2018 New York Laws
VAT - Vehicle and Traffic
Title 3 - Safety Responsibility; Financial Security; Equipment; Inspection; Size and Weight; and Other Provisions
Article 5 - Periodic Inspection of Motor Vehicles
301-A - Re-Inspection of Motor Vehicles Involved in Certain Accidents.

§ 301-a. Re-inspection of motor vehicles involved in certain accidents. 1. The commissioner may require that a motor vehicle registered in this state or elsewhere which is required to be inspected, be re-inspected after it is involved in a property damage accident which is required to be reported to the motor vehicle department. Such re-inspection shall be made within sixty days of the date of the accident if the motor vehicle is driven away from the accident site. Such re-inspection shall be made before the vehicle is operated on the public highways if the motor vehicle is towed or transported from the accident site, except that a motor vehicle may be driven from a repair shop to an inspection station for the purpose of being re-inspected.

2. The owner of a car so damaged shall be required to submit to the department within the same time limit as provided in subdivision one of this section satisfactory proof of re-inspection pursuant to rules and regulations to be promulgated by the commissioner.

3. Failure to submit such proof of re-inspection as herein provided shall constitute ground for suspension or revocation of his privileges of operating a motor vehicle in this state and of the operation within this state of any motor vehicle owned by him.


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