Title VAT, Vehicle & Traffic

§ 251. Exemption for members of the armed forces and their dependents. 1. The provisions of this chapter relative to the registration of motor vehicles and motorcycles and the display of number plates shall not apply to motor vehicles or motorcycles having registrations and disp…

§ 252. Exemption of certain in-transit vehicle registrations. The provisions of this chapter relative to the registration of motor vehicles and motorcycles and the display of number plates shall not apply to motor vehicles or motorcycles having a temporary in-transit or transpor…

§ 253. Service of summons on non-residents. 1. The use or operation by a non-resident of a vehicle in this state, or the use or operation in this state of a vehicle in the business of a non-resident, or the use or operation in this state of a vehicle owned by a non-resident if s…

§ 254. Service of summons on residents who depart from state and on residents' executors or administrators who are nonresidents or who depart from state. The provisions of section two hundred fifty-three of this chapter shall also apply (a) to a resident who departs from the sta…

§ 260. Appeals board; functions. 1. Appeals board. The appeals board established pursuant to article two-A of this chapter shall also constitute the appeals board for the purposes of this article. 2. Functions. Each appeal filed pursuant to this article shall be reviewed by the …

§ 261. Right of appeal; time limitations; appeal procedures; fees. 1. Right of appeal. Whenever a license, certificate, permit or any privilege is denied, suspended or revoked by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter, except where such action is based upon a conviction as a …

§ 262. Stays pending appeal. The appeals board, or chairman thereof, upon the request of any person who has filed an appeal, may, in its discretion, grant a stay pending a determination of the appeal. Whenever a determination has not been made within thirty days after an appeal …

§ 263. Judicial review. No determination of the commissioner or a member of the department which is appealable under the provisions of this article shall be reviewed in any court unless an appeal has been filed and determined in accordance with this article. The determination of…

§ 300. Application of this title. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, this title shall be exclusively controlling: (a) On the use by motor vehicles of public highways, and (b) On the accessories used upon motor vehicles and motorcycles and their incidents. …

§ 3000. Uniformity of interpretation. Titles one, seven and succeeding titles shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact them.

§ 3001. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the vehicle and traffic law.

§ 3002. Local laws, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, administrative code provisions and sanitary and health code provisions continued. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, local laws, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, administrative co…

§ 3003. Reference to existing laws. The reference by any law, general or special or by any local law, ordinance, order, rule, regulation, administrative code provision or sanitary or health code provision to any section of this chapter or of the highway law, penal law or insuran…

§ 3004. Constitutionality. If any part or parts of this chapter shall be held to be unconstitutional, such unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this chapter. The legislature hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of t…

§ 301. Periodic inspection of all motor vehicles. (a) The commissioner\nshall require that every motor vehicle registered in this state be\ninspected once each year for safety, and at least biennially for\nemissions as provided for pursuant to paragraph two of subdivision (d)\no…

§ 301-a. Re-inspection of motor vehicles involved in certain accidents. 1. The commissioner may require that a motor vehicle registered in this state or elsewhere which is required to be inspected, be re-inspected after it is involved in a property damage accident which is requi…

§ 301-b. Heavy duty vehicle emissions. 1. It shall be a violation to operate a heavy duty vehicle which, when tested, exceeds emissions levels set forth in section 19-0320 of the environmental conservation law or regulations adopted thereunder. The following penalties shall appl…

§ 3010. Commissioner and bureau of motor vehicles continued. The repeal by this chapter of the vehicle and traffic law as heretofore in force and effect and the enactment of the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed or construed as operating to create a new office of co…

§ 3011. Reference to highway law. The reference by any law, general or special, to any section of articles eleven or eleven-a of the highway law shall be deemed a reference to the corresponding section of the vehicle and traffic law as modified or changed by this chapter.

§ 3012. Existing licenses and registrations not affected. Subject to the provisions of the vehicle and traffic law, hereby enacted, relative to revocation or suspension of operators' or chauffeurs' licenses or registration of motor vehicles and motorcycles, this chapter shall no…

§ 3013. Saving clauses. 1. Nothing contained in this chapter shall affect or impair any act done or right accruing, accrued or acquired, or any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to the time when this chapter shall take effect, under or by virtue of the provision o…

§ 3014. Laws repealed. Chapter fifty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-nine, entitled "An act relating to motor vehicles, motorcycles, and highway traffic, constituting chapter seventy-one of the consolidated laws," and all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental ther…

§ 3015. Time to take effect. This chapter shall take effect October first, nineteen hundred sixty.

