2255 - Temporary registration.

§ 2255. Temporary registration. A temporary registration may be issued  by a dealer registered in accordance with the provisions of this article  to  the  purchaser  of  a  vessel sold by the dealer provided the dealer  makes application on behalf  of  the  owner  for  a  registration  under  section  twenty-two hundred fifty-one of this article no later than five  calendar days after the issuance of  the  temporary  registration.  Such  temporary  registration shall be valid, if issued and used in accordance  with regulations promulgated by the commissioner, for the  operation  of  the  vessel  for  which  it  is issued for thirty days after the date of  issuance.  Such  temporary  registration  may   be   extended   by   the  commissioner  for  an  additional  thirty  days.  The commissioner shall  provide registered boat dealers with documents and forms to be  used  in  the issuance of such temporary registrations.