§ 250. Exemption of non-resident owners and operators. 1. Except as\notherwise provided in subdivision three of this section, the provisions\nof this chapter relative to the registration and equipment of motor\nvehicles, motorcycles and trailers and the display of registration\nnumbers shall not apply to a motor vehicle, motorcycle or trailer owned\nby a non-resident of this state, provided that the owner thereof shall\nhave complied with the provisions of the law of the foreign country,\nstate, territory or federal district of his residence relative to\nregistration and equipment of such motor vehicle, motorcycle or trailer,\nas the case may be, and the display of registration numbers thereon, and\nshall conspicuously display his registration numbers as required\nthereby. However, except for a vehicle owned by a person who has\nobtained a waiver pursuant to the provisions of paragraph b of\nsubdivision three of this section, with respect to such vehicle, the\nprovisions of this subdivision shall be operative as to a motor vehicle,\nmotorcycle or trailer owned by a non-resident of this state only to the\nextent that under the laws of the foreign country, state, territory or\nfederal district of his residence like exemptions and privileges are\ngranted to motor vehicles, motorcycles and trailers duly registered\nunder the laws of and owned by residents of this state.\n A person, firm, association or corporation having a place of business\nin a foreign country, state, territory or federal district and owning a\nmotor vehicle, motorcycle or trailer used in connection with and garaged\nat such place of business which such owner is compelled to register in\nsuch foreign jurisdiction shall be deemed a resident of such foreign\njurisdiction and a non-resident of this state within the meaning of this\nsubdivision for the purpose of enjoying the privileges of this\nsubdivision with respect to such vehicle.\n In case a non-resident becomes a resident of this state, he shall be\nentitled for a period not exceeding thirty days from the date he becomes\na resident to the same exemption from registering his vehicles in this\nstate as he would have enjoyed had he remained a non-resident.\n 2. A person of the age of sixteen years and upwards who shall be a\nnonresident of this state, and a resident of a state, territory, federal\ndistrict or foreign country having laws, with which such person has\ncomplied, which require such person, in order to operate a motor vehicle\nor motorcycle therein, to be licensed, may operate or drive a motor\nvehicle or motorcycle on the public highways of this state without being\nso licensed under this chapter, provided, however, that the recognition\ngranted under this subdivision shall, with respect to a person under the\nage of eighteen years, only permit the operation of a motor vehicle or\nmotorcycle in this state in accordance with the same restrictions\nimposed upon New York residents operating or driving motor vehicles or\nmotorcycles with class DJ or MJ licenses under subdivision three of\nsection five hundred one of this chapter. A nonresident entitled to\noperate a motor vehicle or motorcycle as herein provided who shall\nbecome a resident of this state may operate or drive a motor vehicle or\nmotorcycle on the public highways of this state for a period not\nexceeding thirty days from the date he becomes a resident pending the\nobtaining of a license to operate such motor vehicle or motorcycle in\nthis state. The exemption granted in this subdivision shall not apply to\npersons whose privilege of operating a motor vehicle in this state, or\nwhose former license to drive in this state, has been suspended or\nrevoked, until such suspension or revocation has been terminated or\nprivilege of operating a motor vehicle restored.\n 3. (a) The exemptions provided in subdivisions one and four of this\nsection shall not apply to a motor vehicle, motorcycle or trailer, other\nthan a semitrailer drawn by a tr
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