Section 18-1101. OFFENSES RELATED TO TITLE, REGISTRATION, AND IDENTIFICATION TAGS

1101.1No person shall lend to another person any temporary registration certificate, registration certificate, identification tag, or temporary identification tag issued to him or her if the person desiring to borrow the same would not be entitled to the use thereof, nor shall any person knowingly permit the use of any of these items by another person not entitled to them, nor shall any person display on a vehicle any temporary registration certificate, identification tag, or temporary identification tag not issued for that vehicle or not otherwise lawfully used on the vehicle under this title.

 

1101.2No person shall display in or on any motor vehicle any of the items or documents described in § 1104.4; Provided, that no person shall be liable under this subsection when such items or documents are displayed under the good faith belief that such items or documents are genuine.

 

1101.3REPEALED

 

1101.4No person shall operate or move, or permit the operation or moving of any vehicle displaying dealer's identification or dealer's transport identification tags for the transportation of merchandise for hire or passengers for hire.

 

1101.5No dealer's identification nor dealer's transport identification tag shall be used on vehicles used by a dealer for the transportation of merchandise or as service vehicles.

 

1101.6No dealer shall permit the operation of a vehicle bearing dealer's identification or dealer's transport identification tags assigned to him by a person who does not hold a valid operator's permit.

 

1101.7No dealer's identification nor dealer's transport identification tags shall be used for the purpose of evading the motor vehicle registration requirements for the District of Columbia.

 

1101.8No special use tag shall be used for any other purpose other than the purpose for which it was issued and shall not be used as a means of evading payment of registration fees due and payable on the date a motor vehicle or trailer was newly acquired by a purchaser.

 

authority

The Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles (Director), pursuant to the authority set forth in section 1825 of the Department of Motor Vehicles Establishment Act of 1998, effective March 26, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-175; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-904 (2009 Repl.); section 6 of the District of Columbia Traffic Act of 1925, approved March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1121; D.C. Official Code § 50-2201.03(2009 Repl.); Mayor’s Order 91-161, dated October 15, 1991; and Mayor’s Order 2007-168, dated July 23, 2007.

source

Regulation No. 72-13, effective June 30, 1972, 32 DCRR §§ 8.105-8.107 and 8.109, Special Edition; as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 9295 (October 28, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10342 (December 9, 2011).