1. A. Registration plates may be transferred to a newly acquired vehicle within the same classification provided:

   1. (1) (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
   2. (2) The registration and transfer fee as set forth in COMAR 11.11.05.04 is paid in full.

2. B. Registration plates may be transferred to a newly acquired vehicle outside of the same classification provided:

   1. (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;
   2. (2) The vehicle classification of the newly acquired vehicle is class A, E, or M;
   3. (3) The vehicle classification of the vehicle to which the plates are currently issued is class A, E, or M; and
   4. (4) The registration and transfer fee as set forth in COMAR 11.11.05.04 is paid in full.
3. C. 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.
4. D. 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.

Authority: Transportation Article, §§12-104(b), 13-410, 13-501, 13-502.1, and 13-503.1, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: February 15, 1973

Regulation .01 repealed effective September 16, 1991 (18:18 Md. R. 2006)

Regulation .02 amended effective February 17, 2014 (41:3 Md. R. 202); December 22, 2025 (52:25 Md. R. 1269)

Regulation .02A amended effective November 13, 2000 (27:22 Md. R. 2061)

Regulation .03 adopted effective August 3, 1981 (8:15 Md. R. 1310)

Regulation .03 repealed effective September 16, 1991 (18:18 Md. R. 2006)

Regulation .03 adopted effective February 17, 2014 (41:3 Md. R. 202)

Regulation .03 repealed effective December 22, 2025 (52:25 Md. R. 1269)

Regulation .03 adopted effective December 22, 2025 (52:25 Md. R. 1269)