, c. 357; Acts 1985, c. 516, §§ 1, 2; Acts 1990, c. 69, § 2; Acts 1990, c. 103; Acts 1991, c. 308; Acts 1993, c. 630; Acts 1994, c. 91, § 1, eff. April 12, 1994; Acts 2001, c. 522, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2001; Acts 2004, c. 25, § 1, eff. April 13, 2004; Acts 2008, c. 523, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008; Acts 2011, c. 65, § 1, eff. April 12, 2011; Acts 2015, c. 257, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Acts 2017, c. 758, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.
Formerly Art. 66 ½, § 3-410, 3-412, 3-415.
MD Code, Transportation, § 13-410, MD TRANS § 13-410
Current through legislation effective through April 25, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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