New York Vehicle & Traffic Law Article 2 - DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES; COMMISSIONER

• 200 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner.
  1. There shall be in the state government a department of motor vehicles. The head of the department shall be the commissioner of motor vehicles...
• 201 - Custody of Records.
  1. Documents. The commissioner may destroy: (a) any application, including supporting documents, for registration and/or title of a motor vehicle or trailer, other than an...
• 202 - Fees for Searches and Copies of Documents.
  1. Except in those cases in which it is provided by law that no fee shall be charged, the fees for searching the records of...
• 202-b - Penalties for Submission of Dishonored Checks and Credit Card Payments.
  (a) A thirty-five dollar penalty fee shall be charged to any person who has submitted a check to the commissioner or his or her agent...
• 203 - Oaths and Acknowledgments.
  The commissioner of motor vehicles, a deputy commissioner, an assistant deputy commissioner or a motor vehicle referee shall have power to administer oaths and take...
• 204 - Subpoenaing Hearing Referees.
  No officer or employee of the department of motor vehicles who has conducted a hearing concerning an owner or operator of a motor vehicle or...
• 205 - County Clerks As Agents of the Commissioner; Fees.
  1. The clerk of each county, except the counties of Rockland, Albany, Westchester, Suffolk, Nassau, Onondaga, Bronx, Kings, Queens, Richmond and New York, shall act...
• 206 - Deputization of Agents.
  The commissioner may, in his discretion, deputize any person to act for the commissioner, subject to rules and limitations prescribed by him, for the purpose...
• 207 - Uniform Traffic Summons and Complaint.
  1. Except as otherwise provided, the commissioner shall be authorized to prescribe the form of summons and complaint in all cases involving a violation of...
• 208 - Affirmation of Complaints.
  Where a traffic summons has been served by a police officer, police cadet or bridge and tunnel officers employed by the triborough bridge and tunnel...
• 209 - Bureau of Motor Vehicles Abolished; Transfer of Functions; Officers and Employees.
  The bureau of motor vehicles in the department of taxation and finance is hereby abolished. The functions, powers and duties of the bureau of motor...
• 210 - Highway Safety Powers and Duties.
  The commissioner of motor vehicles shall have power to: 1. Formulate uniform highway safety programs and coordinate the efforts of all interested individuals and agencies...
• 211 - Continuity of Authority.
  The department of motor vehicles shall be deemed to constitute a continuation of the powers and duties of the bureau of motor vehicles in the...
• 212 - Transfer of Records and Property.
  All books, papers and records of the bureau of motor vehicles in the department of taxation and finance shall be transmitted to the department of...
• 213 - Terms Occurring in Contracts and Other Documents.
  Whenever the bureau of motor vehicles in the department of taxation and finance is referred to or designated in any contract or document, such reference...
• 214 - Proof of Mailing of Notice or Order.
  The production of a copy of a notice or order issued by the department, together with an electronically-generated record of entry of such order or...
• 215 - Rules and Regulations.
  (a) General. Subject to and in conformity with the provisions of the vehicle and traffic law and the constitution and laws of the state, the...
• 216 - Automotive-Medical Research Division.
  216 Automotive-medical research division. The commissioner shall establish an automotive-medical research division with such facilities and such expert assistants as are necessary to do medical...
• 216-a - Statistics on Driving While Intoxicated.
  1. The commissioner shall collect and analyze statistical information and data with respect to: (i) the number of persons charged with violating any of the...
• 217 - Record of Hearings.
  At any hearing held by the commissioner, or a person deputized by him to conduct a hearing to determine whether any license or registration issued...
• 218 - Special Classification of Vehicles.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any vehicle or class of vehicles may, by regulation of the commissioner, be added to or exempted from...
• 219 - Interstate Compacts.
  Whenever any provision of this chapter shall provide for or establish a compact or reciprocal recognition of vehicle registrations with another state or states, the...
• 220 - Exemptions for Safety Equipment.
  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or other law, whether general, special or local, the commissioner may permit the installation and use of...
• 221 - Annual Compilation of This Chapter.
  The commissioner shall cause to be published by the department, and make available to the public, an annual paperback compilation of all of the provisions...
• 222 - Exemptions for Testing, Demonstration or Experimentation.
  The commissioner, upon application of a person, or upon his own application, may grant an exemption from any requirement of this chapter relating to registration...
• 223 - Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Program.
  1. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to establish a motor vehicle theft prevention program within the department which shall have trained motor vehicle...
• 224 - Simplification of Business Application Procedures and Administration.
  1. For the purposes of reducing the amount of paperwork required of businesses which are licensed or registered pursuant to this chapter, and to provide...
• 224-a - Establishment of the Highway Construction and Maintenance Safety Education Program.
  1. The commissioner of transportation, after consultation with the commissioner of the department, shall promulgate rules and regulations regarding the establishment and implementation of a...

Last modified: February 3, 2019