Title VAT, Vehicle & Traffic

§ 251. Exemption for members of the armed forces and their dependents.\n1. The provisions of this chapter relative to the registration of motor\nvehicles and motorcycles and the display of number plates shall not\napply to motor vehicles or motorcycles having registrations and\n…

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

§ 253. Service of summons on non-residents. 1. The use or operation by\na non-resident of a vehicle in this state, or the use or operation in\nthis state of a vehicle in the business of a non-resident, or the use or\noperation in this state of a vehicle owned by a non-resident i…

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 3000. Uniformity of interpretation. Titles one, seven and\nsucceeding titles shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate\ntheir general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which\nenact them.\n

§ 3001. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the vehicle and\ntraffic law.\n

§ 3002. Local laws, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations,\nadministrative code provisions and sanitary and health code provisions\ncontinued. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this\nsection, local laws, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations,\nadministrativ…

§ 3003. Reference to existing laws. The reference by any law, general\nor special or by any local law, ordinance, order, rule, regulation,\nadministrative code provision or sanitary or health code provision to\nany section of this chapter or of the highway law, penal law or\nins…

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

§ 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\naccidents. 1. The commissioner may require that a motor vehicle\nregistered in this state or elsewhere which is required to be inspected,\nbe re-inspected after it is involved in a property damage accident which\nis r…

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

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

§ 3011. Reference to highway law. The reference by any law, general\nor special, to any section of articles eleven or eleven-a of the highway\nlaw shall be deemed a reference to the corresponding section of the\nvehicle and traffic law as modified or changed by this chapter.\n

§ 3012. Existing licenses and registrations not affected. Subject to\nthe provisions of the vehicle and traffic law, hereby enacted, relative\nto revocation or suspension of operators' or chauffeurs' licenses or\nregistration of motor vehicles and motorcycles, this chapter shall…

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

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

§ 3015. Time to take effect. This chapter shall take effect October\nfirst, nineteen hundred sixty.\n

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

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

§ 304. Inspection and certificates of inspection. (a) No certificate\nor certificates of inspection shall be issued by an official inspection\nstation until the mechanisms and other equipment, as specified in\nsection three hundred one (c) of this chapter, of the motor vehicle\n…

§ 304-a. Certified inspectors. (a) The commissioner shall issue a\ncertificate to an individual authorizing such person to conduct\ninspections under this article. No person shall conduct an inspection\nunless that person is a certified inspector. The commissioner may\nestablish…

§ 305. Fees. (a) The fee for a certificate of inspection issued by the\ncommissioner, to be collected from the owner of an official inspection\nstation to whom issued, shall be as follows:\n * (1) The fee for a certificate representing that a safety inspection\nhas been performe…

§ 306. Enforcement. (a) The commissioner shall suspend or prohibit the\nrenewal of the registration of any motor vehicle for which a certificate\nor certificates of inspection has or have not been obtained as required\nby this article, or the regulations promulgated thereunder, …

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

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

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

§ 309. Legislative findings. 1. The legislature hereby finds and\ndeclares that the safety of the motoring public depends on a modern\nsystem of periodic motor vehicle inspection.\n 2. In nineteen hundred fifty-nine New York state recognized the need\nfor inspection of motor veh…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 312-a. Issuance and termination of liability insurance and\nmaintenance of records. * 1. Upon issuance of an owner's policy of\nliability insurance or other financial security required by this\nchapter, an insurer shall issue proof of insurance in accordance with\nthe regulati…

§ 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\nsecurities delivered to the commissioner as a financial security deposit\nshall be placed by the commissioner in the custody of the commissioner\nof taxation and finance and shall be subject to execution to sati…

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

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

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

§ 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\nstate, or an unregistered motor vehicle, who shall operate such motor\nvehicle or permit it to be operated in this state without having in full\nforce and effect the financial security required by the provisio…

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