Vehicle and Traffic Law § 404-v · Article 14. Registration of Motor Vehicles
Distinctive plates for the United States Naval Armed Guard
Text — Law content up to date as of October 30, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
* § 404-v. Distinctive plates for the United States Naval Armed Guard. 1. Any member of the United States Naval Armed Guard residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing the words "United States Naval Armed Guard", or such other phrase as the commissioner shall designate showing the registrant served in the United States Naval Armed Guard. Application for such license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
2. The distinctive plate authorized pursuant to this section shall be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant is a veteran who served in the United States Naval Armed Guard and who (1) was honorably discharged from such service, or (2) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article, provided, however, that an additional one-time service charge of ten dollars shall be charged for such plate. Provided, however, that one year after the effective date of this section funds in the amount of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be available, shall be allocated from such funds to the department to offset costs associated with the production of such license plates.
* NB There are 7 § 404-v's
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- Law content up to date as of October 30, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
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- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/VAT404-V%2A2
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- gen_ny_statutes.py 2026-11-10: the Senate's Open Legislation law tree (GET /api/3/laws/<ID>?full=true) read in document order; the Senate's PDF of the whole law (GET /pdf/laws/<ID>?full=true), read with PDFium, prints the same words in the same order
- The Senate's note "There are 7 § 404-v's": the Legislature enacted more than one unit under that number; each is printed.
- The Legislature enacted more than one section numbered 404-v; this is number 2 as the Senate prints them.
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