12/15/16
by News Department on 12/15/16Vehicle Registration...
Vehicle registration stickers will be eliminated at the end of 2016 and to help law enforcement prepare for the provision of Act 89 of 2013, which eliminates vehicle registration stickers by 2017, PennDOT is proposing a grant program utilizing the savings from the elimination of the stickers to provide grants to law enforcement officers for the purchase and maintenance of license plate readers.
PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards said license plate reader technology allows a single law enforcement officer to quickly, accurately and reliably check the status of thousands of license plates on a single shift using information from PennDOT’s registration database to determine if there are expired registrations or lack of insurance for the vehicle.
Beginning January 1, 2017, customers who renew online will be able save a copy of and print a permanent registration card on demand. Future plans also include allowing customers to eventually upload their registration cards to their smart phones and eliminate the requirement to print a copy altogether.
The last registration sticker will be issued December 30, 2016.
Customers will still need to have their vehicles registered and inspected, but will not be required to display a registration sticker on their license plate after December 31, 2016.
