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                                    497
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. MAGNARELLI, SIMON, LEVENBERG -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  providing
   for the electronic transmission of certain documents

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (f) of section 2101 of the vehicle and  traffic
 law, as added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (f)  To  "mail"  means  to  deposit in the United States mail properly
 addressed and with postage prepaid, OR ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED.
   § 2. Subdivision (c) of section 2107 of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
 as  added  by  chapter  521  of  the laws of 1972, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (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] SUCH COMMISSIONER shall also issue
 and mail OR HAVE ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED to the lienholder  or  lien-
 holders  named  in  the  original  application, or to the lienholder who
 filed the subsequent security interest a notice of recorded lien.
   § 3. Section 2109 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by  section
 1134 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2109. Delivery.  The  certificate  of title shall be mailed OR ELEC-
 TRONICALLY TRANSMITTED to the owner.
   § 4. Subdivision (a) of section 2112 of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  175 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or  destroyed
 or  becomes  illegible,  the  owner or legal representative of the owner
 named in the certificate, as shown by the records of  the  commissioner,

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 shall  promptly  make  application  for  and may obtain a duplicate upon
 furnishing information satisfactory  to  the  commissioner.  Unless  the
 original  certificate  of  title is surrendered to the commissioner, the
 duplicate  certificate  of  title  shall  contain  the legend "This is a
 duplicate certificate and may be subject to the rights of a person under
 the original certificate." It shall be mailed OR  ELECTRONICALLY  TRANS-
 MITTED to the owner.
   § 5. Subdivisions (a) and (b) of section 2117 of the vehicle and traf-
 fic  law,  as  added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971, are amended to
 read as follows:
   (a) The commissioner, upon receipt of a properly assigned  certificate
 of  title,  with  an  application  for  a  new certificate of title, the
 required fee and any other documents required by law,  shall  check  the
 identifying  number  of  the  vehicle against the appropriate records of
 vehicles required to be maintained, issue a new certificate of title  in
 the  name  of  the  transferee as owner and mail it OR HAVE IT ELECTRON-
 ICALLY TRANSMITTED to the owner.
   (b) The commissioner, upon receipt of an application for a new certif-
 icate of title by a transferee other than by  voluntary  transfer,  with
 proof of the transfer, the required fee and any other documents required
 by  law,  shall  check the identifying number of the vehicle against the
 appropriate records of vehicles required to be maintained, issue  a  new
 certificate  of title in the name of the transferee as owner and mail it
 OR HAVE IT ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED to the owner. If  the  outstanding
 certificate  of  title  is  not delivered to the commissioner, [he] SUCH
 COMMISSIONER shall demand it from the holder thereof.
   § 6. Subdivisions (b) and (c) of section 2119 of the vehicle and traf-
 fic law, as added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971,  are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (b)  The  lienholder  shall, immediately after the owner complies with
 subdivision (a), cause the certificate, application and the required fee
 to be mailed, ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED or delivered to the commission-
 er.
   (c) Upon receipt of the certificate  of  title,  application  and  the
 required  fee, the commissioner shall either endorse on the certificate,
 or issue a new certificate containing, the name and address of  the  new
 lienholder,  and  mail OR ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMIT the certificate to the
 owner.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.