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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 11.15.11.02" title_num="11" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="11" heading="Transfer of Registration Plates.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Registration plates may be transferred to a newly acquired vehicle within the same classification provided:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>(1) Except as provided in Transportation Article, §13-503.1(b)(5), Annotated Code of Maryland, the ownership of the newly acquired vehicle has not changed from the name in which the plates are currently issued; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The registration and transfer fee as set forth in COMAR 11.11.05.04 is paid in full.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Registration plates may be transferred to a newly acquired vehicle outside of the same classification provided:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except as provided in Transportation Article, §13-503.1(b)(5), Annotated Code of Maryland, the ownership of the newly acquired vehicle has not changed from the name in which the plates are currently issued;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The vehicle classification of the newly acquired vehicle is class A, E, or M;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The vehicle classification of the vehicle to which the plates are currently issued is class A, E, or M; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The registration and transfer fee as set forth in COMAR 11.11.05.04 is paid in full.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If registration plates are transferred and less than 12 months remain in the registration year, the Administration may renew the registration plates for 1 year in addition to the period remaining on the original registration term.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Substitute registration plates may be issued for unrecovered plates on an unrecovered stolen vehicle, provided the Administration has a record of the stolen vehicle. The substitute plates may then be transferred pursuant to this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>