N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 2107 – Issuance and records
§ 2107. Issuance and records. (a) The commissioner shall file each application received and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity and that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall issue a certificate of title of the vehicle, except that the commissioner may require that any such vehicle be inspected in a manner prescribed by him for conformity to the description given in the application before he issues a certificate of title.
Terms Used In N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 2107
- Commissioner: includes the office and a branch office of the commissioner and, when authorized to receive a document or fee as agent of the commissioner, the clerk of a county. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 2101
- Identifying number: means the numbers, and letters if any, on a vehicle designated by the commissioner for the purpose of identifying the vehicle. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 2101
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Lienholder: means a person holding a security interest in a vehicle. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 2101
- mail: means to deposit in the United States mail properly addressed and with postage prepaid. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 2101
- Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vehicle. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 2101
- Security interest: means an interest in a vehicle reserved or created by agreement and which secures payment or performance of an obligation. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 2101
- Vehicle: means a vehicle as defined in section one hundred fifty-nine of this chapter except that it shall not include a device for which a registration is denied pursuant to section four hundred-a of this chapter and, except with respect to section twenty-one hundred two of this article, shall also mean a vessel as defined in section twenty-two hundred fifty of this chapter. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 2101
(b) The commissioner shall maintain a record of all certificates of title issued by him:
(1) Under a distinctive title number assigned to the vehicle;
(2) Under the identifying number of the vehicle;
(3) Alphabetically, under the name of the owner, unless he maintains alphabetical records of all owners holding certificates of registration;
(4) Under the registration number of the vehicle; and
(5) In the discretion of the commissioner, in any other method he determines.
(c) When the commissioner issues a certificate of title for a vehicle as a result of an original application for a title or as a result of the filing of a security interest, he shall also issue and mail to the lienholder or lienholders named in the original application, or to the lienholder who filed the subsequent security interest a notice of recorded lien.