03-11-2021, 06:08 AM
I know you asked for US States, but should anyone be interested.
In Ireland your "registration plate" comes with the bike when new and stays with it for the life of the bike. It is merely an identification plate and is not something that has to be renewed or paid for ever again. When the bike is sold the state is informed of who the new owner is and that new owner gets a new registration document but the original plate stays with the bike. The plate has no value or expiry date and lasts as long as the bike lasts or until it is scrapped. Changing the bike to a new owner on sale is free of charge, the buyer and seller merely fill out the existing registration document and send it off in the post. The new owner gets a new vehicle registration document through the post. You never have to produce this document to any Policeman on the roadside to prove ownership. (some European Countries you do)
You must display a "Motor Tax Disc" which is an annual fee to use the roads. In Ireland it is fixed at €88 ($105 US). Then of course you need insurance cover, but you are not obliged to carry it as the police can scan your registration plate and a database will tell them if you have valid insurance (which is mandatory).
So, in short you must carry and display a tax disc but many policemen in Ireland let it slide as they can easily be stolen off a bike and they know this.
If you have a car you must not only carry, you must display your Motortax, Insurance and NCT (National Car Test) at all times in the windscreen and permanently. The NCT is an annual car inspection which motorcycles do not have to have in Ireland (unlike the UK)
As a Bike or Car driver you are also obliged to carry your driving license at all times.
Digital doesn't cut it for any of these requirements by the roadside.
In Ireland your "registration plate" comes with the bike when new and stays with it for the life of the bike. It is merely an identification plate and is not something that has to be renewed or paid for ever again. When the bike is sold the state is informed of who the new owner is and that new owner gets a new registration document but the original plate stays with the bike. The plate has no value or expiry date and lasts as long as the bike lasts or until it is scrapped. Changing the bike to a new owner on sale is free of charge, the buyer and seller merely fill out the existing registration document and send it off in the post. The new owner gets a new vehicle registration document through the post. You never have to produce this document to any Policeman on the roadside to prove ownership. (some European Countries you do)
You must display a "Motor Tax Disc" which is an annual fee to use the roads. In Ireland it is fixed at €88 ($105 US). Then of course you need insurance cover, but you are not obliged to carry it as the police can scan your registration plate and a database will tell them if you have valid insurance (which is mandatory).
So, in short you must carry and display a tax disc but many policemen in Ireland let it slide as they can easily be stolen off a bike and they know this.
If you have a car you must not only carry, you must display your Motortax, Insurance and NCT (National Car Test) at all times in the windscreen and permanently. The NCT is an annual car inspection which motorcycles do not have to have in Ireland (unlike the UK)
As a Bike or Car driver you are also obliged to carry your driving license at all times.
Digital doesn't cut it for any of these requirements by the roadside.