# Transportation (GTR)

## Title 13. Vehicle Laws -- Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles

### Subtitle 6. Special Registration Plates

#### Section 13-605

(a) The temporary registration of a vehicle under this part expires on the first to occur of:

  (1) Receipt of annual registration plates for the vehicle;

  (2) Rescission of the contract to buy the vehicle; or

  (3) Expiration of 60 days from the date the temporary plate was issued.

(b) The Administration may extend the temporary registration for a vehicle under this part for a period not to exceed 30 days if the Administration is satisfied that reasonable conditions exist to justify the granting of this extension.

(c) The person to whom a temporary registration plate has been issued for a vehicle shall destroy the temporary registration plate as soon as the temporary registration expires.

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Md. Code Ann., Transp. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)