N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law Section 344
Certificate furnished by non-resident


(a)

The non-resident owner of a foreign vehicle may give proof of financial responsibility by filing with the commissioner a written certificate or certificates of an insurance carrier authorized to transact business in the state, District of Columbia, or territory or lands in continental United States under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, or a province of Canada in which the motor vehicle or motor vehicles described in such certificate is registered, or if such non-resident does not own a motor vehicle, then in the state, District of Columbia, or territory or lands in continental United States under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, or province of Canada in which the insured resides and otherwise conforming to the provisions of this article, and the commissioner shall accept the same upon condition that said insurance carrier complies with the following provisions of this section.

(1)

Said insurance carrier shall execute a power of attorney authorizing the commissioner to accept service on its behalf of notice or process in any action arising out of a motor vehicle accident in this state.

(2)

Said insurance carrier shall duly adopt a resolution which shall be binding upon it, declaring that its policies shall be deemed to be varied to comply with the law of this state relating to the terms of motor vehicle liability policies issued herein.

(3)

Said insurance carrier shall also agree to accept as final and binding any judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction in this state duly rendered in any action arising out of a motor vehicle accident.

(4)

Said insurance carrier shall also agree to pay any assessment for expenses of administration of this article levied against it as provided in § 363 (Expenses of administering article)section three hundred sixty-three of this chapter.

(b)

If any foreign insurance carrier which has qualified to furnish proof of financial responsibility as hereinbefore required defaults in any said undertakings or agreements, the commissioner shall not thereafter accept any certificate of said carrier, whether theretofore filed or thereafter tendered as proof of financial responsibility so long as such default continues.

Source: Section 344 — Certificate furnished by non-resident, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/VAT/344 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 27, 2024).

330
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

Accessed:
Apr. 27, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 344’s source at nysenate​.gov

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