D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 18, r. 18-505
The Director shall furnish to a registered new or used car dealer a supply of serially numbered temporary registration forms consisting of the following:
Temporary registration forms shall provide for the insertion of the date of issuance, the expiration date, and other information required by the Director on all three (3) parts of the forms.
For purposes of computing the period during which the temporary registration form shall be valid, the date of issuance shall not be included, and the date of expiration shall be included.
A new or used car dealer may issue a temporary registration form for a period not to exceed forty-five (45) days when an owner of vehicle identification tags acquires from that dealer a vehicle for which the owner has made application for a certificate and has requested a transfer of registration to the vehicle, as provided in § 416.
(REPEALED)
A dealer shall issue a temporary registration form for a period not to exceed five (5) days when the dealer has furnished a vehicle to a person for the purpose of demonstration or testing that vehicle and the vehicle will not be occupied by an employee of the dealer.
No dealer shall issue a temporary registration form in circumstances the effect of which would be to extend the limited periods of time prescribed in this section.
The Temporary Registration Certificate part of the form shall be securely attached facing out on the inside right lower area of the windshield while the vehicle is being operated under the authority of the certificate.
No dealer shall issue a temporary registration form as provided in § 505.4 unless he or she has received from the purchaser for delivery to the Director the items required by § 416 of this title and until all information is fully completed on the form.
Upon issuing a temporary registration form, the dealer shall deliver the Notice of Issuance part of the form to the Director not later than the next business day after the issuance.
The Director shall retain the Record of Issuance part of the temporary registration form for not less than three (3) years.
If, after the issuance of a Temporary Registration Certificate, it is found that, due to unusual circumstances, the card will be needed for use beyond the expiration date shown on the certificate, the new car dealer or used car dealer who issued the certificate may execute a written request to the Director for an extension of time.
The Director may, in his or her discretion, extend the expiration date to the date he or she determines necessary by placing upon the Temporary Registration Certificate the words "EXTENDED TO" and the date of the extension over the signature of the Director and the date of the signature. The certificate and the identification tags covered by it will then be valid for use until the extended date.
A dealer shall make a copy of the driver's license of any customer issued a Temporary Registration Certificate pursuant to § 505.6. The copy shall be submitted together with the Notice of Issuance as provided in § 505.10.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 18, r. 18-505