New York Consolidated Laws, Vehicle and Traffic Law - VAT § 2267. Dealers and manufacturers

1. No person shall engage in the business of selling limited use vehicles unless there shall have been issued to him a dealer registration in accordance with section four hundred fifteen of this chapter.  The commissioner may, by regulation, provide for identification of dealers as dealers in limited use vehicles, and he shall make provision for the issuance of appropriate dealer demonstrator number plates to such dealers.

2. No dealer shall acquire any limited use vehicle for the purpose of resale for use on the public highways within this state unless such limited use vehicle has a vehicle identification number in a form and manner acceptable to the commissioner permanently affixed to the frame by the manufacturer or authorized agent of the manufacturer.

3. The commissioner may prescribe, by regulation, procedures to be followed by dealers with respect to record keeping and documents required upon the sale of a limited use vehicle, and procedures to be followed by manufacturers with respect to the assignment and affixing of vehicle identification numbers.