2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner › Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner › 205 - County Clerks as Agents of the Commissioner; Fees.

§ 205. County clerks as agents of the commissioner; fees. 1. The clerk
  of  each  county,  except the counties of Rockland, Albany, Westchester,
  Suffolk, Nassau, Onondaga, Bronx, Kings, Queens, Richmond and New  York,
  shall  act as the agent of the commissioner in the registration of motor
  vehicles,  motorcycles,  and   when   directed   by   the   commissioner
  snowmobiles,  vessels  and  all terrain vehicles, and in the issuance of
  certificates thereof and number plates therefor, in receiving  documents
  relating to certificates of title, and unless and until the commissioner
  shall  otherwise  direct  in  any  county, in the issuance of non-driver
  identification cards and drivers' licenses  upon  the  certification  of
  inspectors,  and motor vehicle enforcement transactions. Each such agent
  shall  remit  to  the  commissioner  all  fees  collected  by  him   for
  registrations,  licenses, identification cards and transfers or relating
  to certificates of title, except as hereinafter provided, together  with
  a  complete  record  of  such  registrations,  identification  cards and
  licenses issued and transfers made, in  accordance  with  the  procedure
  prescribed  by  the  commissioner,  and  with  all documents relating to
  certificates  of  title  received  and  such  record  thereof   as   the
  commissioner prescribes.
2.  The  commissioner may authorize such county clerk to establish one
  or  more  temporary  branch  offices  within  the  county,  when  deemed
  necessary,  to  issue  certificates  of  registration, and number plates
  therefor for motor vehicles, motorcycles, snowmobiles and vessels or the
  renewal or issuance of  non-driver  identification  cards  and  drivers'
  licenses on certification of inspectors or to receive documents relating
  to  certificates  of  title.  The  work in such temporary branch offices
  shall be performed by one  or  more  employees  of  the  clerk's  office
  designated for the purpose without additional compensation. The expenses
  actually  and necessarily incurred by the county clerk or such employees
  shall be a charge against the county.
3. Each such county clerk shall retain from  fees  collected  for  any
  motor  vehicle  related  service  described  in  subdivision one of this
  section processed by such county clerk an amount based on  a  percentage
  of  gross  receipts  collected.  For  purposes of this section, the term
  "gross receipts" shall include all fines, fees and  penalties  collected
  pursuant  to  this  chapter  by  a  county  clerk acting as agent of the
  commissioner, but  shall  not  include  any  state  or  local  sales  or
  compensating  use  taxes  imposed  under or pursuant to the authority of
  articles twenty-eight and twenty-nine of the tax law  and  collected  by
  such  clerk  on  behalf of the commissioner of taxation and finance. The
  retention percentage shall be 10.75 percent.
3-a. In addition to the fees retained pursuant to subdivision three of
  this section, each county clerk acting as the agent of the  commissioner
  pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall retain a percentage of
  "enhanced  internet  and  electronic  partner  revenue" collected by the
  commissioner. For the purposes of this subdivision,  "enhanced  internet
  and  electronic partner revenue" shall mean the amount of gross receipts
  attributable to all transactions conducted on the internet by  residents
  of such county and by designated partners of the department on behalf of
  such  residents  for  the  current calendar year. The commissioner shall
  certify the amounts to be retained by each county clerk pursuant to this
  subdivision. The retention percentage shall be 10.75 percent.
4. The commissioner may prescribe minimum  staff  requirements  to  be
  maintained  by  county  clerks  for  the  performance of their duties as
  agents of the commissioner. No such  staff  requirements  shall  require
  expenditures in excess of the amount of the percentage of gross receipts
  retained  by any county or county clerk pursuant to subdivision three of
  this section.
5. For registration renewals pursuant to subdivision  two  of  section
  four  hundred  three  of  this chapter, the commissioner shall reimburse
  each county clerk the actual postage expense incurred by such  clerk  in
  mailing  a number plate or plates to a registrant, provided that mailing
  of  such  number plate or plates has been done in a manner prescribed by
  the commissioner.