New York Consolidated Laws, Vehicle and Traffic Law - VAT § 2264. Display of registration number plate or plates

1. The registration number plate or plates assigned to a limited use vehicle shall be displayed on the vehicle at all times such vehicle is operated on the public highways in such manner as the commissioner may, be   1 regulation, prescribe.  One registration number plate shall be issued by the commissioner for a limited use motorcycle.  One or two registration number plates, as determined by the commissioner, shall be issued by the commissioner for a limited use automobile.  No number other than the registration number plate assigned to a limited use vehicle by the commissioner, or the identification number of the registration issued by another state shall be painted, attached or otherwise displayed on a limited use vehicle when such vehicle is being operated on a public highway.  Nothing herein shall prohibit the display of a vehicle identification number plate or number affixed by the manufacturer or his agent in accordance with section twenty-two hundred sixty-seven of this chapter.

2. Dealer demonstrator number plates shall conform to the requirements set forth in subdivision one of this section with the exception that such number plates may be temporarily but firmly affixed to the limited use vehicle being demonstrated or tested.

3. The use of dealer demonstrator number plates shall be subject to the provisions of sections four hundred fifteen and four hundred sixteen of this chapter.

4. No dealer shall permit a dealer demonstrator number plate to be used on any vehicle unless such vehicle would qualify for the issuance of such a number plate when registered.