75 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 13 - Registration Of Vehicles
Subchapter A. General Provisions
- Section 1301 - Registration And Certificate Of Title Required
(a) Driving unregistered vehicle prohibited.--No person shall drive or move and no owner or motor carrier shall knowingly permit to be driven or moved...
- Section 1302 - Vehicles Exempt From Registration
The following types of vehicles are exempt from registration: (1) Any vehicle used in conformance with the provisions of this chapter relating to dealers,...
- Section 1303 - Vehicles Of Nonresidents Exempt From Registration
(a) General rule.--A nonresident owner of any foreign vehicle may operate or permit the operation of the vehicle within this Commonwealth without registering the...
- Section 1304 - Registration Criteria
(a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, vehicles shall be registered for a flat fee. (b) Classification of vehicles.--The department may identify...
- Section 1305 - Application For Registration
(a) General rule.--Application for the registration of a vehicle shall be made to the department upon the appropriate form or forms furnished by the...
- Section 1306 - Grounds For Refusing Registration
The department shall refuse registration, renewal or transfer of registration when any of the following circumstances exists: (1) The applicant is not entitled to...
- Section 1307 - Period Of Registration
(a) Staggered renewal system to be established.--The department shall establish a system of staggered registration renewal in a manner that an approximately equal number...
- Section 1307.1 - Permanent Fleet Registration
The department may establish a system for issuing permanent registration cards and plates to the owner or lessee of a fleet of vehicles and...
- Section 1308 - Issuance Of Registration Card
(a) General rule.--The department, upon registering a vehicle, shall issue to the registrant a registration card which shall contain the registration number assigned to...
- Section 1309 - Renewal Of Registration
At least 60 days prior to the expiration of each registration, the department shall send to the registrant an application for renewal of registration....
- Section 1310 - Temporary Registration Cards
(a) General rule.--The department shall provide temporary registration cards for use pending issuance or transfer of permanent registration cards. Temporary registration cards and plates...
- Section 1310.1 - Temporary Registration Permits
(a) General rule.--A registration permit shall be issued to the registrant concurrent with the issuance of a temporary registration card and plate. (b) Content...
- Section 1311 - Registration Card To Be Signed And Exhibited On Demand
(a) Signing card.--Upon receiving the registration card or any duplicate, the registrant shall sign his name in the space provided. (b) Carrying and exhibiting...
- Section 1312 - Notice Of Change Of Name Or Address
Any person whose address is changed from the address named in the application for registration or on the registration card or whose name is...
- Section 1313 - Duplicate Registration Cards
(a) Additional cards upon request.--The department shall, if so requested, issue to the registrant of any vehicle whose registration is not under suspension a...
- Section 1314 - Transfer Of Registration
(a) General rule.--Registration and registration plates may be transferred to another vehicle owned or leased by the registrant, or to a vehicle owned or...
- Section 1315 - Operation Of Vehicle Following Death Of Owner
When the owner of a vehicle is deceased, the vehicle may be operated by or for any heir or personal representative of the decedent...
- Section 1316 - Department Records
The department shall maintain suitable records in a manner permitting identification of vehicles and owners, including: (1) All registrations and transfers of registrations issued....
- Section 1317 - Acknowledgment Of Littering Provisions
On every vehicle registration card, the following statement shall be printed immediately above or below the signature of the applicant: I hereby acknowledge this...
- Section 1318 - Duties Of Agents
(a) Verification of financial responsibility.--An agent of the Department of Transportation who is authorized to issue on behalf of the department a vehicle registration...
- Section 1319 - Duties Of Motor Carrier Vehicle Owners
(a) Currently valid certificate of inspection.--A motor carrier vehicle is required to have a currently valid certificate of inspection at the time that the...
- Section 1320 - Contributions To Veterans' Trust Fund
(a) Option.--Within one year of the effective date of this section, the department shall provide for all of the following: (1) Ability of an...
Subchapter B. Registration Plates
- Section 1331 - Issuance And Reissuance Of Registration Plates
(a) Department to provide plates.--Registration plates shall be provided by the department. (b) Information on plate.--Every registration plate shall have displayed upon it the...
- Section 1332 - Display Of Registration Plate
(a) General rule.--Every registration plate shall, at all times, be securely fastened to the vehicle to which it is assigned or on which its...
- Section 1333 - Lost, Stolen, Damaged Or Illegible Registration Plate
(a) Application for new plate.--The registrant of the vehicle shall within 48 hours of discovering the loss, theft or defacement apply to the department...
- Section 1334 - Return Of Registration Plate
(a) General rule.--Registration plates shall be returned to the department under the following circumstances: (1) A registration plate shall be returned if the registrant...
