Title VAT, Vehicle & Traffic

* § 404-u. Distinctive "keep kids drug free" license plates. 1. Any\nperson residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a\ndistinctive "keep kids drug free" license plate in support of youth drug\nprevention and treatment programs. Application for such license plate\ns…

* § 404-u. Distinctive "national multiple sclerosis society" license\nplates. 1. Any person residing in this state shall, upon request, be\nissued a distinctive license plate in support of multiple sclerosis\nresearch bearing the phrase "national multiple sclerosis society".\n 2…

* § 404-u. Distinctive gift of life license plates. 1. Any person\nresiding in this state shall upon request be issued a distinctive\nlicense plate bearing the words "Life Pass It On". Application for said\nlicense plates shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and\nde…

* § 404-u. Distinctive "Erie canal" license plates. 1. Any person\nresiding in this state shall, upon request, be issued a distinctive\n"Erie canal" license plate of a design approved by the commissioner.\nApplication for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner\n…

* § 404-v. Distinctive plates for water rescue team members. 1. Any\nmember of a water rescue team shall, upon request, be issued a license\nplate bearing the emblem and words "New York State" on the top of the\nlicense plate and "Water Rescue" on the bottom of the license plate…

* § 404-v. Distinctive plates for the United States Naval Armed Guard.\n1. Any member of the United States Naval Armed Guard residing in this\nstate shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing the words\n"United States Naval Armed Guard", or such other phrase as the\n…

* § 404-v. Distinctive plates for the arts and cultural institutions\nand museums. 1. Any person residing in this state shall, upon request,\nbe issued a distinctive New York state cultural institutions and museums\nlicense plate of a design approved by the commissioner. Applica…

* § 404-v. Distinctive plates for members of the Eighth Air Force\nHistorical Society. 1. Any member of the Eighth Air Force Historical\nSociety residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a license\nplate bearing the words "Eighth Air Force". Application for said lice…

* § 404-v. Issuance of distinctive "Discover Queens" license plates.\n1. Any person residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a\ndistinctive "Discover Queens" license plate. The design of such\ndistinctive plate shall be developed by the commissioner in cooperation\n…

* § 404-v. Distinctive autism awareness license plates. 1. Any person\nresiding in this state shall, upon request, be issued a distinctive\nlicense plate in support of autism awareness and research bearing the\nphrase "Autism Society of America" and any other phrases and design\…

* § 404-v. Distinctive "Love your library" plates. 1. Any person\nresiding in this state shall, upon request, be issued a distinctive\n"Love your library" license plate of a design approved by the\ncommissioner. Application for said license plate shall be filed with the\ncommiss…

* § 404-w. Distinctive plates for war on terror veterans. 1. Any war\non terror veteran residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued\na license plate bearing the words "War on Terror veteran". Application\nfor said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in s…

* § 404-w. Distinctive plates for Persian Gulf veterans. 1. Any\nPersian Gulf veteran or the spouse of any such veteran shall, upon\nrequest, be issued a license plate bearing the words "Persian Gulf\nVeteran". If a distinctive plate is issued to a veteran pursuant to this\nsect…

§ 404-x. Distinctive "Ducks Unlimited" license plates. 1. Any person\nresiding in this state shall, upon request, be issued a distinctive\nlicense plate bearing the name and logo of "Ducks Unlimited".\nApplication for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner\nin s…

* § 404-y. Distinctive plates for veterans of the Iraq War and\nveterans of the Afghanistan War. 1. Any veteran of the Iraq War or the\nAfghanistan War residing in this state or the spouse of any such veteran\nshall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing the words\n"Ve…

* § 404-y. Distinctive "Appalachian Trail" license plates. 1. Any\nperson residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a\ndistinctive license plate bearing the words "Appalachian Trail".\nApplication for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner\nin such f…

* § 404-y. Distinctive plates for members of the Kiwanis\nInternational. 1. Any member of Kiwanis International residing in this\nstate shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing the words\n"Kiwanis International". Application for such license plate shall be\nfiled w…

