2013 New York Consolidated Laws
VAT - Vehicle & Traffic
Title 3 - SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY; FINANCIAL SECURITY; EQUIPMENT; INSPECTION; SIZE AND WEIGHT; AND OTHER PROVISIONS
Article 12 - (390 - 397-B) OTHER PROVISIONS
396 - Use of state and other seals and insignia on private vehicles prohibited.

 
    § 396. Use  of  state and other seals and insignia on private vehicles
  prohibited.  1. A person who shall use any seal, device of  arms,  sign,
  lettering  or  insignia  of  the  United  States,  or  of  this state or
  political subdivision thereof, on any vehicle not owned or used  by  the
  United  States,  this  state  or  by such political subdivision thereof,
  which such seal, device of arms, sign, lettering or insignia represents,
  is guilty of a traffic infraction.
    2. A person who shall use or display the  words  "Police  Department,"
  "Police"  or  any  sign, lettering or device with the letters "P.D.," or
  any other matter indicating ownership, possession or  use  by  a  police
  department,  on  any  motor  vehicle  or  motor cycle not used by a duly
  organized police department within this state and not actually  operated
  or used by a member or an employee of a duly organized police department
  on any public highway, is guilty of a traffic infraction.
    3.  A  person  who  shall  use or display the words "Fire Department,"
  "Fire" or any sign, lettering or device with the letters "F.D.N.Y.,"  or
  any  other  matter  indicating  ownership,  possession  or use by a fire
  department, on any motor vehicle or motor  cycle  not  used  by  a  duly
  organized fire department within this state and not actually operated or
  used  by  a member or an employee of a duly organized fire department on
  any public highway, is guilty of a traffic infraction.