- Section 1334.1 - Seizure Of Registration Plate
A police officer or an employee of the department authorized to enforce the provisions of Chapter 49 (relating to size, weight and load) may...
- Section 1335 - Registration Plates For Manufacturers And Dealers
(a) General rule.--Upon posting of a bond in the amount of $20,000 and approval of an application in accordance with departmental regulations, the department...
- Section 1336 - Use Of Dealer Registration Plates
(a) General rule.--Dealer registration plates may be displayed on any vehicle which is owned or in the possession of a dealer or manufacturer and...
- Section 1336.1 - Use Of Multipurpose Dealer Registration Plates
(a) General rule.--Subject to the requirement that the vehicles on which multipurpose dealer registration plates are used, conform to or are lower than the...
- Section 1336.2 - Farm Equipment Dealer Registration Plates
Upon submission of an application accompanied by the appropriate fee and information on a farm equipment dealer that a truck or truck tractor with...
- Section 1337 - Use Of "Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle Business" Registration Plates
(a) General rule.--The department shall issue to owners of miscellaneous motor vehicle businesses with established places of business special registration plates which may be...
- Section 1337.1 - Fleet Owner Transporter Registration Plate
(a) General rule.--The department shall issue to fleet owners special registration plates which may be displayed on passenger cars, trucks, truck tractors and trailers...
- Section 1338 - Person With Disability Plate And Placard
(a) Person with disability plate.--On the application of any person who: (1) is blind; (2) does not have full use of an arm or...
- Section 1339 - Legislative Plate
Upon application by a member or retired member of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth or the Congress of the United States, the department...
- Section 1340 - Antique, Classic And Collectible Plates
(a) General rule.--Upon submission by a vehicle owner of information satisfactory to the department that a motorcycle or motor vehicle is an antique motorcycle...
- Section 1340.1 - Street Rod Plate
Upon submission by a vehicle owner of information satisfactory to the department that a motor vehicle is a street rod, accompanied by the appropriate...
- Section 1341 - Special Registration Plates
(a) General rule.--Upon request by the applicant, the department may issue registration plates consisting of any combination of numbers, letters or numbers and letters....
- Section 1341.1 - Personal Organization Registration Plates
(a) General rule.--The department may, upon application of any person and upon payment of the additional fee under this section, issue a personal organization...
- Section 1342 - Veteran Plates And Placard
(a) Severely disabled veteran plate.--On the application of a veteran whose service-connected disability is certified at 100% by the service unit of the armed...
- Section 1343 - Use Of School Bus Or School Vehicle Plates
(a) General rule.--A motor vehicle bearing school bus or school vehicle registration plates shall be used exclusively for the transportation of children and their...
- Section 1344 - Use Of Farm Vehicle Plates
(a) General rule.--A truck or truck tractor bearing farm vehicle registration plates shall be used exclusively upon a farm or farms owned or operated...
- Section 1344.1 - Use Of Farm Equipment Dealer Registration Plates
A truck or truck tractor bearing farm equipment dealer registration plates shall be used solely in the business of the dealer and operated exclusively...
- Section 1345 - Special Plates For Recipients Of The Medal Of Honor
Upon application of any person who is a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the department shall issue to such person a special registration...
- Section 1346 - Special Plates For Recipients Of Purple Heart
Upon application of any person who is a recipient of the Purple Heart, the department shall issue to such person a special registration plate...
- Section 1347 - Hearing Impaired Plates
On the application of any person with a hearing impairment, verified by a licensed physician and accompanied by the appropriate fee, the department shall...
- Section 1348 - Special Plates For Pearl Harbor Survivors
Upon application of any person who is a survivor of Pearl Harbor, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in addition to...
- Section 1349 - Circus Or Carnival Plates
Upon submission by a truck or truck tractor owner of information to the department that a truck or truck tractor is used exclusively for...
- Section 1350 - Special Plates For Veterans Of Korean War
Upon application of any person who is a veteran of the Korean War, accompanied by a fee of $20, which shall be in addition...
- Section 1350.1 - Special Plates For Recipients Of Korean Defense Service Medal
Upon application of any person who is a recipient of the Korean Defense Service Medal, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be...
- Section 1351 - Special Plates For Veterans Of Persian Gulf War
Upon application of any person who is a veteran of the Persian Gulf War, accompanied by a fee of $20, which shall be in...
- Section 1352 - Wild Resource Conservation Plate
The department, in consultation with the Wild Resource Conservation Board, shall design a special wild resource conservation registration plate. Upon application of any person,...
