Title VAT, Vehicle & Traffic

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

§ 330. Commissioner to administer article; may require proof; court review. (a) The commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions of this article. (b) The commissioner is hereby authorized to adopt and enforce such regulations as may be necessary for the administratio…

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

§ 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. (a) The commissioner shall not suspend a license or registration of a motor vehicle, and shall restore any license or registration suspended following non-payment of a judgment, when the judgment debtor gives pro…

§ 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 the court where it has no clerk, shall, upon written request of the judgment creditor or his attorney, forward to the commissioner a certified copy of transcript of any judgment for damages, the rendering and …

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

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

§ 339. Owner may give proof for chauffeur or member of family. Whenever the commissioner determines that any person required to give proof or furnish security under this article, or under certain provisions of article three previously numbered article six-a of this chapter, as a…

§ 340. Surrender of license and evidences of registration. (a) Any person whose operator's or chauffeur's license or registration certificates or registration plates have been suspended as provided in this article and have not been reinstated shall immediately return every such …

§ 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 responsibility when required under this article may be given by the following alternate method; either by proof that a policy or policies of motor vehicle liability insurance have been obtained and are in full force an…

§ 343. Proof of financial responsibility by certificate showing motor vehicle liability policy obtained. (a) Proof of financial responsibility may be made by filing with the commissioner the written certificate of any insurance carrier duly authorized to do business in this stat…

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

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

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

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

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

§ 350. Money or securities deposited as proof of financial responsibility. (a) A person may give proof of financial responsibility by delivering to the commissioner one hundred fifty thousand dollars in cash, or securities, such as may legally be purchased by savings banks or fo…

§ 351. Person having given proof may substitute other proof. The commissioner shall cancel any bond or return any certificate of insurance, or the commissioner shall direct and the department of taxation and finance shall return any money or securities, to the person entitled th…

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

§ 353. When commissioner may release proof. The commissioner shall upon request consent to the cancellation of any bond or insurance policy or return to the person entitled thereto any money or securities, deposited pursuant to this article as proof of financial responsibility, …

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

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

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

§ 357. Failing to report convictions and judgments. Any person required to forward to the commissioner a record of a conviction or a judgment for damages as provided in section three hundred thirty-six, who wilfully fails or neglects to do so, shall be punished by a fine of not …

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

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

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

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

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

§ 363. 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 …

§ 364. Uniformity of interpretation. This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states, the District of Columbia, or territory or lands in continental United States under the exclusive jurisdiction of …

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

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

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

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

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

§ 371. Certificate of department of transportation in lieu of indemnity bonds or insurance policies. A person, firm, association or corporation subject to the provisions of the transportation law and required under the provisions of section three hundred seventy of this chapter …

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

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

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

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

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

§ 378. Additional safety requirements for commercial vehicles and vehicles transporting hazardous materials. 1. Motor vehicles and trailers operated pursuant to or requiring a certificate or permit for the transportation of property or hazardous materials from the interstate com…

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

§ 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 hundred sixty no hydraulic brake fluid shall be sold in this state for use in motor vehicles if such brake fluid shall be below the minimum standard of specifications established by the commissioner for heavy …