2006 New York Code - Registration.

 
    § 2222. Registration.  1.  Except  as  hereinafter provided, no person
  shall operate any snowmobile within the state unless such snowmobile has
  been registered and numbered in accordance with the provisions  of  this
  article,  and  the  registration  number  for such snowmobile is in full
  force and effect and displayed as hereinafter provided.
    2. The commissioner is authorized to register a  snowmobile,  issue  a
  registration  certificate  and  assign  a  registration  number  to such
  snowmobile. All such registrations shall be valid until the thirty-first
  day of August following the  date  of  such  registration;  except  that
  registrations issued between the first day of April and the thirty-first
  day  of  August, inclusive, shall be valid until the thirty-first day of
  August in the following year; and unless, prior  to  expiration  of  the
  period  of  registration,  it  is  surrendered,  cancelled,  revoked  or
  suspended pursuant to the provisions of this article.
    3. A number once assigned under this section  shall  remain  with  the
  registered  snowmobile  until  the snowmobile is destroyed, abandoned or
  permanently removed from the state, or until changed  or  terminated  by
  the commissioner.
    4.  Fees. Fees for registration of snowmobiles, to be collected by the
  commissioner under this article, are as follows:
    (a) A fee of ten dollars for each individual resident registration.
    (b) A fee of ten dollars for each individual nonresident registration.
    (c) A fee of fifty dollars for each two-year dealer registration.
    (d) A fee of five dollars  for  each  additional  dealer  demonstrator
  registration number.
    (e)  A  fee  of  one  dollar  for  replacement of a lost, mutilated or
  destroyed certificate.
    * 4-a. Additional fee. In addition to the other fees provided  for  in
  paragraphs  (a),  (b)  and  (c)  of subdivision four of this section the
  commissioner shall, upon application in such cases for the  registration
  of  a  snowmobile or the renewal thereof, collect the annual thirty-five
  dollar fee for residents and thirty-five  dollar  fee  for  nonresidents
  imposed   by  section  21.07  of  the  parks,  recreation  and  historic
  preservation law. This fee shall also be collected from dealers  at  the
  time of original registration and at the time of each renewal.
    * NB Effective until April 30, 2006
    * 4-a.  Additional  fee. In addition to the other fees provided for in
  paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subdivision  four  of  this  section  the
  commissioner  shall, upon application in such cases for the registration
  of a snowmobile or the renewal thereof, collect the annual ninety dollar
  fee  for  residents  and  ninety  dollar  fee  for  nonresidents  and  a
  thirty-five  dollar  fee  for  residents  and thirty-five dollar fee for
  nonresidents who provide proof, at the time of registration,  that  such
  individual  is  a  member of an organized New York state snowmobile club
  that is a member of the New York state snowmobile association  or  is  a
  member  of  an  organized New York state snowmobile club that is a trail
  maintenance entity and  a  member  of  the  New  York  state  snowmobile
  association  which are imposed by section 21.07 of the parks, recreation
  and historic preservation law. In the event that an  individual  seeking
  snowmobile  club  membership  is  unable, for any reason, to secure such
  club membership, he or she may contact the  New  York  state  snowmobile
  association,  who shall secure such membership for such person. This fee
  shall  also  be  collected  from  dealers  at  the  time   of   original
  registration  and  at  the  time of each renewal. The commissioner shall
  effectuate regulations regarding what is required as proof of membership
  in an  organized  New  York  state  snowmobile  club  that  is  a  trail
  maintenance  entity  and  a  member  of  the  New  York state snowmobile
  association for the purposes of this subdivision.
    * NB Effective April 30, 2006
    5.  Application.  The  owner of each snowmobile requiring registration
  under this section shall present an application for registration to  the
  commissioner,   on   a  blank  to  be  prepared  and  furnished  by  the
  commissioner for that purpose. Such  application  shall  contain  or  be
  accompanied  by  such  evidence  of  the  ownership  of  the  snowmobile
  described in the application as may be required by the commissioner.
    6. Dealers. Any person who is a dealer shall register as a dealer. The
  commissioner, upon receipt of an application and the required fee, shall
  assign a distinctive dealer registration number to  the  registrant  and
  issue  an  appropriate  registration  certificate  to him and assign two
  dealer demonstrator registration numbers and upon  the  payment  of  the
  appropriate  fee,  such additional numbers as shall be requested. Dealer
  registrations and dealer demonstrator registration numbers shall not  be
  transferable.
