(a) Registration of motor carriers. — No person may operate, or cause to be operated, in this state any motor carrier subject to this article without first securing from the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles an identification marker for each motor carrier, except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) of this section. A person who operates, or causes to be operated, in this state more than one motor carrier may obtain an identification marker for each motor carrier: Provided, That such person may also obtain an additional number of identification markers equal to twenty-five percent of the total number of motor carriers in the person's fleet of motor carriers that require identification markers.
(1) Each identification marker for a particular motor carrier shall bear a number. This identification marker shall be displayed on the driver's side of the motor carrier as required by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles: Provided, That the identification markers issued under the authority of article fourteen-b of this chapter shall be displayed on the exterior portion of both sides of the motor carrier.