2015 New York Laws
VAT - Vehicle & Traffic
Title 4 - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Article 16 - (415 - 419) REGISTRATION OF DEALERS AND TRANSPORTERS
417 - Certificates by retail dealers on sales of second hand motor vehicles.

 417. Certificates  by  retail  dealers on sales of second hand motor
  vehicles. Upon the sale or transfer of title by a retail dealer  of  any
  second  hand  motor vehicle, intended for use by the buyer, his agent or
  representative upon the public highways, the vendor  shall  execute  and
  deliver  to the vendee an instrument in writing, in a form prescribed by
  the commissioner, in which shall be given the make, year of  manufacture
  and  identification  number  of  the  said  motor  vehicle, the name and
  address of the vendee, and the date of  delivery  to  the  vendee.  Such
  notice  shall  also  contain  a  certification  that  said motor vehicle
  complies with such requirements of this chapter as shall be specified by
  the commissioner and that it is in condition and repair to render, under
  normal use, satisfactory and adequate service upon the public highway at
  the time of delivery.
The failure of the vendor to deliver to  the  vendee  the  certificate
  required  by this section or delivery of a false certificate knowing the
  same to  be  false  or  misleading  or  without  making  an  appropriate
  inspection  to  determine  whether  the contents of such certificate are
  true shall constitute a violation of this section.  The  delivery  of  a
  false  certificate  shall  raise  presumption  that such certificate was
  issued without an appropriate inspection.
This section shall not apply to  a  motor  vehicle  transferred  to  a
  lessee, a family member of a lessee, or an employee of a lessee, who has
  had possession of the vehicle for a period of one hundred twenty days or
  more under a lease.