2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 75 - VEHICLES
Chapter 13 - Registration of Vehicles
1333 - Lost, stolen, damaged or illegible registration plate.

     § 1333.  Lost, stolen, damaged or illegible registration plate.
        (a)  Application for new plate.--The registrant of the
     vehicle shall within 48 hours of discovering the loss, theft or
     defacement apply to the department for a new plate and report
     the loss or theft of a plate to the police.
        (b)  Substitute registration.--Where the registration plate
     has been lost or stolen and in any other case in which the
     department may deem it advisable, the original registration
     shall be cancelled and substitute registration issued under a
     new registration number other than that originally issued. Upon
     receipt of substitute registration, it shall be the duty of the
     registrant to return the old registration plates and card to the
     department, unless lost or destroyed.
        (b.1)  Illegible registration plate.--The department may
     reissue a registration plate upon request by a registrant when
     it is determined by an authorized representative of the
     department or law enforcement that the registration plate is
     illegible from a reasonable distance. The department may select
     the style of the reissued registration plate and, except in the
     case of personal registration plates issued under section 1341
     (relating to special registration plates generally), the
     registration plate number.
        (c)  Affidavit to avoid penalty.--No owner or operator of a
     vehicle shall be subject to a fine for the reason that the
     registration plate is missing if they have in their possession
     an affidavit that the plate was lost or stolen and that
     application for new plate or plates was made within 48 hours as
     required in this section.
     (Nov. 26, 2008, P.L.1658, No.133, eff. 60 days)

        2008 Amendment.  Act 133 added subsec. (b.1).