NY Veh & Traf L § 395 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 3 - Safety Responsibility; Financial Security; Equipment; Inspection; Size and Weight; and Other Provisions Article 12 - Other Provisions 395 - Certain Private Service Bureaus to Be Licensed.

§ 395. Certain  private  service  bureaus  to be licensed.   Except as   otherwise provided herein, no person, firm, association  or  corporation   shall, engage in the business of assisting for hire in securing licenses   to  drive  motor  vehicles or registrations or titles of motor vehicles,   nor shall any person, firm, association or corporation for  compensation   give  instructions  as  to procuring licenses to drive motor vehicles or   registrations or titles of motor vehicles, without being the holder of a   license for such purpose issued by the commissioner of  motor  vehicles.   An  applicant  for  a  license  shall furnish the commissioner with such   information and  such  references  as  to  moral  character  as  he  may   reasonably  require.  Every application shall be accompanied by a fee of   twenty-five dollars, which shall be regarded as an application  fee  and   shall  in  no  event  be  refunded. If an application be approved by the   commissioner, the applicant upon the payment of  an  additional  fee  of   twenty-five dollars shall be granted a license which shall expire on the   thirtieth   day  of  June  following  the  date  of  its  issuance.  The   commissioner shall issue a license certificate to  each  licensee  which   certificate shall be conspicuously displayed in the place of business of   the  licensee,  or,  if  the  licensee  has  no  place of business, such   certificates shall be exhibited at the request of any person. In case of   the loss, mutilation or destruction of a certificate,  the  commissioner   shall issue a duplicate upon proof of the facts and the payment of a fee   of  one  dollar.  The  refusal  to  issue a license may be reviewed by a   proceeding under article seventy-eight of the  civil  practice  law  and   rules.  Such license shall be renewed annually upon the payment of a fee   of twenty-five dollars, such renewal to take effect on the first day  of   July  in  each  year.    Upon  renewal,  the  commissioner  may,  in his   discretion, issue a license which shall be valid for a two year  period.   The fee for any such two year renewal shall be fifty dollars.No license shall be issued under this section nor shall any renewal of   a license issued under this section be made for conducting business in a   city  having  a  population  of fifty thousand or more, according to the   latest federal census if the place  of  business  of  the  licensee,  or   branch  thereof,  is within fifteen hundred feet of a building, owned or   leased by the state,  a  county  or  a  city,  in  which  motor  vehicle   registrations  or  licenses  to  drive  motor vehicles are issued to the   public.  The said distance of fifteen hundred  feet  shall  be  measured   along  the  public  streets  by  the  nearest  route  from such place of   business, or branch thereof, to such building. The  provisions  of  this   paragraph  shall  not apply to a holder of a certificate of registration   issued pursuant to section four hundred fifteen of this chapter.A licensee shall be subject to such reasonable regulations  concerning   the  business  conducted  under  his  license  as  the  commissioner may   prescribe and he shall permit the commissioner, or his  representatives,   to  inspect  his place of business on any business day and shall furnish   to the commissioner, or his representative, such information  concerning   the conduct of the business as may be reasonably required.The  provisions  of subdivisions five and six of section three hundred   ninety-four of this chapter shall be applicable  with  respect  to  this   section.The  holder  of  a  license  issued  pursuant to section three hundred   ninety-four  of  this  chapter  or  the  holder  of  a  certificate   of   registration  issued  pursuant  to  section four hundred fifteen of this   chapter shall not be required to secure a license under this section  in   order  to  conduct  a  business  for which a license is required by this   section but any such licensee, or registrant,  who  shall  conduct  such   business,  shall be subject to the same visitation and regulation by the    commissioner with reference to such business as provided in this section   with respect to a licensee under this section.As  used in this section the phrase "licenses to drive motor vehicles"   includes the term "learners' permits".A violation of any of the provisions of this section shall  constitute   a misdemeanor.