NY Veh & Traf L § 2257 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 11 - Registration of Snowmobiles, Motorboats and Limited Use Vehicles Article 48 - Registration of Vessels 2257 - Registration of Dealers.

§ 2257. Registration  of dealers. 1. For the purposes of this article, a dealer shall be any person engaged in the business of buying,  selling or trading vessels.  A person who sells three or more vessels for profit within  one  calendar  year  shall  be  presumed  to be a dealer if such vessels were purchased, acquired or otherwise obtained  by  such  person for the purpose of resale, and were never placed in his consumer use. On and  after  April  first,  nineteen  hundred eighty-six, no person shall engage in business as a dealer, or represent or  advertise  that  he  is engaged,  or  intends  to engage, in such business in this state, unless there shall have been issued to him a  certificate  of  registration  as provided  in  this  section.  A  person  shall  not  be  required  to be registered as a dealer  if  he  sells  no  vessels  other  than  vessels determined  by  regulation  of the commissioner to be vessels or devices which would not ordinarily be considered as usable for transportation on water.   2.  Application  for  registration.  Every  dealer   shall   file   an application  for registration as a dealer with the commissioner of motor vehicles, together with all required fees, in such form and  detail  and containing   such  information  as  the  commissioner  shall  reasonably prescribe.   3.  Issuance  of  certificate.  If  the  commissioner   approves   the application,  he  shall issue a certificate of registration in such form as he may prescribe. For the purposes of implementing this article,  the commissioner   may,  in  his  discretion,  issue  such  certificates  of registration and number plates on a staggered expiration basis, in which event the fees set forth in subdivision five of this  section  for  such certificate shall be prorated on a monthly basis.   4. Demonstrator numbers and trailer number plates. (a) Upon payment of the  required  fee,  a  dealer  shall be entitled to receive one or more demonstrator numbers, which may be used in lieu of a registration issued under section twenty-two hundred  fifty-one  of  this  article  for  the operation  of  any vessel owned or controlled by the registrant and held for sale or demonstration. Demonstrator numbers shall be displayed in  a manner prescribed by the commissioner.  (b)  Upon  payment  of the required fee, a dealer shall be entitled to receive one or more number plates which may  be  used  in  lieu  of  any registration  issued  under section four hundred one of this chapter for the operation of any boat trailer owned or controlled by the dealer  and held  for  the purpose of sale or demonstration, provided such operation is directly related to the sale or demonstration of any boat trailer  or vessel.  The provisions of section four hundred two of this chapter with respect to the care and display of number plates shall apply  to  number plates issued under this subdivision.  (c)  The  commissioner  may,  in  his  discretion, limit the number of demonstrator numbers or number plates  which  shall  be  issued  to  any registrant. The fee for the replacement of lost, mutilated, or destroyed demonstrator numbers or number plates shall be two dollars.   5. Fees. Every application, other than a renewal application, shall be accompanied  by  an  application  fee  of ten dollars, which shall in no event be refunded. The triennial fee for such  registration  or  renewal thereof   shall   be   seventy-five   dollars.  The  triennial  fee  for demonstrator numbers or number plates shall be sixty  dollars  for  each number  or  number plate. The application for registration, demonstrator numbers and number plates shall be accompanied  by  the  required  fees. There  shall  be  no  refund  of  any  registration  fee  or any fee for demonstrator numbers or number plates.   6. No dealer shall sell a vessel except in accordance with regulations established  by  the  commissioner.  The  commissioner   may,   in   his  discretion,  require  a  registrant to maintain a record in a prescribed form of all vessels received or disposed of by him. Upon request  of  an agent of the commissioner or of any peace officer acting pursuant to his special  duties, a registrant shall produce such records and permit said agent or peace officer to examine them, and any vessels on the  premises subject  to the record keeping requirements of this section during usual business hours or while  the  registrant  is  conducting  business.  The failure to produce such records or to permit such inspection as required by this subdivision shall be a violation.