N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 401-a: In-transit permits

§ 401-a. In-transit permits. The owner of a vehicle intended to be

operated upon a public highway or street only for the purpose of

transporting the same to a jurisdiction, within this state or to any

other state, where the same is to be registered, may file with the

commissioner or any agent of the commissioner an application for

issuance of an in-transit permit for such vehicle. The application shall

be made on a form furnished by the commissioner for such purpose and

shall contain such information as the commissioner shall require. If

satisfied that the vehicle is to be operated as provided in this

section, the commissioner shall upon payment of a fee of twelve dollars

and fifty cents assign to such vehicle a distinctive number and issue

and deliver to the applicant an in-transit permit, valid for a period of

thirty days from the date of issuance, in such form as the commissioner

shall prescribe, indicating the extent to which the vehicle covered by

such permit may be operated on the public highways and such vehicle may

be operated only as so indicated. Notwithstanding any inconsistent

provision of this section, the difference collected between the fees set

forth in this paragraph in effect on and after September first, two

thousand nine and the fees set forth in this paragraph in effect prior

to such date shall be deposited to the credit of the dedicated highway

and bridge trust fund.

If an in-transit permit is issued by a county clerk, acting as agent

of the commissioner, such county clerk shall be entitled to the sum of

thirty-five cents for each such in-transit permit issued, which sum

shall be deducted before remitting the fee for such in-transit permit to

the commissioner.

The provisions of this chapter with respect to the issuance and

display of number plates shall not apply to vehicles operated only as

provided in this section, and which display the in-transit permit issued

by the commissioner.