New York Laws
Article 46 - Uniform Vehicle Certificate of Title Act
2107 - Issuance and Records.

(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.

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