Title 75, VEHICLES

(a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, vehicles shall be registered for a flat fee. (b) Classification of vehicles.--The department may identify vehicles by type as to weight, design, loading, use, ownership or other significant characteristics for purpo…

(a) General rule.--Application for the registration of a vehicle shall be made to the department upon the appropriate form or forms furnished by the department. The application shall contain the full name and address of the owner or owners; the make, model, year and vehicle ident…

The department shall refuse registration, renewal or transfer of registration when any of the following circumstances exists: (1) The applicant is not entitled to registration under the provisions of this chapter. (2) The applicant has at registration or titling neglected or refu…

(a) Staggered renewal system to be established.--The department shall establish a system of staggered registration renewal in a manner that an approximately equal number of registrations will expire every month throughout the year. In order to implement and maintain the staggered…

The department may establish a system for issuing permanent registration cards and plates to the owner or lessee of a fleet of vehicles and may promulgate rules and regulations to implement the permanent registration system. The department may authorize permanently registered veh…

(a) General rule.--The department, upon registering a vehicle, shall issue to the registrant a registration card which shall contain the registration number assigned to the vehicle, the name and address of the registrant and the name of the owner, if other than the registrant, a …

At least 60 days prior to the expiration of each registration, the department shall send to the registrant an application for renewal of registration. Upon return of the application, accompanied by self-certification of financial responsibility and the applicable fee or fees, the…

The department shall establish a system of staggered apportioned registration renewal in a manner that apportioned registrations will expire in no less than four periods throughout the year. In order to implement and maintain the staggered apportioned registration system, the dep…

(a) General rule.--The department shall provide temporary registration cards for use pending issuance or transfer of permanent registration cards. Temporary registration cards and plates may be delivered to designated agents who shall have the authority to issue them in accordanc…

(a) General rule.--A registration permit shall be issued to the registrant concurrent with the issuance of a temporary registration card and plate. (b) Content of registration permit.--Every registration permit shall contain the following information: (1) The term "Pennsylvania" …

(a) Signing card.--Upon receiving the registration card or any duplicate, the registrant shall sign his name in the space provided. (b) Carrying and exhibiting card.--Every registration card shall, at all times while the vehicle is being operated upon a highway, be in the possess…

Any person whose address is changed from the address named in the application for registration or on the registration card or whose name is changed shall, within 15 days, notify the department in writing of the old and new address, or of such former and new names, and of the titl…

(a) Additional cards upon request.--The department shall, if so requested, issue to the registrant of any vehicle whose registration is not under suspension a duplicate registration card, or as many duplicate registration cards as requested, upon payment of the fee provided in th…

(a) General rule.--Registration and registration plates may be transferred to another vehicle owned or leased by the registrant, or to a vehicle owned or leased by the spouse, parent or child of the registrant. (b) Procedure for transfer.--In order to transfer registration and re…

When the owner of a vehicle is deceased, the vehicle may be operated by or for any heir or personal representative of the decedent for the remainder of the current registration period and throughout the next following registration period, provided that the registration is renewed…

The department shall maintain suitable records in a manner permitting identification of vehicles and owners, including: (1) All registrations and transfers of registrations issued. (2) All registrations and transfers of registrations denied and reasons for denial. Registrations a…

On every vehicle registration card, the following statement shall be printed immediately above or below the signature of the applicant: I hereby acknowledge this day that I have received notice of the provisions of section 3709 of the Vehicle Code. Also printed on the registratio…

(a) Verification of financial responsibility.--An agent of the Department of Transportation who is authorized to issue on behalf of the department a vehicle registration renewal or temporary registration shall be required to verify financial responsibility prior to issuance. (b) …

(a) Currently valid certificate of inspection.--A motor carrier vehicle is required to have a currently valid certificate of inspection at the time that the department renews the registration of the vehicle. (b) Audit.--The department shall establish an audit procedure to monitor…

(a) Option.--The department shall provide for all of the following: (1) Ability of an applicant for an original or renewal driver's license or identification card to make a contribution of $5 to the Veterans' Trust Fund. (2) Ability of an applicant for a renewal vehicle registrat…

(a) General rule.--Within one year of the effective date of this section, the department shall provide for all of the following: (1) Ability of a person renewing a driver's license or identification card electronically through the department's publicly accessible Internet website…

(a) General rule.--Within one year of the effective date of this section, the department shall provide for all of the following: (1) Ability of a person renewing a driver's license or identification card electronically through the department's publicly accessible Internet website…

(a) General rule.--Within one year of the effective date of this section, the department shall provide for all of the following: (1) Ability of a person renewing a driver's license or identification card electronically through the department's publicly accessible Internet website…

(a) General rule.--Within one year of the effective date of this section, the department shall provide for all of the following: (1) Ability of a person renewing a driver's license or identification card electronically through the department's publicly accessible Internet website…

