Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 50, December 14, 2024
Section 53.5 - Registration cards for manufacturers, dealers and miscellaneous motor vehicle businesses(a)General rule. The Department, upon issuing manufacturer, dealer or miscellaneous motor vehicle business registration plates, will issue cards which will include the name and address of the registrant, the identification number assigned to the registrant, the expiration date of the registration and the number of the registration plates assigned.(b)Types of cards. Registrants will be furnished two types of registration cards: (1) A separate, original card for each registration plate, containing the name and address of the registrant, the identification number assigned to the registrant, the expiration date of the registration and the number of the plate.(2) A summary card in the form of a computer printout, containing the name and address of the registrant, the identification number assigned to the registrant, the registration plate number for each plate assigned to the registrant, and the expiration date of the registration. The registrant may make photocopies of this type of card which shall have the same force as the original card and may be exhibited, when required, in lieu of the original card.(c)Signature. Upon receiving the registration card or a duplicate thereof, the registrant shall sign his name in ink in the space provided.(d)Exhibition of card. One of the two types of registration cards for the registration plate being displayed on a vehicle shall be, at all times while the vehicle is being operated upon the highway, in the possession of the person driving or in control of the vehicle or carried in the vehicle and exhibited upon demand of a police officer.The provisions of this § 53.5 adopted May 25, 1984, effective 6/12/1984, 14 Pa.B. 1809; readopted May 26, 1989, effective 5/27/1989, 19 Pa.B. 2252.