2019 New York Laws
VAT - Vehicle and Traffic
Title 3 - Safety Responsibility; Financial Security; Equipment; Inspection; Size and Weight; and Other Provisions
Article 7 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act
337 - Suspension, Duration.

§ 337. Suspension,  duration.  (a) The suspension required in sections
three hundred thirty-two, three hundred thirty-four  and  three  hundred
thirty-five  (e) shall remain in effect, the motor vehicle in any manner
involved in such accident shall not be registered in  the  name  of  the
person  whose  license and/or registration certificate was so suspended,
or in any other name where the commissioner has  reasonable  grounds  to
believe  that  such  registration  will have the effect of defeating the
purposes of this article, and no other motor vehicle shall be registered
in the name of such person nor any new licenses issued  to  such  person
unless  and  until such judgment is satisfied or stayed or is discharged
in  bankruptcy  and  the  judgment  debtor  gives  proof  of   financial
responsibility  in  the  future  as  required  pursuant to section three
hundred thirty-five except under the conditions as  stated  in  sections
three hundred thirty-three and three hundred thirty-four.
  (b) The suspension required in section three hundred thirty-five shall
remain  in  effect,  the  motor  vehicle  in any manner involved in such
accident shall not be registered in the name of the person whose license
and/or registration certificate was so suspended, or in any  other  name
where  the  commissioner  has  reasonable  grounds  to believe that such
registration will have the effect of  defeating  the  purposes  of  this
article,  and  no other motor vehicle shall be registered in the name of
such person nor any new licenses issued to such person, unless and until
such person complies with the requirement  with  respect  to  furnishing
security,  or  unless and until such person has obtained a release, or a
favorable judgment in an action at law to recover damages resulting from
such accident or unless such person shall have satisfied in  the  manner
herein  provided  any  judgment  rendered against such person in such an
action,  or  unless  such  judgment  rendered  against  such  person  is
discharged  in bankruptcy, and at all events until such person gives and
thereafter maintains proof of his financial responsibility.
  Provided, however, that  any  person  whose  license  or  registration
became   subject  to  suspension  or  has  been  suspended  pursuant  to
subdivision (a) of section three hundred  thirty-five,  whether  or  not
such   person   has   furnished   security   and   proof   of  financial
responsibility, shall be relieved from furnishing or  maintaining  proof
of  financial  responsibility if (1) one year has elapsed since the date
of the accident,  (2)  nine  months  have  elapsed  since  the  date  of
compliance with any suspension order made against such person because of
such accident, (3) such person has neither paid nor agreed in writing to
pay  anything  for damages resulting from such accident, (4) no suit for
damages because thereof has been brought against  such  person  and  (5)
such  person  is  not required to furnish or maintain proof of financial
responsibility for some reason other than for having  been  involved  in
such  accident.  If  a  suit  or  suits  for damages resulting from such
accident shall have been brought and  such  suit  or  suits  shall  have
resulted  in a judgment or judgments, the successful person in such suit
or suits shall be relieved  from  furnishing  or  maintaining  proof  of
financial  responsibility forthwith provided such person is not required
to furnish or maintain such proof for reasons other than for having been
involved in such  accident  and,  in  case  such  person  has  furnished
security  because  of having been involved in such accident, it shall be
returned to such person or the personal representative  of  such  person
forthwith  notwithstanding  the provisions of subdivision (c) of section
three hundred thirty-five. The fact of  having  been  involved  in  such
accident  shall  not  bar  the issuance of license and registration to a
person who has been relieved from furnishing  or  maintaining  proof  of
financial responsibility pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph.
  (c)  A  discharge  in  bankruptcy  following the rendering of any such
judgment  shall  not  relieve  the  judgment  debtor  from  any  of  the
requirements  of  this article unless otherwise provided in subdivisions
(a) and (b) of this section.