N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 504: Form of license

§ 504. Form of license. 1. (a) Every license or renewal thereof shall

contain a distinguishing mark and adequate space upon which an

anatomical gift, pursuant to section forty-three hundred ten of the

public health law, by the licensee shall be recorded and shall contain

such other information and shall be issued in such form as the

commissioner shall determine; provided, however, every license or

renewal thereof issued to a person under the age of twenty-one years

shall have prominently imprinted upon it the statement "UNDER 21 YEARS

OF AGE" in notably distinctive print or format; provided further,

however, every license or renewal thereof issued to a person making an

anatomical gift shall have prominently printed upon the front of such

license or renewal thereof the statement "ORGAN DONOR" in notably

distinctive print or format. The commissioner shall not require fees for

the issuance of such licenses or renewals thereof to persons under

twenty-one years of age or to persons making an anatomical gift which

are different from the fees required for the issuance of licenses or

renewals thereof to persons twenty-one years of age or over or to

persons not making an anatomical gift.

(a-1) Every license or renewal thereof issued to an applicant who was

a member of the armed forces of the United States and who (i) received

an honorable discharge or was released therefrom under honorable

conditions, or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section

one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other

than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a

discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans'

services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or

dishonorable from such service, shall, upon his or her request and

submission of proof as set forth herein, contain a distinguishing mark,

in such form as the commissioner shall determine, indicating that he or

she is a veteran. Such proof shall consist of a certificate of release

or discharge from active duty including but not limited to a DD Form 214

or other proof satisfactory to the commissioner. The commissioner shall

not require fees for the issuance of such licenses or renewals thereof

to persons requesting a veteran distinguishing mark which are different

from fees otherwise required; provided, however, that notwithstanding

the provisions of this section, the commissioner shall not require fees

for a duplication or amendment of a license prior to its renewal if such

duplication or amendment was solely for the purpose of adding a veteran

distinguishing mark to such license.

(b) The commissioner may by regulation provide that every driver's

license contain the photo image of the licensee. The learner's permit

may also contain the photo image of the permittee pursuant to

regulations established by the commissioner.

2. Whenever an applicant for a license has successfully met the

requirements for the issuance of a license, the license issued by the

commissioner may be a temporary license which shall be valid until the

license provided in subdivision one of this section is issued or until

forty-five days from the date such temporary license is issued,

whichever occurs first. The commissioner may in his discretion extend

the period of validity of such temporary license. Such temporary license

shall be in such form as the commissioner shall determine.

3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any photo image taken

as part of the application procedure for a learner's permit or an

original, duplicate, renewal or amended driver's license shall not be a

public record.