* § 404-y. Distinctive plates for conspicuous service cross\nrecipients. 1. Any conspicuous service cross recipient residing in this\nstate or the spouse of any such recipient shall, upon request, be issued\na license plate bearing the words "conspicuous service cross recipient"…

* § 404-y. Distinctive lupus awareness license plates. 1. Any person\nresiding in this state shall, upon request, be issued a distinctive\nlicense plate in support of lupus awareness and research bearing the\nphrase "Lupus Awareness". Application for said license plate shall be\…

* § 404-y. Distinctive sickle cell disease awareness license plates.\n1. Any person residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a\ndistinctive license plate in support of sickle cell disease awareness\nand research bearing the phrase "Sickle Cell Disease Awareness".\nA…

§ 404-z. Distinctive "Elks Association" license plates. 1. Any member\nof the New York state Elks association of the benevolent and protective\norder of the Elks residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued\na license plate bearing the words "Elks Association". Applicat…

§ 405. Authority to enter into agreements. The commissioner is\nauthorized and empowered to enter into a reciprocal agreement or\nagreements on behalf of this state with the duly authorized\nrepresentatives of any state of the United States, the District of\nColumbia, or a state…

§ 405-a. Application of article. The provisions of the succeeding\nsections of this article shall take effect when this state enters into\nan agreement pursuant to the authority granted in section four hundred\nfive of this article and shall remain in effect only so long as this…

§ 405-b. Administration of agreement. The commissioner may: 1. Accept\napplications for registrations, trip permits and any other document\nwhich he may be empowered to issue under any agreement authorized by\nsection four hundred five of this article;\n 2. Collect from any appl…

§ 405-c. Fees. 1. The schedules of annual registration fees set forth\nin section four hundred one of this chapter shall constitute the\nschedules of registration fees applicable to vehicles registered in\naccordance with the provisions of any agreement entered into pursuant to\…

§ 405-d. Registration period. The registration period for any vehicle\nregistered pursuant to this article shall take effect and expire on\ndates determined by the commissioner after consultation with appropriate\nrepresentatives of the commercial trucking industry in New York s…

§ 405-e. Effect of issuance. 1. Any vehicle for which a registration\nhas been validly issued by another jurisdiction which is a member of any\nagreement entered into pursuant to the authority granted in section four\nhundred five of this article and for which a cab card which i…

§ 405-f. Disposition of fees. 1. Except as otherwise herein provided\nthe provisions of section four hundred twenty-seven of this chapter\nshall not apply to any fee collected in accordance with the provisions\nof any agreement entered into pursuant to the authority granted in\n…

§ 405-g. Refunds. 1. The provisions of section four hundred\ntwenty-eight of this chapter shall not apply to refunds of fees paid in\naccordance with the provisions of any agreement entered into pursuant to\nauthority granted in section four hundred five of this article.\n 2. An…

§ 405-h. Effect on reciprocal recognition of registrations and other\nreciprocity or proration agreements. 1. The provisions of article\nfourteen-B of this chapter and of paragraph (b) of subdivision three of\nsection two hundred fifty of this chapter shall be applicable only wi…

§ 405-i. Regulatory authority. The commissioner is authorized to\npromulgate rules and regulations to implement the administration of any\nagreement entered into pursuant to the authority granted in section four\nhundred five of this article.\n

§ 406. Bus taxation proration agreement. The bus taxation proration\nagreement is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all\njurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as\nfollows:\n ARTICLE I. Purposes and Principles.\n Section 1. Purposes of Agreem…

§ 407. Administrator defined. As used in this agreement, with\nreference to this state, the term administrator shall mean the\ncommissioner of motor vehicles.\n

§ 408. Administration. The administrator of the agreement for this\nstate shall have the power to make such exemptions from the coverage of\nthe agreement as may be appropriate and to make such changes in methods\nfor the reporting of any information required to be furnished to …