(a) Department to provide plates.--Registration plates shall be provided by the department. (b) Information on plate.--Every registration plate shall have displayed upon it the identifying numbers or letters assigned to the vehicle, the name of the Commonwealth, which may be abbr…

(a) General rule.--Every registration plate shall, at all times, be securely fastened to the vehicle to which it is assigned or on which its use is authorized in accordance with regulations promulgated by the department. (a.1) Motorcycle registration plate.-- (1) A registration p…

(a) Application for new plate.--The registrant of the vehicle shall within 48 hours of discovering the loss, theft or defacement apply to the department for a new plate and report the loss or theft of a plate to the police. (b) Substitute registration.--Where the registration pla…

(a) General rule.--Registration plates shall be returned to the department under the following circumstances: (1) A registration plate shall be returned if the registrant no longer has a vehicle titled in this Commonwealth. (2) A legislative registration plate shall be returned o…

A police officer or an employee of the department authorized to enforce the provisions of Chapter 49 (relating to size, weight and load) may seize a registration plate that appears in departmental records as suspended, revoked, canceled, stolen, inactive or issued to a vehicle ot…

(a) General rule.--Upon posting of a bond in the amount of $20,000 and approval of an application in accordance with departmental regulations, the department shall issue to dealers and manufacturers who are licensed by the State Board of Vehicle Manufacturers, Dealers and Salespe…

(a) General rule.--Dealer registration plates may be displayed on any vehicle which is owned or in the possession of a dealer or manufacturer and such a vehicle may be operated upon the highway, but only if the vehicle is being held for sale and is being used for any of the follo…

(a) General rule.--Subject to the requirement that the vehicles on which multipurpose dealer registration plates are used, conform to or are lower than the weight limits for which the plates were purchased, the multipurpose dealer registration plates may be used on vehicles owned…

Upon submission of an application accompanied by the appropriate fee and information on a farm equipment dealer that a truck or truck tractor with a registered gross weight of 11,001 pounds or over is used solely in the business of the dealer, the department shall issue a farm eq…

(a) General rule.--The department shall issue to owners of miscellaneous motor vehicle businesses with established places of business special registration plates which may be displayed on vehicles operated on highways in lieu of registering each vehicle individually. Registration…

(a) General rule.--The department shall issue to fleet owners special registration plates which may be displayed on passenger cars, trucks, truck tractors and trailers owned or leased by the fleet owner in lieu of registering each vehicle individually. (b) Limitations on use of p…

(a) Person with disability plate.--On the application of any person who: (1) is blind; (2) does not have full use of an arm or both arms; (3) cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; (4) cannot walk without the use of, or assistance from, a brace, cane, crutch, another pers…

Upon application by a member or retired member of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth or the Congress of the United States, the department may issue special registration plates indicating that the vehicle is owned by a member or retired member of the Pennsylvania or United S…

(a) General rule.--Upon submission by a vehicle owner of information satisfactory to the department that a motorcycle or motor vehicle is an antique motorcycle or motor vehicle or classic motorcycle or motor vehicle or collectible motorcycle or motor vehicle, accompanied by the a…

Upon submission by a vehicle owner of information satisfactory to the department that a motor vehicle is a street rod, accompanied by the appropriate fee, the department shall issue special plates for the vehicle which shall have the same force and effect as regular registration …

(a) General rule.--Upon request by the applicant, the department may issue registration plates consisting of any combination of numbers, letters or numbers and letters. They shall have the same force and effect as regular registration plates. The department may refuse any combina…

(a) General rule.--The department may, upon application of any person and upon payment of the additional fee under this section, issue a personal organization registration plate to applicants for special registration plates authorized in this chapter. (b) Additional fee.-- (1) Th…

(a) Severely disabled veteran plate.--On the application of a veteran whose service-connected disability is certified at 100% by the service unit of the armed forces in which the veteran served or by the United States Veterans' Administration or who has a service-connected disabi…

(a) General rule.--A motor vehicle bearing school bus or school vehicle registration plates shall be used exclusively for the transportation of children and their chaperons to or from public, private, parochial or Sunday school or in connection with any public, private, parochial…

(a) General rule.--A truck or truck tractor bearing farm vehicle registration plates shall be used exclusively upon a farm or farms owned or operated by the registrant of the vehicle or upon highways between: (1) Parts of one such farm. (2) Such farms. (3) Such a farm or farms an…

A truck or truck tractor bearing farm equipment dealer registration plates shall be used solely in the business of the dealer and operated exclusively by the dealership or its employees only when the vehicle is used: (1) for delivering farm equipment to a farm for the purpose of …

Upon application of any person who is a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the department shall issue to such person a special registration plate designating the vehicle so licensed as belonging to a person who is a recipient of the Medal of Honor. The plate shall have a light blue…