2013 New York Consolidated Laws
VAT - Vehicle & Traffic
Title 10 - UNIFORM VEHICLE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE ACT
Article 46 - (2101 - 2135) UNIFORM VEHICLE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE ACT
2104 - Certificate of title required.

 
    § 2104. Certificate  of  title required.  (a) Every owner of a vehicle
  which is in this state and is not excluded from provisions of this title
  by section two thousand one hundred two of this article, and  for  which
  no  certificate  of title has been issued by the commissioner shall make
  application to the commissioner  for  a  certificate  of  title  of  the
  vehicle  within  thirty  days  after  transfer  to  him  of the vehicle;
  provided, however, that a person may, but need not, make application  to
  the  commissioner  for a certificate of title for a fire truck designed,
  used and maintained for fire service purposes and the transportation  of
  property  in connection therewith owned and identified as being owned by
  the state, a public authority, a county, town,  city,  village  or  fire
  district,  or  a fire corporation subject to the provisions of paragraph
  (e) of section fourteen hundred two of  the  not-for-profit  corporation
  law,  or a fire company as defined in section one hundred of the general
  municipal law.
    (b) The commissioner shall not register or renew the registration of a
  vehicle  unless  a  certificate  of  title  has  been  issued   by   the
  commissioner  to  the  owner or an application therefor has been made by
  the owner and delivered to the commissioner.