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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 11.15.16.02" title_num="11" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="16" heading="Display of Registration Cards, Temporary Authorization Certificates, Registration Plates, County Stickers and Validation Stickers.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Each registration card or temporary authorization certificate shall be carried:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In the vehicle to which it refers; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>By the individual driving or in control of the vehicle.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Registration Plates and Validation Stickers.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Registration plates shall be affixed to the vehicle as prescribed under Transportation Article, §13-411.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Except as provided under §B(3) of this regulation, validation stickers shall be displayed on the rear registration plate on or before the expiration date of the registration.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Validation stickers for Class F vehicles shall be displayed on the front registration plate.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Issuance.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Validation stickers or a temporary authorization certificate may be issued as evidence of payment of the annual registration fee of the vehicle.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Separate validation stickers may be issued to indicate the month of expiration and the year of expiration.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Upon subsequent renewals, a validation sticker for only the year of expiration may be issued.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A temporary authorization certificate may be issued pending issuance of a validation sticker for the registration year.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Administration shall provide for the manufacture and issuance of new registration plates, which:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall be issued and displayed in the manner specified by the Administration; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>May be validated as provided in §C of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>County Sticker.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The owner of a class vehicle specified in Transportation Article, §13-410, Annotated Code of Maryland, may display on a registration plate the name of the county in which the owner resides.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The owner of a vehicle may obtain a county sticker that is approved and offered by the Administration.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A county sticker shall be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Displayed on the rear registration plate in the manner specified by the Administration;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Issued only in the name of the county in which the vehicle owner resides; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Displayed only on the vehicle for which it was issued.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A county sticker may not be displayed on special or commemorative registration plates.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>