2023 New York Laws
VAT - Vehicle and Traffic
Title 11 - Registration of Snowmobiles, Motorboats and Limited Use Vehicles
Article 48-C - Rules for Operation of All Terrain Vehicles
2403 - Operation of Atvs; Where Permitted.

§ 2403. Operation  of  ATVs;  where  permitted. 1. Highways. No person
shall operate an ATV on a highway except as provided herein.
  (a) An ATV may make a direct crossing  on  a  highway  other  than  an
interstate highway or a controlled access highway, provided:
  (i)  the  crossing is made at an angle of approximately ninety degrees
to the direction of the highway and at  a  place  where  no  obstruction
prevents a quick and safe crossing;
  (ii)  the  vehicle  is  brought to a complete stop before crossing the
shoulder or main travelled way of the highway;
  (iii) the driver yields the right-of-way to all oncoming traffic  that
constitutes an immediate hazard;
  (iv)  in  crossing  a divided highway, the crossing is made only at an
intersection of the highway with another public street or highway, and
  (v) if the crossing is made between the hours of one-half  hour  after
sunset  to  one-half  hour  before  sunrise  or in conditions of reduced
visibility, only if both front and rear lights are lighted.
  (b) An ATV may be operated on any highway which  has  been  designated
and  posted as open for travel by ATVs in accordance with the provisions
of section twenty-four hundred five of this article.
2. Public lands other than highways. No person shall operate an ATV on
any public lands, waters and property other than a highway, except  that
an  ATV may be operated on any such lands which have been designated and
posted for travel by ATVs in accordance with the provisions  of  section
twenty-four hundred five of this article.
3.  Private  property.  No  person shall operate an ATV on the private
property of another without the consent of the owner or lessee thereof.
3-a. Real property of a farm operation. No person shall operate an ATV
on the real property of a farm  operation,  as  defined  in  subdivision
eleven  of section three hundred one of the agriculture and markets law,
without the consent of the owner or lessee thereof, where such owner  or
lessee has erected or maintained any sign, structure, display, or device
prohibiting  the  trespass  thereon,  and  which  shall  include  a sign
stating: "No Trespassing". A violation of this subdivision  shall  be  a
traffic infraction, and shall, upon a conviction of a first violation be
punishable  by  a  fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars or by
imprisonment for not more than fifteen days or by  both  such  fine  and
imprisonment;  upon  a  conviction  of a second violation, both of which
were committed within a period of eighteen months, shall  be  punishable
by  a  fine of not more than four hundred dollars or by imprisonment for
not more than forty-five days or by both  such  fine  and  imprisonment;
upon  a conviction of a third or subsequent violation, all of which were
committed within a period of eighteen months, shall be punishable  by  a
fine  of not more than five hundred fifty dollars or by imprisonment for
not more than ninety days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
4. Emergency vehicle. The provisions  of  subdivisions  one,  two  and
three  of this section shall not apply to operation as emergency vehicle
by any  authorized  emergency,  police  or  civil  defense  all  terrain
vehicle.