NY Veh & Traf L § 509 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 5 - Drivers' Licenses Article 19 - Licensing of Drivers 509 - Violations.

§ 509. Violations.  1.  Except  while operating a motor vehicle during   the course of a road test conducted pursuant to the provisions  of  this   article,  no person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle upon a public   highway of this state or upon  any  sidewalk  or  to  or  from  any  lot   adjacent to a public garage, supermarket, shopping center or car washing   establishment  or  to  or  from  or  into a public garage or car washing   establishment unless he is duly licensed pursuant to the  provisions  of   this chapter.1-a.  Whenever  a  license  is  required to operate a commercial motor   vehicle, no person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle without  the   proper  endorsements  for the specific vehicle being operated or for the   passengers or type of cargo being transported.2. Whenever a license is required  to  operate  a  motor  vehicle,  no   person  shall operate a motor vehicle unless he is the holder of a class   of license which is valid for the operation of such vehicle.3. Whenever a permit  or  license  is  required  to  operate  a  motor   vehicle,  no  person shall operate any motor vehicle in violation of any   restriction contained on, or applicable to, the permit or license.4. No person shall knowingly authorize or permit a motor vehicle owned   by him or in his charge to be operated in violation of subdivisions one,   two or three of this section.5. No person shall hold more than one unexpired license issued by  the   commissioner  at any one time. The holding of a license of one class and   a learner's permit for another class at  the  same  time  shall  not  be   deemed a violation of this subdivision.6.  No  licensee  shall voluntarily permit any other person to use his   license, nor shall any person at any time possess  or  use  any  forged,   fictitious  or  illegally obtained license, or use any license belonging   to another person.7. No person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle without being in   possession of the  appropriate  license  for  the  motor  vehicle  being   operated.7-a.  No person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle while knowing   or having reason to know that he or she is not medically  certified,  as   required,   in   accordance   with  the  federal  motor  carrier  safety   improvement act of 1999 and Part 383.71(h) of title 49 of  the  code  of   federal regulations.8.  No  licensee shall fail to notify the commissioner in writing of a   change of residence as required by this article.9. Whenever notice of disability  is  required  to  be  given  to  the   commissioner  as  required  by this article, no person shall operate any   motor vehicle until such notice has been given.10.  No  person  shall  hold  an  unexpired  license  issued  by   the   commissioner  while  holding  a  driver's  license  issued  by any other   jurisdiction. This prohibition shall not apply to any license  which  by   its  terms  is valid only within the jurisdiction of issuance. Nor shall   it apply if such person has informed the commissioner of  such  multiple   licenses  and  the  commissioner has determined that it is necessary for   such person to hold more than one license to comply  with  the  laws  of   each  of  the  jurisdictions  in  which  such  licenses were issued. The   foregoing exceptions shall not  be  applicable  to  commercial  driver's   licenses after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine.11.  A  violation of any provision of this section shall be punishable   by a fine of not less than seventy-five  nor  more  than  three  hundred   dollars,  or  by imprisonment for not more than fifteen days, or by both   such fine and imprisonment except, if the violation consists of  failure   to  renew a license which was valid within sixty days, the fine shall be   not more than forty dollars, and except that a violation of  subdivision    seven or eight of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more   than seventy-five dollars.12.  A  violation  of  subdivision  two  of this section involving the   operation for hire of any vehicle as a taxicab,  livery  as  defined  in   section  one hundred twenty-one-e of this chapter, coach, limousine, van   or wheelchair accessible van or tow truck within the state  without  the   appropriate  license therefor, shall be punishable by a fine of not less   than two hundred twenty-five dollars nor more than  four  hundred  fifty   dollars.   A  person  who  operates  a  vehicle  for  hire  without  the   appropriate license therefor pursuant to subdivision two of this section   after having been convicted of such a  violation  within  the  preceding   five  years  shall  be punished by a fine of not less than three hundred   seventy-five dollars nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars. A person   who operates a vehicle for hire without the appropriate license therefor   pursuant to subdivision two of this section after having been  convicted   two  or  more  times  of such a violation within the preceding ten years   shall be punished by a fine of not less than seven hundred fifty dollars   nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars.