Title VAT, Vehicle & Traffic

§ 321. Exceptions. 1. This article shall not apply to any motor\nvehicle for the operation of which security is required to be furnished\nunder section three hundred seventy of this chapter, including those for\nwhich a certificate is issued pursuant to section three hundred\nse…

§ 330. Commissioner to administer article; may require proof; court\nreview. (a) The commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions\nof this article.\n (b) The commissioner is hereby authorized to adopt and enforce such\nregulations as may be necessary for the administ…

§ 331. Proof required upon certain convictions. (a) Whenever the\ncommissioner, or other authorized person, under any law of this state\nsuspends or revokes the operator's or chauffeur's license of any person\nbecause of the conviction of such person, the commissioner shall also…

§ 332. Proof required in the event of certain judgments. (a) The\ncommissioner shall also suspend the operator's or chauffeur's license\nand any and all of the registration certificates and registration plates\nissued to any person upon receiving authenticated report as hereinaf…

§ 333. Payments sufficient to satisfy requirements of this article.\nEvery judgment herein referred to shall for the purpose of this article\nonly be deemed satisfied: (a) When twenty-five thousand dollars has been\ncredited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of t…

§ 334. Suspension waived upon payment of judgment in installments.\n(a) The commissioner shall not suspend a license or registration of a\nmotor vehicle, and shall restore any license or registration suspended\nfollowing non-payment of a judgment, when the judgment debtor gives\…

§ 335. Security and proof required following accident. (a) Not less\nthan ten days nor more than sixty days after receipt by him of the\nreport or notice of an accident which has resulted in bodily injury or\ndeath, or in damage to the property of any one person in excess of one…

§ 336. Duty of courts to report judgments. The clerk of the court, or\nthe court where it has no clerk, shall, upon written request of the\njudgment creditor or his attorney, forward to the commissioner a\ncertified copy of transcript of any judgment for damages, the rendering\n…

§ 337. Suspension, duration. (a) The suspension required in sections\nthree hundred thirty-two, three hundred thirty-four and three hundred\nthirty-five (e) shall remain in effect, the motor vehicle in any manner\ninvolved in such accident shall not be registered in the name of …

§ 338. Application to non-resident, other persons. (a) Whenever, by\nthe laws of this state, the commissioner has the power to suspend or\nrevoke a license if the operator or chauffeur were a resident, the\ncommissioner shall have similar power to suspend or revoke the license\n…

§ 339. Owner may give proof for chauffeur or member of family.\nWhenever the commissioner determines that any person required to give\nproof or furnish security under this article, or under certain\nprovisions of article three previously numbered article six-a of this\nchapter, …

§ 340. Surrender of license and evidences of registration. (a) Any\nperson whose operator's or chauffeur's license or registration\ncertificates or registration plates have been suspended as provided in\nthis article and have not been reinstated shall immediately return every\ns…

§ 341. Amount of proof required. Proof of financial responsibility\nshall mean proof of ability to respond in damages for liability\nthereafter incurred, arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of\na motor vehicle, in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars because\n…

§ 342. Alternate methods of giving proof. Proof of financial\nresponsibility when required under this article may be given by the\nfollowing alternate method; either by proof that a policy or policies of\nmotor vehicle liability insurance have been obtained and are in full\nforc…

§ 343. Proof of financial responsibility by certificate showing motor\nvehicle liability policy obtained. (a) Proof of financial responsibility\nmay be made by filing with the commissioner the written certificate of\nany insurance carrier duly authorized to do business in this s…

§ 344. Certificate furnished by non-resident. (a) The non-resident\nowner of a foreign vehicle may give proof of financial responsibility by\nfiling with the commissioner a written certificate or certificates of an\ninsurance carrier authorized to transact business in the state,…

§ 345. Motor vehicle liability policy. (a) A "motor vehicle liability\npolicy" as said term is used in this article shall mean an owner's or an\noperator's policy of liability insurance certified as provided in\nsection three hundred forty-three or section three hundred forty-fo…

§ 346. Proof of financial responsibility not required after February\nfirst, nineteen hundred fifty-seven. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, no person, on and after February first, nineteen\nhundred fifty-seven, shall be required to file or maintain proof of\nfinancia…

§ 348. Article not to affect other policies. (a) This article shall\nnot be held to apply to or affect policies of automobile insurance\nagainst liability which may now or hereafter be required by any other\nlaw of this state, and such policies, if endorsed to conform to the\nre…

§ 349. Filing a bond as proof of financial responsibility. (a) A\nperson required to give proof of financial responsibility may file with\nthe commissioner a bond meeting the requirements of this section.\n (b) Such bond shall be executed by the person giving such proof and by\n…

§ 350. Money or securities deposited as proof of financial\nresponsibility. (a) A person may give proof of financial responsibility\nby delivering to the commissioner one hundred fifty thousand dollars in\ncash, or securities, such as may legally be purchased by savings banks\no…

§ 351. Person having given proof may substitute other proof. The\ncommissioner shall cancel any bond or return any certificate of\ninsurance, or the commissioner shall direct and the department of\ntaxation and finance shall return any money or securities, to the person\nentitle…

§ 352. If proof fails commissioner may require other proof. Whenever\nany proof of financial responsibility filed by any person under the\nprovisions of this article no longer fulfills the purpose for which\nrequired, the commissioner shall, for the purpose of this article,\nreq…

§ 353. When commissioner may release proof. The commissioner shall\nupon request consent to the cancellation of any bond or insurance policy\nor return to the person entitled thereto any money or securities,\ndeposited pursuant to this article as proof of financial responsibilit…

