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2021 New York Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 26 - Miscellaneous
396-K*2 - Sale of Certain Motor Vehicles Damaged by the Ravages of Natural Disaster.

Universal Citation: NY Gen Bus L § 396-K-2 (2021)
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* §  396-k.  Sale  of certain motor vehicles damaged by the ravages of
  natural disaster. No person, firm or corporation shall knowingly sell in
  this state any motor vehicle the  mechanical  or  electrical  system  of
  which  has  been previously damaged by the ravages of a natural disaster
  such as fire, flood,  hurricane,  landslide,  earthquake,  windstorm  or
  other  storm, to an extent which rendered the vehicle inoperable for any
  period of time, unless notice, in writing, of the fact of  such  damage,
  the  nature  and  extent  thereof  and the date and location in which it
  occurred is first given to each buyer of such  motor  vehicle.  For  the
  purposes  of  this  section,  a  vehicle  shall  be  deemed to have been
  rendered inoperable if, as a result of the damage caused by the  natural
  disaster,  it  would  be necessary for such vehicle to undergo repair in
  order to pass inspection in the manner provided in article five  of  the
  vehicle and traffic law.

A violation of this section shall constitute a class B misdemeanor.

* NB There are 2 § 396-k's

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