N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law Section 339
Owner may give proof for chauffeur or member of family

Whenever the commissioner determines that any person required to give proof or furnish security under this article, or under certain provisions of article three previously numbered article six-a of this chapter, as added by chapter six hundred ninety-five of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-nine and repealed by chapter eight hundred seventy-two of the laws of nineteen hundred forty-one, is or later becomes a chauffeur or motor vehicle operator, however designated, in the employ of an owner of a motor vehicle, or is or later becomes a member of the immediate family or household of the owner of a motor vehicle, the commissioner shall accept proof of financial responsibility given by such owner in lieu of proof by such person to permit such person to operate a motor vehicle for which the owner has given proof as herein provided. In case such person is one who is furnished proof of financial responsibility by his employer, he shall not be required to furnish security. The commissioner shall designate the restrictions imposed by this section on the face of such person’s operator’s or chauffeur’s license. If the owner of a motor vehicle is one who is required to furnish coverage for the vehicle under § 370 (Indemnity bonds or insurance policies)section three hundred seventy of this chapter, or one whose vehicles are operated under a permit or a certificate of convenience and necessity issued pursuant to the public service law or is a self-insurer, proof by the owner on behalf of another as provided by this section may be made if there is filed with the commissioner satisfactory evidence that such owner has complied with the law with respect to his liability for damage caused by the operation of his vehicles by providing the required insurance or other coverage or that he is a self-insurer.

Source: Section 339 — Owner may give proof for chauffeur or member of family, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/VAT/339 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 31, 2026).

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Commissioner to administer article 331
Proof required upon certain convictions 332
Proof required in the event of certain judgments 333
Payments sufficient to satisfy requirements of this article 334
Suspension waived upon payment of judgment in installments 335
Security and proof required following accident 336
Duty of courts to report judgments 337
Suspension, duration 338
Application to non-resident, other persons 339
Owner may give proof for chauffeur or member of family 340
Surrender of license and evidences of registration 341
Amount of proof required 342
Alternate methods of giving proof 343
Proof of financial responsibility by certificate showing motor vehicle liability policy obtained 344
Certificate furnished by non-resident 345
Motor vehicle liability policy 346
Proof of financial responsibility not required after February first, nineteen hundred fifty-seven 348
Article not to affect other policies 349
Filing a bond as proof of financial responsibility 350
Money or securities deposited as proof of financial responsibility 351
Person having given proof may substitute other proof 352
If proof fails commissioner may require other proof 353
When commissioner may release proof 354
Commissioner to furnish operating record 355
Operating without giving proof when proof required 356
Forging or without authority signing proof of financial responsibility 357
Failing to report convictions and judgments 358
Otherwise violating article 359
Definitions 360
Exceptions 361
Self-insurers 362
Article not to repeal other motor vehicle laws 363
Expenses of administering article 364
Uniformity of interpretation 365
Short title 366
Past application of article 367
This article does not prevent other process 368
Constitutionality
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Jan. 31, 2026

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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