2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 10 - Uniform Vehicle Certificate of Title Act › Article 46 - Uniform Vehicle Certificate of Title Act › 2102 - Exclusions.

§ 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 state;
(2) A vehicle owned by a manufacturer or dealer  and  held  for  sale,
even  though  incidentally  moved on the highway or used for purposes of
testing or demonstration; or a vehicle used by a manufacturer solely for
testing  other  than:  (i)  a  vehicle  registered  by   a   dealer   or
manufacturer,  or  (ii)  a  vehicle  for which a physical examination is
required under section four hundred thirty  of  this  chapter  before  a
certificate  of title may be issued, or (iii) a vehicle held for sale by
a dealer which was purchased by the dealer as  a  result  of  sale  upon
repossession  or  a sale by a sheriff or marshall to satisfy a judgment,
or (iv) a vehicle held for sale by a dealer for which a  certificate  of
title  containing  an error attributable to processing by the department
has been issued, or (v) a vehicle held for sale by a  dealer  for  which
ordinarily  acceptable  proof  of  ownership  cannot  be obtained by the
dealer with reasonable diligence but for which a  certificate  of  title
would  ordinarily  be  issued  upon  the  filing  of  a  bond  with  the
commissioner as prescribed in  subdivision  (d)  of  section  twenty-one
hundred five of this article, or (vi) a vehicle for which a manufacturer
or   dealer  has  submitted  a  notice  of  repurchase  as  required  by
subdivision two of section four hundred seventeen-a of this chapter  and
regulations  of  the commissioner, or (vii) a vehicle held for sale by a
dealer which was purchased by a dealer as the result  of  a  sale  by  a
police  department,  or (viii) a vehicle held for sale by a dealer which
was purchased by a dealer as the result of a sale by the  United  States
government;
(3)  A  vehicle owned by a non-resident of this state and not required
by law to  be  registered  in  this  state  provided,  however,  that  a
certificate  of title may be issued to such a non-resident for a vehicle
purchased by or transferred to such non-resident as a result of  a  sale
after  repossession,  or  a  sale  by a sheriff or marshall to satisfy a
judgement, or a sale to foreclose a garageman's lien, provided such sale
was held in this state, or a result of the settlement of an estate of  a
deceased  if  such  settlement  is  pursuant  to the estates, powers and
trusts law of this state or a sale by a police department, provided such
sale was held in this state;
(4) A vehicle regularly engaged in the  interstate  transportation  of
persons or property for which a currently effective certificate of title
has been issued in another state;
(5) A vehicle moved solely by animal power;
(6) An implement of husbandry;
(7) Special mobile equipment;
(8)  A  self-propelled  wheel chair or an adapted tricycle operated or
driven by a person with a disability;
(9) A pole trailer or a trailer with an unladen weight  of  less  than
one thousand pounds;
(10)  A  vehicle  manufactured  prior  to July first, nineteen hundred
seventy-two and designated by  the  manufacturer  as  being  a  nineteen
hundred  seventy-two  or  earlier  model  year  vehicle, and any vehicle
manufactured or assembled  prior  to  January  first,  nineteen  hundred
seventy-three for which the manufacturer or assembler has not designated
a model year;
(11) Snowmobiles, off-highway motorcycles and limited use motorcycles;
(12)  A motor vehicle set off to a surviving spouse or surviving minor
child pursuant to section 5-3.1 of the estates, powers  and  trusts  law
until  an application for registration is made by such survivor or until

after the survivor transfers the vehicle, in which case  the  transferee
must apply for a certificate of title;
(13) A vessel not required to be registered in this state and which is
not registered in this state;
(14)  A  vessel  designated  by  the  manufacturer as being a nineteen
hundred  eighty-six  or  earlier  model  year  vessel  and  any   vessel
manufactured  or  assembled  prior  to  August  first,  nineteen hundred
eighty-six for which the manufacturer or assembler has not designated  a
model year;
(15)  Any  vessel  having a valid marine document issued by the United
States or a foreign government;
(16) Any vessel under fourteen feet in length;
(17) A vehicle owned or leased by the state of New York and  regularly
utilized  or  intended  to be utilized for undisclosed or undercover law
enforcement purposes;
(18) A vehicle owned by a non-resident  of  this  state  for  which  a
currently  effective  certificate  of  title  has been issued in another
state and which is leased to a resident  of,  and  registered  in,  this
state.
(19)  A mobile home or a manufactured home, manufactured prior to July
first, nineteen hundred ninety-four and designated by  the  manufacturer
as  being  a  nineteen  hundred ninety-four or earlier model year mobile
home or manufactured home, and any  mobile  home  or  manufactured  home
manufactured  or  assembled  prior  to  January  first, nineteen hundred
ninety-four for which the manufacturer has not designated a model year.
(c) A person engaged in the business of selling vehicles who does  not
place  such  vehicles in his own consumer use and who is not required to
be registered as a dealer under section four  hundred  fifteen  of  this
chapter,  shall not be deemed a dealer with respect to such vehicles and
shall not be required to apply for or receive a certificate of title for
any such vehicles. A local authority, which acquires title to a  vehicle
or  vehicles  under the provisions of section twelve hundred twenty-four
of this chapter, and which does not place such vehicle  or  vehicles  in
its  own  consumer  use  shall not be required to apply for or receive a
certificate of title for any such vehicle or vehicles.
(d) No certificate of title shall be issued to a vehicle excluded from
the provisions of this article.
(e) The commissioner may, by regulation, exclude from  the  provisions
of  this  title  vehicles  designated  by the manufacturer as being of a
model year more than nine years prior to the current calendar year.  The
commissioner  may  provide  that  such exclusion shall apply to all such
vehicles or to any categories or classes of such vehicles.