§ 409. Notice of withdrawal. Unless otherwise provided in any statute\nwithdrawing this state from participation in the agreement, the governor\nshall be the officer to give notice of withdrawal therefrom.\n

§ 410. Registration of motorcycles; fees; renewals. 1. Registration by\nowners. No motorcycles shall be operated or driven upon the public\nhighways of this state without first being registered in accordance with\nthe provisions of this article, except as otherwise expressly pro…

§ 410-a. Motorcycle safety program. 1. The commissioner shall\nestablish and administer a motorcycle safety program which shall consist\nof approved motorcycle rider training courses, motorcycle course\ninstructor training, program promotion, and public awareness. Approved\nride…

§ 411. Distinctive number; form of number plates. 1. No person shall\noperate or drive a motorcycle on the public highways of this state\nunless such motorcycle shall have a distinctive number assigned to it by\nthe commissioner and a number plate issued by the commissioner with…

§ 411-a. Issuance of special number plates. 1. The commissioner may\nissue special number plates to applicants therefor in the same manner as\nother number plates are issued pursuant to this article. Such special\nnumber plates shall be issued only upon payment of an annual serv…

§ 411-b. Registration fee schedule for historical motorcycles. For\neach motorcycle which is owned and operated as an exhibition piece or\ncollectors item, and is used for participation in club activities,\nexhibit, tours, parades, occasional transportation and similar uses, but…

§ 412. Punishment for violation. The violation of any of the\nprovisions of section four hundred ten of this chapter shall be\npunishable by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred\ndollars, or by imprisonment for not more than fifteen days, or by both\nsuch fine…

§ 413. Reciprocity agreements for the recognition of the agricultural\ntruck registration class. The commissioner is authorized and empowered\nto enter into a reciprocal agreement or agreements on behalf of the\nstate with the duly authorized representatives of any state of the\…

§ 415. Registration of manufacturers, dealers, repairmen and others.\n1. Definitions. The following terms when used in this article, shall be\ndeemed to mean and include:\n a. "Dealer" means a person engaged in the business of buying, selling\nor dealing in motor vehicles, motor…

§ 415-a. Vehicle dismantlers and other persons engaged in the transfer\nor disposal of junk and salvage vehicles. 1. Definition and registration\nof vehicle dismantlers. A vehicle dismantler is any person who is\nengaged in the business of acquiring motor vehicles or trailers fo…

§ 415-b. Local regulation of vehicle dismantlers in cities having a\npopulation in excess of one million. The legislative body of any city\nhaving a population in excess of one million may, by local law:\n 1. provide for the licensing of vehicle dismantlers as defined in\nsubdiv…

§ 415-c. Sale of salvaged inflatable restraint systems; restrictions.\n1. On and after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, prior to\noffering any salvaged inflatable restraint system for sale such salvaged\ninflatable restraint system part indentification number and th…

§ 416. Limited use of dealer's, manufacturer's, and transporter's\nnumber plates by vendee or lessee. Upon the sale or lease of a motor\nvehicle or motorcycle the vendee or lessee shall be allowed to operate\nthe same upon the public highways for the period of five days after\nt…

§ 416-a. Bumper quality label requirements. 1. It shall be unlawful\nafter January first, nineteen hundred ninety-three for any manufacturer\nto sell or lease or to offer to sell or lease in this state for the\npurpose of registration in this state any new passenger type motor\n…

§ 416-b. Vehicle data recording devices. 1. A manufacturer of a new\nmotor vehicle sold or leased in this state, which is equipped with one\nor more recording devices commonly referred to as "event data recorders"\nincluding "sensing and diagnostic modules" shall disclose that f…

§ 417. Certificates by retail dealers on sales of second hand motor\nvehicles. Upon the sale or transfer of title by a retail dealer of any\nsecond hand motor vehicle, intended for use by the buyer, his agent or\nrepresentative upon the public highways, the vendor shall execute …