N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 2264: Display of registration number plate or plates

§ 2264. Display of registration number plate or plates. 1. The

registration number plate or plates assigned to a limited use vehicle

shall be displayed on the vehicle at all times such vehicle is operated

on the public highways in such manner as the commissioner may, be

regulation, prescribe. One registration number plate shall be issued by

the commissioner for a limited use motorcycle. One or two registration

number plates, as determined by the commissioner, shall be issued by the

commissioner for a limited use automobile. No number other than the

registration number plate assigned to a limited use vehicle by the

commissioner, or the identification number of the registration issued by

another state shall be painted, attached or otherwise displayed on a

limited use vehicle when such vehicle is being operated on a public

highway. Nothing herein shall prohibit the display of a vehicle

identification number plate or number affixed by the manufacturer or his

agent in accordance with section twenty-two hundred sixty-seven of this

chapter.

2. Dealer demonstrator number plates shall conform to the requirements

set forth in subdivision one of this section with the exception that

such number plates may be temporarily but firmly affixed to the limited

use vehicle being demonstrated or tested.

3. The use of dealer demonstrator number plates shall be subject to

the provisions of sections four hundred fifteen and four hundred sixteen

of this chapter.

4. No dealer shall permit a dealer demonstrator number plate to be

used on any vehicle unless such vehicle would qualify for the issuance

of such a number plate when registered.