§ 302. Powers and duties of the commissioner. (a) It shall be the duty of the commissioner to administer the provisions of this article. (b) The commissioner may authorize the acceptance of a certificate of inspection issued in another state having inspection requirements substa…

§ 303. Official inspection stations. (a) The commissioner is authorized to operate, enter into contracts with any person to operate, and license official inspection stations for the purpose of making the inspection prescribed by this article and for the purpose of issuing certif…

§ 304. Inspection and certificates of inspection. (a) No certificate or certificates of inspection shall be issued by an official inspection station until the mechanisms and other equipment, as specified in section three hundred one (c) of this chapter, of the motor vehicle insp…

§ 304-a. Certified inspectors. (a) The commissioner shall issue a certificate to an individual authorizing such person to conduct inspections under this article. No person shall conduct an inspection unless that person is a certified inspector. The commissioner may establish a c…

§ 305. Fees. (a) The fee for a certificate of inspection issued by the commissioner, to be collected from the owner of an official inspection station to whom issued, shall be as follows: * (1) The fee for a certificate representing that a safety inspection has been performed sha…

§ 306. Enforcement. (a) The commissioner shall suspend or prohibit the renewal of the registration of any motor vehicle for which a certificate or certificates of inspection has or have not been obtained as required by this article, or the regulations promulgated thereunder, or …

§ 307. Voluntary inspection. The owner of any motor vehicle, as defined in article one of this chapter, whose motor vehicle is not required to be inspected and certified pursuant to this article or who has previously complied therewith may, nevertheless, voluntarily comply with …

§ 308. Definitions. As used in this article the term "motor vehicle" shall include trailers and all vehicles included in the definition of the term "motor vehicle" contained in section one hundred twenty-five of this chapter except the following: 1. Road rollers, tractor cranes,…

§ 308-a. Mandatory reporting. If any motor vehicle is presented for inspection at a licensed official inspection station, and such vehicle has been altered, a vehicle commonly referred to as a "stretch limousine", so as to add seating capacity beyond that provided by the origina…

§ 309. Legislative findings. 1. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the safety of the motoring public depends on a modern system of periodic motor vehicle inspection. 2. In nineteen hundred fifty-nine New York state recognized the need for inspection of motor vehicles…

§ 309-a. Establishment of experimental motor vehicle inspection stations. The commissioner of motor vehicles is hereby directed to establish, maintain and/or conduct experimental motor vehicle inspection stations, by contract or pursuant to an appropriation made therefor, for th…

§ 309-b. Federal funds. The commissioner is hereby authorized to seek and obtain federal funds to establish, maintain and/or conduct such experimental motor vehicle inspection stations.

§ 309-c. Contracts. The commissioner may in his discretion enter into contracts with other outside agencies to provide testing devices, supply facilities, maintain and conduct experimental motor vehicle inspections under his direction and supervision.

§ 309-d. Fees. The schedule of fees charged by such an experimental motor vehicle inspection station for making the inspection required shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner, provided, however, that such fees shall provide sufficient revenue, either by themselves …

§ 309-e. Reports. The commissioner shall, not later than January first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight, submit to the governor and to the legislature a report on the operation and maintenance of such stations.

§ 310. Short title and declaration of purpose. (1) This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Motor Vehicle Financial Security Act." (2) Declaration of purpose. The legislature is concerned over the rising toll of motor vehicle accidents and the suffering and loss ther…

§ 311. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. The term "superintendent" shall mean the superintendent of financial services of this state. 2. The term "motor vehicle" shall be defined as in section one hundred twenty-five of this chapter, except that it shall also include trai…

§ 312. Registration of motor vehicles. 1. (a) No motor vehicle shall be registered in this state unless the application for such registration is accompanied by proof of financial security which shall be evidenced by proof of insurance or evidence of a financial security bond, a …

§ 312-a. Issuance and termination of liability insurance and maintenance of records. * 1. Upon issuance of an owner's policy of liability insurance or other financial security required by this chapter, an insurer shall issue proof of insurance in accordance with the regulations …

§ 313. Notice of termination. 1. (a) No contract of insurance for\nwhich a certificate of insurance has been filed with the commissioner\nshall be terminated by cancellation by the insurer until at least twenty\ndays after mailing to the named insured at the address shown on the…

§ 314. Acceptance of financial security deposits. 1. All moneys or securities delivered to the commissioner as a financial security deposit shall be placed by the commissioner in the custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance and shall be subject to execution to satisfy…

§ 315. Release of financial security bonds or deposits. 1. The commissioner, upon the surrender of the registration and number plates for a motor vehicle for which a financial security bond or deposit was accepted by the commissioner, shall permit the cancellation of any such bo…

§ 316. Self-insurers. The commissioner, in his discretion, may upon the application of a person having registered in his name in this state more than twenty-five motor vehicles, issue a certificate of self-insurance when he is reasonably satisfied that such person is possessed a…

§ 317. Expenses of administering article. 1. The total amount of expenses incurred in connection with the administration of this article shall be paid by all insurance carriers which issue policies or contracts of automobile bodily injury insurance risks subject to this article …

§ 318. Revocation of registrations, drivers' licenses and non-resident\nprivileges. 1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the\ncommissioner, upon receipt of evidence that proof of financial security\nfor any motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle or a motor ve…

§ 319. Penalties. 1. Any owner of a motor vehicle registered in this state, or an unregistered motor vehicle, who shall operate such motor vehicle or permit it to be operated in this state without having in full force and effect the financial security required by the provisions …

§ 320. Notice to other jurisdictions. The commissioner shall transmit a certified copy of any record of any conviction under this article or of any action taken pursuant to this article resulting in revocation of a non-resident's privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this stat…