§ 354. Commissioner to furnish operating record. The commissioner\nshall upon request furnish any insurance carrier or any person an\nabstract of the operating record of any person subject to the provisions\nof this article, which abstract shall include enumeration of any\nconvi…

§ 355. Operating without giving proof when proof required. Any person\nwhose operator's or chauffeur's license or registration certificate or\nother privilege to operate a motor vehicle has been suspended or\nrevoked, restoration thereof or the issuance of a new license or\nregi…

§ 356. Forging or without authority signing proof of financial\nresponsibility. Any person who shall forge, or without authority, sign\nany evidence of ability to respond in damages as required by the\ncommissioner in the administration of this article, and any non-resident\nwho…

§ 357. Failing to report convictions and judgments. Any person\nrequired to forward to the commissioner a record of a conviction or a\njudgment for damages as provided in section three hundred thirty-six,\nwho wilfully fails or neglects to do so, shall be punished by a fine of\n…

§ 358. Otherwise violating article. Any person who violates any\nprovision of this article for which another penalty is not prescribed by\nlaw shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ninety days or\nby a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or more than one thou…

§ 359. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this\narticle shall, for the purpose of this article, have the following\nmeanings: (a) The singular shall include the plural; the masculine shall\ninclude the feminine and neuter, as requisite.\n (b) Commissioner.…

§ 360. Exceptions. This article, except sections three hundred\nthirty-nine and three hundred fifty-nine, shall not apply to any motor\nvehicle for the operation of which security is required to be furnished\nunder section three hundred seventy of this chapter, including those f…

§ 361. Self-insurers. (a) This article, except sections three hundred\nthirty-nine and three hundred fifty-nine, shall not apply to any person\nhaving registered in his name in this state more than twenty-five motor\nvehicles if such person shall obtain from the commissioner a c…

§ 362. Article not to repeal other motor vehicle laws. This article\nshall in no respect be considered as a repeal of any of the provisions\nof this chapter (except article six) or of other laws relating to the\nregistration, numbering and regulation of motor vehicles; the licen…

§ 363. 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…

§ 364. Uniformity of interpretation. This article shall be so\ninterpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make\nuniform the law of those states, the District of Columbia, or territory\nor lands in continental United States under the exclusive jurisdiction\…

§ 365. Short title. This article may be cited as the New York motor\nvehicle safety-responsibility act.\n

§ 366. Past application of article. This article, except section three\nhundred thirty-nine thereof, shall not apply to any judgment in a civil\naction or cause of action arising out of an accident occurring prior to\nthe effective date of this article.\n

§ 367. This article does not prevent other process. This article shall\nnot be construed to prevent the plaintiff in any action at law from\nrelying for security upon the other processes provided by law.\n

§ 368. Constitutionality. If any part or parts of this article shall\nbe held unconstitutional, such unconstitutionality shall not affect the\nvalidity of the remaining parts of this article. The legislature hereby\ndeclares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this …

§ 370. Indemnity bonds or insurance policies; notice of accident. 1.\nEvery person, firm, association or corporation engaged in the business\nof carrying or transporting passengers for hire in any motor vehicle or\nmotorcycle, except street cars, and motor vehicles or motorcycle…

§ 371. Certificate of department of transportation in lieu of\nindemnity bonds or insurance policies. A person, firm, association or\ncorporation subject to the provisions of the transportation law and\nrequired under the provisions of section three hundred seventy of this\nchap…

§ 375. Equipment. 1. (a) Every motor vehicle, operated or driven upon\nthe public highways of the state, shall be provided with adequate brakes\nand steering mechanism in good working order and sufficient to control\nsuch vehicle at all times when the same is in use, and a suita…

§ 375-a. Prohibition against retaliatory action. 1. Definitions. For\npurposes of this section:\n (a) "Employee" means an individual who is a driver or operator of a\nmotor vehicle which has a registered maximum gross weight of eighteen\nthousand pounds or more and performs serv…

§ 376. Lamps, signaling devices and reflectors on vehicles. 1. (a) It\nshall be unlawful to operate, drive or park a vehicle, except a\nmotorcycle operated during the period from one-half hour before sunrise\nto one-half hour after sunset, on any public highway or street in this…

§ 376-a. Defective equipment. 1. If any vehicle is driven or operated\non a public highway in violation of any provision of section three\nhundred seventy-five, three hundred seventy-six or three hundred\neighty-one of this article relating to required equipment or its proper\nr…

§ 377. Vehicles engaged in the transportation of logs and other\nmaterials. 1. No vehicle which is designed or used for the purpose of\nhauling logs or other materials which by their very nature may shift or\nroll so as to be likely to fall from such vehicle, shall be operated o…

§ 378. Additional safety requirements for commercial vehicles and\nvehicles transporting hazardous materials. 1. Motor vehicles and\ntrailers operated pursuant to or requiring a certificate or permit for\nthe transportation of property or hazardous materials from the\ninterstate…

§ 380-a. Certain vehicles engaged in the transportation of loose\ncargo. 1. It shall be unlawful to operate on any public highway any\nopen truck or trailer being utilized for the transportation of any loose\nsubstances, unless said truck or trailer has a cover, tarpaulin or oth…

§ 381. Motorcycle equipment. 1. (a) Every motorcycle, driven upon the\npublic highways of this state, shall be provided with adequate brakes in\ngood working order and sufficient to control such motorcycle at all\ntimes, when the same is in use, a suitable and adequate bell, hor…

§ 382. Hydraulic brake fluid. 1. On and after January first, nineteen\nhundred sixty no hydraulic brake fluid shall be sold in this state for\nuse in motor vehicles if such brake fluid shall be below the minimum\nstandard of specifications established by the commissioner for hea…