    7.  Renewal.  After  payment  of  the registration fees as provided in
  subdivisions  four  and  four-a  of  this  section,  every  owner  of  a
  snowmobile  shall  renew  his  or her registration annually on or before
  September first of each year and every dealer shall  renew  his  or  her
  registration  biennially  in  such  form  and manner as the commissioner
  shall prescribe. If a dealer registration is issued for a period of more
  or less than two years, the fee for such registration shall be  prorated
  on a monthly basis.
    8.  The  validating date tag. At the time of the original registration
  and at the time of each annual renewal thereof, the  commissioner  shall
  also issue to said registrant a date tag or tags indicating the validity
  of  the  current  registration  and  the  expiration date thereof, which
  validating date tag or tags should be affixed to the snowmobile in  such
  manner  as the commissioner may prescribe. Notwithstanding the fact that
  a snowmobile has been assigned an identifying number, it  shall  not  be
  considered  as  validly  registered  within  the meaning of this section
  unless a validating date tag and current registration  certificate  have
  been issued.
    9.  Denial  of  current  registration.  In the event that a snowmobile
  sought to be registered or re-registered does not, after inspection  and
  testing,  comply with the provisions respecting equipment established by
  section 25.17 of the parks and recreation law or by the  regulations  of
  the  commissioner  promulgated  pursuant to this title, the commissioner
  may deny the issuance of a validating date tag and  current  certificate
  of registration.
    10.  Snowmobiles owned by governmental agencies. A registration number
  shall be assigned, without payment of a fee, for  snowmobiles  owned  by
  governmental agencies, or by volunteer organizations if used exclusively
  for emergency purposes, provided that each such snowmobile shall display
  the proper registration number assigned to it.
    11.  Exemption.  No  registrations shall be required for the following
  described snowmobiles:
    (a) Snowmobiles owned and used by the United States.
    (b) Snowmobiles covered by a valid registration or license of  another
  state,  province  or  country, as provided in subdivision twelve of this
  section.
    (c)  Snowmobiles  operated  on  lands  owned  by  the  owner  of  such
  snowmobile,  or  on  lands  to  which such owner has a contractual right
  other than as a member  of  a  club  or  association  provided  (i)  the
  snowmobile  is  not  operated  elsewhere  within  the state, and (ii) no
  consideration, either direct or indirect, is paid to the  owner  of  the
  snowmobile with respect to such operation.
    12.  Out of state snowmobile registration. The registration provisions
  of this article shall apply to non-resident owners of  snowmobiles  used
  in  New York state as provided for by the commissioner except when their
  snowmobile is used on trails which proceed along a New York state border
  and  which,  occasionally as dictated by the terrain, cross into another
  state, in which such snowmobile is registered; such cross border  trails
  on  which  nonresident  owned  snowmobiles  may proceed without New York
  state registration shall be designated by the state commissioner of  the
  office  of  parks,  recreation  and historic preservation as provided in
  section 25.04 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law and
  he shall publish such trail designation in the New York  state  register
  and  other  publications  accessible  to  the  snowmobiling public. Such
  non-resident registration applications shall be made  available  at  the
  place  of  business  of  all  registered  dealers  and  by mail from the
  department. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to  authorize
  the  operation  of  any  snowmobile  contrary  to the provisions of this
  article.
    13. State aid. The Lake George park commission shall  be  entitled  to
  receive  state  aid  in  an  amount  relating  to the percentage of fees
  collected under this section that can be estimated to be  attributed  to
  snowmobile use within the Lake George park. The amount of such aid shall
  be  annually  determined  by  the  commissioner of parks, recreation and
  historic preservation and the director of the budget.
    14. Registration at time of sale. Snowmobiles sold by dealers shall be
  registered at the time of sale of  such  snowmobile.  Such  registration
  shall  be  valid until the thirty-first day of August following the date
  of such sale; provided however that snowmobiles sold after  April  first
  of each year shall be issued a registration valid until the thirty-first
  day  of  August  in  the  year following that in which the snowmobile is
  sold. Snowmobiles purchased to be used in accordance with paragraph  (c)
  of  subdivision eleven of this section or for use exclusively outside of
  the state of New York shall not require  registration  at  the  time  of
  purchase, and the purchaser of such snowmobile shall sign a declaration,
  provided   by   the  dealer,  which  shall  state  that  such  purchaser
  understands the conditions under which a snowmobile must  be  registered
  and  the penalty for violation of such registration provisions; the form
  of such declaration shall be provided by the commissioner to each dealer
  and shall be forwarded to the commissioner.