§ 305. Registration periods
(a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue registration certificates and number
plates upon initial registration, and registration certificates for each succeeding
renewal period of registration upon payment of the registration fee. Number plates
so issued will become void one year from the first day of the month following the
month of issue, unless a longer initial registration period is authorized by law or
unless this period is extended through renewal. Registrations issued for motor trucks
shall become void one year from the first day of the month following the month of
issue.
(b) The Commissioner shall issue a registration certificate and a number plate or number
plates for each motor vehicle owned by the State, which shall be valid for a period
of five years. Such motor vehicle shall be considered properly registered while the
issued number plate or number plates are attached to the motor vehicle. The Commissioner
may replace such number plate or number plates when in the Commissioner’s discretion
their condition requires.
(c) [Repealed.]
(d) When a registration for a motor vehicle, snowmobile, motorboat, or all-terrain vehicle
is processed electronically, a receipt shall be available electronically and for printing.
An electronic or printed receipt shall serve as a temporary registration for 10 days
after the date of the transaction. An electronic receipt may be shown to an enforcement
officer using a portable electronic device. Use of a portable electronic device to
display the receipt does not in itself constitute consent for an officer to access
other contents of the device. (Amended 1961, No. 54, § 3, eff. April 1, 1962; 1965, No. 70, § 2; 1967, No. 129, § 3; 1969, No. 259 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1971, No. 150 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1973; 1977, No. 85, §§ 2, 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; 1979, No. 34, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1979; 1985, No. 124 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1987, No. 111, § 10; 1993, No. 9, § 1, eff. Feb. 1, 1994; 1995, No. 112 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1997, No. 39, § 2; 2001, No. 75 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2009, No. 50, § 112; 2009, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 2011, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2013, No. 57, § 5; 2013, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2017, No. 71, § 4; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 142; 2023, No. 41, § 4, eff. November 1, 2023.)