New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER
Subchapter B - Registration, Certificate of Title, and Number Plates
Part 18 - Abandoned Vehicles
Section 18.5 - Number plates and ownership documents

Universal Citation: 15 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 18.5

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024

(a) Number plates.

Local authorities shall remove and store number plates for 30 days, after which such plates must be destroyed or surrendered to the Department of Motor Vehicles. A list of all destroyed plates, with the name of the last owner of the vehicle, must be submitted monthly to the Department of Motor Vehicles, Division of Data Preparation and Control, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12228.

(b) Prior ownership documents.

If the registration, title or other ownership documents are in the possession of the local authority, such local authority must destroy them or surrender them to the Department of Motor Vehicles, except that a certificate of title must be surrendered with form MV-907A, if such form is used.

(c) Form MV-906A.

(1) Form MV-906A must be serially numbered and printed by the local authority.

(2) The form must be 73/8 long by 3¼ high (standard punchcard size).

(3) Format of Form MV-906A:
(i) Front.

SERIAL NUMBER

.............................................................................................

NAME OF LOCAL AUTHORITY

.............................................................................................

.............................................................................................

CERTIFICATION OF ABANDONED

.............................................................................................

.............................................................................................

VEHICLE ACQUISITION

.............................................................................................

___________________________________________

.............................................................................................

VEHICLE

.............................................................................................

YEAR MAKE

.............................................................................................

TYPE COLOR(S)

.............................................................................................

CONDITION

.............................................................................................

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (GOOD -- FAIR --POOR --SHELL)...........................................................

(VIN) ..............................................................................................

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

NAME AND ADDRESS OF OWNER

.............................................................................................

NAME AND ADDRESS OF

.............................................................................................

LIENHOLDER(S) (IF APPLICABLE) MV-906A.........................................................................

(ii) Reverse.

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OWNER NOTIFICATION(S) -

.............................................................................................

LIENHOLDER NOTIFICATION(S) -

.............................................................................................

.............................................................................................

DATE(S) - TIME(S) - BY

.............................................................................................

DATE(S) - TIME(S) - BY

.............................................................................................

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

I certify that the information on this form is..................................................................

correct and true..............................................................................................................

Signature........................................................................................................................

Title..................................................................................................................................

MV-906A

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