N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 314 – Acceptance of financial security deposits
§ 314. Acceptance of financial security deposits. 1. All moneys or securities delivered to the commissioner as a financial security deposit shall be placed by the commissioner in the custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance and shall be subject to execution to satisfy any judgment for damages for bodily injury or death, or injury to or destruction of property, arising out of the ownership, maintenance, use or operation of the motor vehicle with respect to which the deposit has been accepted, and subject to the same limits on amounts required by this article for an owner's policy of liability insurance, and if such moneys or securities shall be otherwise subjected to attachment or any execution, the depositor shall immediately furnish such additional moneys or securities, not otherwise subject to attachment or execution, to meet the requirements of this article.
Terms Used In N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 314
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- financial security deposit: shall mean for each motor vehicle the deposit with the commissioner of twenty-five thousand dollars in cash, or securities, such as may legally be purchased by savings banks or trust funds, of a market value of twenty-five thousand dollars and an additional deposit in an amount determined by the commissioner to be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of Article 51 of the insurance law. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 311
2. The commissioner shall not accept such moneys or securities as a financial security deposit unless accompanied by evidence that there are no unsatisfied judgments against such person registered in the office of the county clerk of the county where such person resides.