(Editor's Note: The act of November 25,
2013 (P. L. 974, No. 89) amended
75 Pa.C.S. §
1332(d) (relating to display
of registration plate) as follows: "Validating registration stickers shall not
be issued or required to be displayed." The amendment is effective December 31,
2016. As of December 31, 2016, this section is rendered null and void and the
Department will promulgate a regulation to formally rescind §
47.4).
(a)
Issuance.
The Department of Transportation will issue validating stickers upon renewal of
a vehicle registration or, if the vehicle registered had a temporary
registration, to indicate that registration has been completed and the
temporary registration status terminated.
(b)
Validating window
sticker. For specific geographic areas, the Secretary of the
Department (Secretary) may require or permit the display of a Department-issued
validating window sticker as an alternative to the standard validating sticker.
The Secretary will publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin notice
of the geographic areas where a validating window sticker is required or
permitted. See 30 Pa.B. 5496 (October 21, 2000).
(c)
Display. Validating
stickers shall be displayed as follows:
(1)
Location of validating stickers. Unless otherwise allowed by
this chapter, a validating sticker shall be affixed to the registration plate
of the vehicle for which it was issued in the space or indentation provided on
the registration plate.
(2)
Validating window sticker. Where a validating window sticker
is permitted or required by the Secretary, the sticker shall be affixed to the
inside of the driver's side bottom corner of the rear window. The printing on a
validating window sticker shall be clearly visible from the outside of the
vehicle.
(d)
Validity. A renewed registration may not be considered
validated for the new registration period until the appropriate sticker is
attached as provided by subsection (c). A temporary registration may not be
considered validated for a succeeding registration period until the appropriate
validating sticker has been attached as provided in subsection (c).
(e)
Exceptions. In
geographic areas where a validating window sticker is permitted or required,
the Secretary, by notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, may
provide an alternate location for display of a validating sticker on specific
types or classes of vehicles for which rear window display is impractical or
impossible.