2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 4 - Registration of Vehicles › Article 17 - Other Provisions Relating to Registration and Possession › 430 - Retail Sale of Junk and Salvage Vehicles.

§ 430. Retail  sale  of junk and salvage vehicles. 1. Whenever a motor
vehicle for which a notice  of  acquisition  is  required  to  be  filed
pursuant  to  section  four hundred twenty-nine of this article is to be
registered for use on the public highway, the person holding  the  proof
of ownership for such vehicle must surrender such proof of ownership and
make  application  for  a  certificate  of  title.  Except  as otherwise
provided herein, the commissioner shall require the physical examination
of any such vehicle by a designated employee of the department before  a
title  will  be issued. Upon a request made with such an application for
title, the commissioner may issue a  temporary  permit  which  shall  be
valid for the operation of such vehicle upon the public highways of this
state,  in  accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner,
from the date of its issuance until five days after the  scheduled  date
of the examination for such vehicle, including the transportation of the
motor  vehicle  to  and from the physical examination site, provided the
application is accompanied  by  proof  of  inspection  and  evidence  of
insurance   coverage   satisfactory   to  the  commissioner.  Upon  such
examination for identification, the  employee  making  such  examination
shall,  in  accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner,
determine whether a  special  vehicle  identification  number  shall  be
issued  for  such  vehicle.  A fee of one hundred fifty dollars shall be
paid to the commissioner before such examination shall be  scheduled  or
made.  Such fee shall be forfeited if the motor vehicle is not presented
for examination as scheduled unless the appointment for such examination
has  been  cancelled  or  postponed  in  accordance   with   regulations
promulgated  by  the  commissioner.  If a special vehicle identification
number is issued after such examination,  no  additional  fee  shall  be
required for such issuance.
2.  The  provisions  of  subdivision  one  of this section relating to
inspection for identification by an employee of the department shall not
apply to a motor vehicle which has  been  transferred  to  an  insurance
company in settlement of a claim for the theft of such vehicle, provided
the following conditions are met:
(i)  no  major  component  part of the motor vehicle has been replaced
since the theft of such vehicle,
(ii) repairs made to the motor vehicle  since  the  recovery  of  such
vehicle  either  have  not exceeded one-fourth of the amount paid by the
insurance company in settlement of the claim or have  not  exceeded  one
thousand dollars,
(iii)  the  vehicle identification number and all other manufacturers'
identifying numbers on the motor  vehicle  have  been  examined  by  the
insurance  company and are intact in the same form as at the time of the
theft of such vehicle,
(iv) an affidavit sworn to by an officer of the insurance  company  is
submitted  by  the insurance company which made payment in settlement of
the claim for theft with the application for  title  certifying  to  the
above conditions, which affidavit shall also certify additional facts as
required  by the commissioner relating to the theft and recovery of such
vehicle and the amount of settlement and repair costs.
3. The commissioner may,  by  regulation,  exempt  vehicles  from  the
physical  examination  required by subdivision one of this section based
upon the age of  the  vehicles  if  the  commissioner  deems  that  such
physical examination would not further the purposes of the motor vehicle
theft prevention program established by section two hundred twenty-three
of this chapter.
4.  Fees; deposited. Fees assessed under this section shall be paid to
the commissioner for deposit to the general fund, with the exception  of
the  fifty  dollar  increase  in  the  fee for scheduling an examination

pursuant to subdivision one of this section, which shall be deposited to
the dedicated highway and bridge  trust  fund  established  pursuant  to
section  eighty-nine-b  of  the state finance law and the dedicated mass
transportation fund established pursuant to section eighty-nine-c of the
state  finance  law  and  distributed  according  to  the  provisions of
subdivision (d) of section three hundred one-j of the tax law.