- Section 1352.1 - Appalachian Trail Organization Registration Plates
(a) General rule.--The department, in consultation with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, shall design a special Appalachian Trail organization registration plate. The plate, at a...
- Section 1353 - Preserve Our Heritage Registration Plate
The department, in consultation with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, shall design a special preserve our heritage registration plate. Upon receipt of an...
- Section 1353.1 - Pennsylvania Monument Registration Plate
(a) Design.--The department shall design a Pennsylvania monument registration plate which shall have a replica of the Pennsylvania Memorial Monument at the Gettysburg National...
- Section 1354 - Flagship Niagara Commemorative Registration Plate (Repealed)
§ 1354. Flagship Niagara commemorative registration plate (Repealed). 2013 Repeal. Section 1354 was repealed November 25, 2013, P.L.974, No.89, effective in 60 days.
- Section 1354.1 - United States Olympic Plate
(a) General rule.--The department, in consultation with the United States Olympic Committee or its designees, shall design a special United States Olympic registration plate,...
- Section 1355 - Zoological Plate
The department, in consultation with the Pennsylvania Zoological Council, shall design a special zoological registration plate. Upon application of any person, accompanied by a...
- Section 1355.1 - Pennsylvania Hunting Heritage Registration Plates
(a) General rule.--The department, in consultation with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, shall design a special Pennsylvania Hunting Heritage registration plate. The Pennsylvania Game Commission...
- Section 1356 - Special Plates For Recipients Of Expeditionary Forces Medal
Upon application of any person who is a recipient of the Expeditionary Forces Medal, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in...
- Section 1357 - Special Plates For World War II Veterans
Upon application of any person who is a veteran of World War II, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in addition...
- Section 1357.1 - Special Plates For Individuals In The Service Of The United States Merchant Marine
Upon application of any person who was in the service of the United States Merchant Marine during World War II, the Korean War, the...
- Section 1358 - Dare Plate (Repealed)
§ 1358. DARE plate (Repealed). 2014 Repeal. Section 1358 was repealed April 7, 2014, P.L.381, No.27, effective in 60 days.
- Section 1359 - Special Plates For Steelworkers
(a) General rule.--Upon application of any person who is a steelworker, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in addition to the...
- Section 1360 - Special Plates For Veterans Of Vietnam Conflict
Upon application of any person who is a veteran of the Vietnam Conflict as that term is defined for the awarding of the Vietnam...
- Section 1361 - Special Motorcycle Plates Related To Veterans
(a) Honorably discharged veterans.--Upon application of any person who is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States, or a...
- Section 1362 - Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans Plate
Upon application of any person who is a veteran of the liberation or occupation of Iraq, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall...
- Section 1363 - Operation Enduring Freedom Veterans Plate
Upon application of any person who is a veteran of the liberation or occupation of Afghanistan, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall...
- Section 1364 - Special Plates For Veterans
(a) Honorably discharged veterans.--Upon application of any person who is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States or a...
- Section 1365 - Gold Star Family Plate
(a) General rule.--Upon application of a family member of a person who was killed while serving on active duty in the military, accompanied by...
- Section 1366 - Special Plates For Recipients Of Silver Star
Upon application of any person who is a recipient of the Silver Star, accompanied by a fee of $10 which shall be in addition...
- Section 1366.1 - Special Plates For United States Military Airborne Units
(a) General rule.--Upon application of any person who is a veteran of or a member of a United States military airborne unit, accompanied by...
- Section 1367 - Special Plates For Recipients Of Bronze Star
Upon application of any person who is a recipient of the Bronze Star, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in addition...
- Section 1368 - Special Plates For Recipients Of Bronze Star For Valor
Upon application of any person who is a recipient of the Bronze Star for Valor, accompanied by a fee of $10 which shall be...
- Section 1369 - Special Plates For Recipients Of Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, Navy Cross Or Air Force Cross
Upon application of any person who is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, Navy Cross or Air Force Cross, accompanied...
- Section 1369.1 - Special Plates For Recipients Of Combat Action Badge, Combat Infantryman Badge, Combat Action Ribbon, Combat Action Medal Or Combat Medical Badge
Upon application of any person who is a recipient of the Combat Action Badge, Combat Infantryman Badge, Combat Action Ribbon, Combat Action Medal or...
- Section 1369.2 - Special "In God We Trust" Plates
Upon application of any person, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in addition to the annual registration fee, the department shall...
- Section 1370 - Report To General Assembly
No later than January 1, 2015, and on January 1 of every fifth year thereafter, the department shall report to the chairman and minority...
Subchapter C. Violations and Suspensions
Last modified: October 8, 2016