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N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 511-C Seizure and forfeiture of vehicles used in the unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle under certain circumstances
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§ 511-c. Seizure and forfeiture of vehicles used in the unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle under certain circumstances. 1. For purposes of this section: (a) The term "owner" shall mean an owner as defined in section one hundred twenty-eight and in subdivision three of secti…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 511-D Aggravated failure to answer appearance tickets or pay fines imposed
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§ 511-d. Aggravated failure to answer appearance tickets or pay fines imposed. 1. A person is guilty of the offense of aggravated failure to answer appearance tickets or pay fines imposed when such person has in effect twenty or more suspensions, imposed on at least twenty separ…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 512 Operation while registration or privilege is suspended or revoked
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§ 512. Operation while registration or privilege is suspended or revoked. Any person who operates any motor vehicle upon a public highway while the certificate of registration of such motor vehicle or privilege of operation of such motor vehicle in this state or privilege of obt…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 513 Certificate of magistrate
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§ 513. Certificate of magistrate. (a) Upon the suspension or revocation of any license or certificate of registration for any reason specified in sections five hundred ten and eleven hundred ninety-three of this chapter as a ground for such suspension or revocation, the magistra…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 514 Certifying convictions, forfeitures and nonappearances to the commissioner and recording convictions
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§ 514. Certifying convictions, forfeitures and nonappearances to the commissioner and recording convictions. 1. (a) Upon a judgment of conviction of any person of (a) homicide or assault arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle, (b) criminally negligent homicide arising o…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 514-A Notification of convictions, suspensions, revocations, cancellations and disqualifications by commercial motor vehicle operators
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§ 514-a. Notification of convictions, suspensions, revocations, cancellations and disqualifications by commercial motor vehicle operators. 1. Each person who operates a commercial motor vehicle for a New York state employer who is convicted of violating within or outside of this…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 514-B Certification of convictions, suspensions, revocations and disqualifications
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§ 514-b. Certification of convictions, suspensions, revocations and disqualifications. Whenever the commissioner receives information relating to a conviction or notice of a suspension, revocation, cancellations and disqualifications of a license or disqualification from operati…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 514-C Notification of non-resident commercial operator convictions
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§ 514-c. Notification of non-resident commercial operator convictions. Within ten days of the conviction of: (a) any holder of a commercial learner's permit or a commercial driver's license issued by another state for any violation of state or local law regulating traffic, other…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 515 Alteration of convictions endorsed on licenses
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§ 515. Alteration of convictions endorsed on licenses. No person shall wilfully erase or otherwise make illegible, the record of a conviction which has been endorsed on a license pursuant to the provisions of section five hundred fourteen.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 516 Driver license compact
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§ 516. Driver license compact. 1. The driver license compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions joining therein in the form substantially as follows: DRIVER LICENSE COMPACT ARTICLE I FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY (a) The party states fi…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 516-A Reciprocal driver license agreements with provinces of Canada
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§ 516-a. Reciprocal driver license agreements with provinces of Canada. The commissioner may execute a reciprocal compact or agreement not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter with the motor vehicle administrator or other authorized official of any province of Canada…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 516-B Reciprocal agreements concerning reporting of traffic offenses and administrative action thereon
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§ 516-b. Reciprocal agreements concerning reporting of traffic offenses and administrative action thereon. (a) The commissioner may execute a reciprocal compact or agreement not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter with the motor vehicle administrator or other author…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 517 Interstate compact guaranteeing appearance
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§ 517. Interstate compact guaranteeing appearance. a. The commissioner may execute a reciprocal compact or agreement not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter with the motor vehicle administrator or other authorized official of another state concerning the appearance …
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 518 Reciprocal agreements concerning suspension or revocation of registration of a motor vehicle for violations of toll collection regulations
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§ 518. Reciprocal agreements concerning suspension or revocation of registration of a motor vehicle for violations of toll collection regulations. a. The commissioner may execute a reciprocal compact or agreement regarding toll collection violations with the motor vehicle admini…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 520 Statement of findings and declaration of purpose
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§ 520. Statement of findings and declaration of purpose. The ever-increasing number of accidents, personal injuries and deaths resulting from alcohol or drug-related traffic offenses is a matter of great concern to the legislature. The diminished perception of intoxicated and im…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 523 Reports
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§ 523. Reports. The commissioner shall report to the governor and to the legislature annually with respect to the status of the alcohol and drug rehabilitation program, including therein, among other things, the scope and results of procedures for screening and referral of progr…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 523-A Driver improvement clinic programs
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§ 523-a. Driver improvement clinic programs. In addition to the driver rehabilitation program authorized by section eleven hundred ninety-six of this chapter, the commissioner may establish, by regulation, guidelines for alcohol and highway safety programs. The purpose of such p…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 523-B Experimental driver safety programs
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§ 523-b. Experimental driver safety programs. The commissioner may study the feasibility of programs to improve driver behavior, attitude, performance or skills in order to reduce motor vehicle accidents and traffic violations, and to promote highway safety. He shall have the au…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 530 Restricted use licenses
