N.Y.
Vehicle & Traffic Law Section 2107
Issuance and records
(a)
The commissioner shall file each application received and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity and that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall issue a certificate of title of the vehicle, except that the commissioner may require that any such vehicle be inspected in a manner prescribed by him for conformity to the description given in the application before he issues a certificate of title.(b)
The commissioner shall maintain a record of all certificates of title issued by him:(1)
Under a distinctive title number assigned to the vehicle;(2)
Under the identifying number of the vehicle;(3)
Alphabetically, under the name of the owner, unless he maintains alphabetical records of all owners holding certificates of registration;(4)
Under the registration number of the vehicle; and(5)
In the discretion of the commissioner, in any other method he determines.(c)
When the commissioner issues a certificate of title for a vehicle as a result of an original application for a title or as a result of the filing of a security interest, he shall also issue and mail to the lienholder or lienholders named in the original application, or to the lienholder who filed the subsequent security interest a notice of recorded lien. * (d) The commissioner shall not issue a certificate of title to a manufactured home with respect to which there has been filed an affidavit of affixation pursuant to paragraph five of subdivision (a) of § 2117-A (Surrender of manufacturer’s certificate of origin to a manufactured home)section twenty-one hundred seventeen-a of this article, paragraph five of subdivision (a) of § 2117-B (Surrender of title to a manufactured home)section twenty-one hundred seventeen-b of this article, and paragraph five of subdivision (a) of § 2117-C (Confirmation of conversion of a manufactured home)section twenty-one hundred seventeen-c of this article. * NB Effective December 12, 2026 * (e) The commissioner shall file, upon receipt, each affidavit of affixation that is delivered in accordance with subdivision (b) of Real Property Law § 344-B (Conversion procedure)section three hundred forty-four-b of the real property law and each declaration that is delivered pursuant to paragraph six of subdivision (a) of § 2117-C (Confirmation of conversion of a manufactured home)section twenty-one hundred seventeen-c of this article when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity. * NB Effective December 12, 2026 * (f) The commissioner shall maintain a record of each affidavit of affixation the commissioner files in accordance with subdivision (e) of this section. The record shall state the vehicle information or serial number of the manufactured home, the county of recordation, the date of recordation, the book and page number of each book of deeds where there has been recorded an affidavit of affixation pursuant to paragraph (iii) of subdivision (a) of Real Property Law § 344-B (Conversion procedure)section three hundred forty-four-b of the real property law and this article, and if applicable, a statement that filed with the affidavit of affixation is a declaration pursuant to paragraph six of subdivision (a) of § 2117-C (Confirmation of conversion of a manufactured home)section twenty-one hundred seventeen-c of this article, and any other data the commissioner prescribes. * NB Effective December 12, 2026 * (g) The commissioner shall file, upon receipt, each application for surrender of the manufacturer’s certificate of origin relating to a manufactured home that is delivered in accordance with § 2117-A (Surrender of manufacturer’s certificate of origin to a manufactured home)section twenty-one hundred seventeen-a of this article, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity. * NB Effective December 12, 2026 * (h) The commissioner shall maintain a record of each manufactured home manufacturer’s certificate of origin that the commissioner accepts for surrender as provided in § 2117-A (Surrender of manufacturer’s certificate of origin to a manufactured home)section twenty-one hundred seventeen-a of this article. The record shall state the vehicle information or serial number of the manufactured home, the date the manufacturer’s certificate of origin was delivered for surrender, the county of recordation, the date of recordation, and the book and page number of each book of deeds where there has been recorded an affidavit of affixation pursuant to paragraph (iii) of subdivision (a) of Real Property Law § 344-B (Conversion procedure)section three hundred forty-four-b of the real property law and this article, and any other data the commissioner prescribes. * NB Effective December 12, 2026 * (i) The commissioner shall file, upon receipt, each application for surrender of the certificate of title relating to a manufactured home that is delivered in accordance with § 2117-B (Surrender of title to a manufactured home)section twenty-one hundred seventeen-b of this article, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity. * NB Effective December 12, 2026 * (j) The commissioner shall maintain a record of each manufactured home certificate of title that the commissioner accepts for surrender as provided in § 2117-B (Surrender of title to a manufactured home)section twenty-one hundred seventeen-b of this article. The record shall state the vehicle information or serial number of the manufactured home, the date the certificate of title was delivered for surrender, the county of recordation, the date of recordation, the book and page number of each book of deeds where there has been recorded an affidavit of affixation pursuant to paragraph (iii) of subdivision (a) of Real Property Law § 344-B (Conversion procedure)section three hundred forty-four-b of the real property law and this article, and any other data the commissioner prescribes. * NB Effective December 12, 2026 * (k) The commissioner shall file, upon receipt, each application for confirmation of conversion relating to a manufactured home that is delivered in accordance with § 2117-C (Confirmation of conversion of a manufactured home)section twenty-one hundred seventeen-c of this article, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity. * NB Effective December 12, 2026 * (l) The commissioner shall maintain a record of each application for confirmation of conversion accepted as provided in § 2117-C (Confirmation of conversion of a manufactured home)section twenty-one hundred seventeen-c of this article. The record shall state the vehicle information or serial number of the manufactured home, the county of recordation, the date of recordation, the book and page number of each book of deeds where there has been recorded an affidavit of affixation pursuant to paragraph (iii) of subdivision (a) of Real Property Law § 344-B (Conversion procedure)section three hundred forty-four-b of the real property law and this article, and any other data the commissioner prescribes. * NB Effective December 12, 2026 * (m) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the commissioner shall maintain the records required by this section indefinitely. * NB Effective December 12, 2026 * (n) The commissioner shall establish electronic public access to the records maintained in accordance with subdivisions (f), (h), (j) and (l) of this section. * NB Effective December 12, 2026
Source:
Section 2107 — Issuance and records, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/VAT/2107 (updated Dec. 19, 2025; accessed Jan. 24, 2026).
