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New York has adopted Sec. 390.21 of the Federal Regulations.
Section 390.21 applies to intrastate and interstate operations when the vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating, gross combination weight rating, gross vehicle weight, or gross combination weight of 10,001 pounds or more, or is of any size transporting a placardable amount of hazardous materials.
Exception — Motor carriers who are duly licensed as NYSDMV Inspection/Repair facilities and dealers may operate a commercial motor vehicle that they do not own and that contains no cargo solely for the purpose of conducting a road test in furtherance of repairs to the commercial motor vehicle without having a USDOT registration.
Commercial motor vehicles operating in New York City are required to display their name and address on both sides of the vehicle in letters at least three inches high.
All commercial motor carriers (for-hire and private) operating interstate are subject to the marking requirements of 49 CFR 390.21 which requires all CMVs to display, on both sides of the power unit, the US DOT number and the legal name of the business entity that owns or controls the motor carrier operation, or the “doing business as” (DBA) name, as it appears on the Form MCS-150.
Any new or used commercial vehicles added to a motor carrier’s fleet must be identified with the US DOT number and single trade name before being put into service.
The regulations do not require the MC number or city/state to be displayed on the vehicle.