N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law Section 353
When commissioner may release proof


The commissioner shall upon request consent to the cancellation of any bond or insurance policy or return to the person entitled thereto any money or securities, deposited pursuant to this article as proof of financial responsibility, or waive the requirement of filing proof of financial responsibility in any of the following events:

(1)

In the event of the death of the person on whose behalf such proof was filed, or the permanent incapacity of such person to operate a motor vehicle; or

(2)

In the event the person who has given proof of financial responsibility surrenders his operator’s or chauffeur’s license, registration certificates and registration plates to the commissioner, but the commissioner shall not release such proof in the event any action for damages upon a liability referred to in this article is then pending, or any judgment upon any such liability then outstanding and unsatisfied, or in the event the commissioner has received notice that such person has within the period of three months immediately preceding been involved as a driver in any motor vehicle accident. An affidavit of the applicant of the non-existence of such facts shall be sufficient evidence thereof in the absence of evidence to the contrary in the records of the bureau. Whenever any person to whom proof has been surrendered, as provided in this section, applies for an operator’s or chauffeur’s license or the registration of a motor vehicle, any such application shall be refused unless the applicant shall reestablish such proof.

Source: Section 353 — When commissioner may release proof, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/VAT/353 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

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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

Accessed:
Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 353’s source at nysenate​.gov

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