N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law Section 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.

Source: Section 301-A — Re-inspection of motor vehicles involved in certain accidents, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/VAT/301-A (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 27, 2024).

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