New York Vehicle & Traffic Law Article 46 - UNIFORM VEHICLE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE ACT

• 2101 - Definitions.
  Except when the context otherwise requires, as used in this article: (a) "Dealer" means a person registered as a dealer under section four hundred fifteen...
• 2102 - Exclusions.
  (a) The following are excluded from the provisions of this title: (1) A vehicle owned by the United States unless it is registered in this...
• 2103 - Excepted Liens and Security Interests; Buyer From Manufacturer or Dealer.
  This article does not apply to or affect: (a) A lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services or materials...
• 2104 - Certificate of Title Required.
  (a) Every owner of a vehicle which is in this state and is not excluded from provisions of this title by section two thousand one...
• 2105 - Application for First Certificate of Title.
  (a) The application for the first certificate of title of a vehicle in this state shall be made by the owner to the commissioner on...
• 2105-a - Liens on Motor Vehicles for Failure to Make Child Support Payments.
  (a) The commissioner, on behalf of the department, shall enter into a written agreement with the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance...
• 2106 - Examination of Records.
  The commissioner, upon receiving application for a first certificate of title, shall check the identifying number of the vehicle and the name or other identifier...
• 2107 - Issuance and Records.
  (a) The commissioner shall file each application received and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity and that the applicant is entitled to the...
• 2108 - Contents and Effect.
  (a) Each certificate of title issued by the commissioner shall contain: (1) The date issued; (2) The name and address of the owner; (3) The...
• 2109 - Delivery.
  The certificate of title shall be mailed to the owner.
• 2110 - Registration Without Certificate of Title.
  If the commissioner is not satisfied as to the ownership of the vehicle or that there are no undisclosed security interests in it, the commissioner...
• 2111 - Refusing Certificate of Title.
  The commissioner shall refuse issuance of a certificate of title if any required fee is not paid or if he has reasonable grounds to believe...
• 2112 - Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Certificates.
  (a) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed or becomes illegible, the owner or legal representative of the owner named in...
• 2113 - Transfer.
  (a) If an owner transfers his interest in a vehicle, other than by the creation of a security interest, he shall, at the time of...
• 2114 - Transfer to or From Dealer; Records.
  (a) If a dealer buys a vehicle and holds it for resale and procures the certificate of title from the owner within ten days after...
• 2115 - Transfer by Operation of Law.
  (a) If the interest of an owner in a vehicle passes to another other than by voluntary transfer, the transferee shall, except as provided in...
• 2116 - Additional Requirements for Applications.
  (a) An application for a certificate of title shall be accompanied by the required fee when mailed or delivered to the commissioner. (b) Except as...
• 2117 - When Commissioner to Issue New Certificate.
  (a) The commissioner, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate of title, with an application for a new certificate of title, the required fee and...
• 2118 - Perfection of Security Interests.
  (a) Unless excepted by section two thousand one hundred three of this title, a security interest in a vehicle of a type for which a...
• 2119 - Security Interest.
  If an owner creates a security interest in a vehicle: (a) The owner shall, if the lienholder so requests, execute the application, in the space...
• 2120 - Assignment by Lienholder.
  (a) A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security interest in the vehicle to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest...
• 2121 - Release of Security Interest.
  (a) Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vehicle the lienholder shall immediately upon clearance of payment execute a release of his security...
• 2122 - Duty of Lienholder.
  A lienholder named in a certificate of title shall, upon written request of the owner or of another lienholder named on the certificate, disclose any...
• 2123 - Exclusiveness of Procedure.
  The method provided in this article of perfecting and giving notice of security interests subject to this article is exclusive. Security interests subject to this...
• 2124 - Suspension or Revocation of Certificates.
  (a) (1) The commissioner shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, upon notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard in accordance with section two...
• 2125 - Fees.
  (a) The commissioner shall be paid the following fees: * (1) for filing an application for a certificate of title, fifty dollars except where the...
• 2126 - Powers of Commissioner.
  (a) The commissioner shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, notices of security interests, and all other notices and forms necessary...
• 2127 - Hearings.
  A person aggrieved by an act or omission to act of the commissioner under this article is entitled to a hearing. The commissioner shall grant...
• 2128 - Court Review.
  An act or omission to act of the commissioner under this article shall be subject to review by the supreme court in the manner provided...
• 2129 - Stolen, Converted, Recovered and Unclaimed Vehicles.
  (a) Police or peace officer's report. A peace officer, when acting pursuant to his special duties, or police officer who learns of the theft of...
• 2130 - Offenses Relating to Certificates.
  (a) Felonies. A person who, with fraudulent intent: (1) Alters, forges or counterfeits a certificate of title is guilty of a felony; (2) Alters or...
• 2131 - Evidence of Criminal Intent or Knowledge.
  In a prosecution for a crime specified in this article, evidence that the defendant has committed a prior act or acts of the same kind...
• 2132 - Effect on Other Laws.
  The penal provisions of this article in no way repeal or modify any existing provision of the penal law but are additional and supplementary thereto.
• 2133 - 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 which enact it.
• 2134 - Short Title.
  This article may be cited as the uniform vehicle certificate of title act.
• 2135 - Severability.
  If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions...

Last modified: February 3, 2019