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§ 530. Restricted use licenses. A person whose driving license or\nprivilege of operating a motor vehicle in this state has been heretofore\nsuspended or revoked pursuant to the provisions of section five hundred\nten of this chapter or whose driver's license or privilege has be…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 540 Creation
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§ 540. Creation. There is hereby established within the department a medical advisory board.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 541 Purpose
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§ 541. Purpose. The medical advisory board shall advise the commissioner on medical criteria and vision standards for the licensing of drivers.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 542 Composition of the board
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§ 542. Composition of the board. The board shall consist of not less than fourteen members, ten of whom shall be physicians representing the specialties of neurology, cardiovascular medicine, internal medicine, family practice, opthalmology, psychiatry, orthopedics, emergency me…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 543 Appointment; compensation; meetings
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§ 543. Appointment; compensation; meetings. 1. The members of the board shall be appointed by the commissioner. Before such appointments are made, the commissioner shall consult with the medical society of the state of New York in order to obtain their advice regarding the physi…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 544 Responsibilities
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§ 544. Responsibilities. As requested by the commissioner, the board shall recommend medical criteria and vision standards relating to driver licensing and the safe operation of a motor vehicle, and report to the commissioner on such other aspects of medical fitness, driver lice…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 545 Immunity
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§ 545. Immunity. The medical advisory board and its members shall not be held liable in any action or proceeding on account of any recommendation or report submitted to the commissioner pursuant to this article.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 546 Escort certificates
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§ 546. Escort certificates. Application for an escort certificate shall be made in the manner and form prescribed by the commissioner. The fee prescribed by law shall be submitted with such application. The applicant shall be a minimum of twenty-one years of age, possess a valid…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 547 Period of validity of escort certificates
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§ 547. Period of validity of escort certificates. An escort certificate shall be valid: (a) for a New York state licensee from its date of issuance until the expiration of such person's driver's license, and (b) for non-residents, a four year period from its date of issuance. …
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 548 Fees
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§ 548. Fees. The fee for an application of an escort certificate shall be forty dollars which shall be deposited in the general fund.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 549 Cancellation of an escort certificate
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§ 549. Cancellation of an escort certificate. An escort certificate shall be cancelled by the commissioner if such person's underlying driver's license has expired, is revoked or suspended or upon notification by the commissioner of transportation or the New York state thruway a…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 550 Recertification
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§ 550. Recertification. A person who has had his or her escort certificate cancelled shall not be eligible to reapply for an escort certificate for a minimum period of six months from the date of such cancellation.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 551 Violations
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§ 551. Violations. 1. No person shall operate an escort vehicle, as defined in section one hundred fourteen-c of this chapter, unless he or she is the holder of a valid driver's license and possesses a valid escort certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. A…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 600 Leaving scene of an incident without reporting
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§ 600. Leaving scene of an incident without reporting. 1. Property\ndamage. a. Any person operating a motor vehicle who, knowing or having\ncause to know that damage has been caused to the real property or to the\npersonal property, not including animals, of another, due to an i…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 601 Leaving scene of injury to certain animals without reporting
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§ 601. Leaving scene of injury to certain animals without reporting. Any person operating a motor vehicle which shall strike and injure any horse, dog, cat or animal classified as cattle shall stop and endeavor to locate the owner or custodian of such animal or a police, peace o…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 602 Arrest for violations of sections six hundred and six hundred one
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§ 602. Arrest for violations of sections six hundred and six hundred one. A peace officer, acting pursuant to his special duties, or a police officer may, without a warrant, arrest a person, in case of violation of section six hundred and section six hundred one, which in fact h…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 603 Accidents; police authorities and coroners to report
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§ 603. Accidents; police authorities and coroners to report. 1. Every police or judicial officer to whom an accident resulting in injury to a person shall have been reported, pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this chapter or pursuant to the provisions of sections twelve hu…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 603-A Accidents; police authorities to investigate
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§ 603-a. Accidents; police authorities to investigate. 1. In addition to the requirements of section six hundred three of this article, whenever a motor vehicle, bicycle with electric assist, or electric scooter accident results in serious physical injury or death to a person, a…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 603-B Accidents; police to indicate serious physical injury and death on simplified traffic information or summons and compliant
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§ 603-b. Accidents; police to indicate serious physical injury and death on simplified traffic information or summons and compliant. In addition to the requirements of section six hundred three of this article and subdivision twelve of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this c…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 604 Reports; contents; preparation; distribution; filing
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§ 604. Reports; contents; preparation; distribution; filing. Reports of accidents required under sections six hundred three and six hundred three-a of this article, or under the rules and regulations of the commissioner, shall be upon forms prepared by the commissioner and conta…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 605 Report required upon accident
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§ 605. Report required upon accident. (a) 1. Every person operating a motor vehicle, except a police officer (as defined in subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law), a correction officer, or a firefighter, operating a police department, a correction…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 606 Processing of required reports
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§ 606. Processing of required reports. The commissioner, when processing reports of accidents filed pursuant to this article, shall give priority to reports involving serious physical injury (as defined in subdivision ten of section 10.00 of the penal law) or death.