N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 404-c: Distinctive plates for former prisoners of war

§ 404-c. Distinctive plates for former prisoners of war. 1. Any former

prisoner of war residing in this state or the spouse of any such former

prisoner of war shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing

the words "former prisoner of war". If a distinctive plate is issued to

a former prisoner of war pursuant to this section, additional

distinctive plates may be issued for every vehicle registered in the

name of the former prisoner of war residing in this state or the spouse

of such former prisoner of war. Application for said license plate shall

be filed with the commissioner in such form and detail as the

commissioner shall prescribe.

2. The distinctive plate authorized herein shall be issued upon proof,

satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant or the spouse of

the applicant is a former prisoner of war.

3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued

in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular

registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this chapter

provided, however, that no additional service charge shall be charged

for such plate.

4. The unremarried widow or widower of a former prisoner of war

married to such former prisoner at the time of his or her imprisonment

shall be included in the term "spouse" for the purposes of this section.

A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this subdivision shall be issued

in the same manner as other number plates upon the payment of the

regular registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this

chapter, provided, however, that no additional service charge shall be

charged for such plate.

5. Notwithstanding subdivision three of this section and the fees

prescribed or permitted by section four hundred one of this article,

there shall be no charge for the issuance of a number plate pursuant to

this section to a former prisoner of war, nor shall there be imposed an

additional service charge for the issuance of such a plate to such a

person. Furthermore, upon the issuance of a distinctive plate pursuant

to this section, such a former prisoner of war shall be exempt from the

payment of any fees relating to the registration or renewal thereof as

prescribed by section four hundred one of this article.