New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter F - BUSINESSES REQUIRING LICENSES › Part 81 - Procedures Relating To Vehicle Dismantlers And Other Persons Engaged In The Transfer And Disposal Of Junk And Salvage Vehicles › Section 81.2 - Registration requirements

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
				  Persons required to register. Every vehicle dismantler, salvage pool, mobile
				  car crusher and itinerant vehicle collector is required to be registered with
				  the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(b) Application for registration. An
				  application for registration as a vehicle dismantler, salvage pool, mobile car
				  crusher or itinerant vehicle collector shall be filed with the Division of
				  Vehicle Safety Services of the Department of Motor Vehicles in
				  Albany.
(c) Requirements for
				  registration. No registration shall be issued to any vehicle dismantler or
				  salvage pool who does not have a permanent place of business which conforms to
				  section 136  of the General Municipal Law and who has
				  not submitted with the application for registration a copy of a license issued
				  by the locality in which the business is located or a statement from the
				  locality on letterhead stationery stating that the business described in the
				  application may operate at that location and that no local license or permit is
				  required.
(d) A registration may be
				  issued to a vehicle dismantler or salvage pool who does not comply with local
				  laws related to zoning, provided that the applicant has engaged in such
				  business at that location since September 1, 1973. However, the issuance of
				  such registration shall not be a defense to any action brought as a result of
				  such violation of local law.
(e) No
				  registration as a vehicle dismantler, salvage pool, mobile car crusher or
				  itinerant vehicle collector shall be issued until the commissioner determines
				  that all persons having a financial interest in such business are fit persons
				  to engage in such business.
(f)
				  Fees for registration. The annual fee for registration, or renewal thereof, as
				  a vehicle dismantler, salvage pool, mobile car crusher or itinerant vehicle
				  collector shall be $50. The fee must be submitted at the time of application.
				  The fee may be prorated.
(g) A
				  registration as a vehicle dismantler or salvage pool is valid only at the
				  address for which it is issued. A vehicle dismantler or salvage pool wishing to
				  move to a new address must file a business amendment application together with
				  an original letter of approval from the appropriate local government for the
				  new facility location. A mobile car crusher or itinerant vehicle collector may
				  move to a new address by giving the commissioner at least 10 days'
				  notice.
(h) A change in owners or
				  the name under which a vehicle dismantler, salvage pool, mobile car crusher, or
				  itinerant vehicle collector does business shall be reported to the commissioner
				  within 30 days.
(i) A vehicle
				  dismantler or a salvage pool must post the current business certificate
				  conspicuously at the place of business. A mobile car crusher or an itinerate
				  vehicle collector must carry the current business certificate or a photocopy
				  thereof in any business vehicle.
(j) Air conditioning equipment. No original
				  or renewal registration as a vehicle dismantler will be issued unless the
				  applicant once submits a manufacturer' s certificate issued upon purchase or an
				  invoice with proof of payment for motor vehicle refrigerant recycling equipment
				  or refrigerant recapturing equipment. The certificate or invoice must contain
				  the name and address of the vehicle dismantler, the name and address of the
				  equipment manufacturer, the date of purchase, the model numbers and the serial
				  numbers of the equipment purchase.