N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law Section 355
Operating without giving proof when proof required

Any person whose operator’s or chauffeur’s license or registration certificate or other privilege to operate a motor vehicle has been suspended or revoked, restoration thereof or the issuance of a new license or registration being contingent upon the furnishing of proof of financial responsibility, and who during such suspension or revocation or in the absence of full authorization from the commissioner shall drive any motor vehicle upon any highway or knowingly permits any motor vehicle owned by such person to be operated by another upon any highway except as permitted hereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to the penalties provided by § 511 (Operation while license or privilege is suspended or revoked)section five hundred eleven of this chapter.

Source: Section 355 — Operating without giving proof when proof required, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/VAT/355 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed May 24, 2025).

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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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May 24, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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