New York Laws
Article 3 - Exemption of Non-Resident Owners and Operators
250 - Exemption of Non-Resident Owners and Operators.

(b) The commissioner may, in his discretion, waive the provisions of
this subdivision with respect to any motor vehicle, motorcycle, trailer
or semitrailer, duly registered in another state, territory, federal
district or foreign country, provided that the owner thereof has
registered annually in this state a number of vehicles equal to or in
excess of the average number of vehicles said owner will have available
annually in this state for hire or operation therein. The commissioner
is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend rules and
regulations to effectuate the provisions of this paragraph. Such
regulations may include a requirement that the owner file annually and
at such time and in such manner as shall be prescribed by the
commissioner, a sworn statement including, but not limited to the
following information: (1) the owner's total number of motor vehicles,
motorcycles, trailers and/or semitrailers registered in Canada and the
United States; (2) the owner's total annual registration of such
vehicles in this state; and (3) the total number of such vehicles which
are rented, leased or used in this state for the preceding twelve month
period or in the absence of any past experience, the total anticipated
number of such vehicles that will be rented, leased or used in this
state. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring the
granting of the waiver authorized by this paragraph.
(c) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, insofar as
they require display of number plates issued by the commissioner, shall
not apply to any motor vehicle, other than a bus, which is duly
registered in another state and displays registration and number plates
as required by that state, which registration and number plates permit
the transportation of persons for-hire within that state, provided the
registrant has been issued a registration for such motor vehicle by the
commissioner, has paid the appropriate annual fee as provided in
schedule C of subdivision seven of section four hundred one of this
chapter and displays proof of such registration on such vehicle in
accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the commissioner
need not issue number plates to the registrant when issuing a
registration intended to secure the authorization for operation within
this state as provided by this paragraph.
4. a. The provisions of this chapter relative to the registration of
motor vehicles, motorcycles and trailers and the display of registration
numbers shall not apply to a motor vehicle, motorcycle or trailer owned
by a non-resident of the state who is a seasonal farm laborer, for a
period extending from the first day of April to and including the

thirtieth day of November in each year, provided that the owner thereof
shall have complied with the provisions of the law of the foreign
country, state, territory or federal district of his residence relative
to registration of such motor vehicle, motorcycle or trailer, as the
case may be, and the display of registration numbers thereof, and
provided further that the owner thereof shall furnish proof to the
commissioner that such owner has in effect with respect to such motor
vehicle an automobile liability policy issued by an insurance company
authorized to do business in this state or by an unauthorized insurer
authorized to transact business in the jurisdiction of his residence in
at least the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars because of bodily
injury to or fifty thousand dollars because of death of one person in
any one accident and, subject to said limit for one person, in at least
the amount of fifty thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or one
hundred thousand dollars because of death of two or more persons in any
accident, and in at least the amount of ten thousand dollars because of
injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident.
b. Upon filing of such proof of financial security, the commissioner
shall issue to the owner of said motor vehicle, motorcycle or trailer,
upon payment of a fee of two dollars, a certificate, which certificate
shall be affixed to a prominent place on the interior of said motor
vehicle, motorcycle or trailer, and shall bear the following
information: (1) name and address of the owner of said motor vehicle,
motorcycle or trailer, (2) make and year of said motor vehicle,
motorcycle or trailer, (3) state of registration and registration number
thereof, (4) date of expiration of the exemption period provided in this
subdivision and (5) such other information as the commissioner may
direct.
c. The exemption provided in this subdivision shall in no way affect
the non-resident status of the owner of said motor vehicle, motorcycle
or trailer and he shall be subject to the provisions of all other laws,
rules, codes and regulations with respect to the ownership and/or
operation by a non-resident of a motor vehicle, motorcycle or trailer in
this state. However, all said motor vehicles, motorcycles and trailers
shall be subject to the provisions of article five of this chapter in
the same manner as if they are registered in this state.
d. A non-resident of the state who is a seasonal farm laborer shall be
entitled to a period not exceeding thirty days from the date of his
entrance into the state within which to file proof of financial security
and pay the fee required and secure the certificate authorized in
paragraph b of subdivision four of this section, provided, however, that
the limitations contained in subdivision three of this section shall be
applicable until such time as the certificate authorized in paragraph b
of this subdivision is obtained.
5. As used in this section, the term "resident" shall mean
domiciliary, that is, one who lives in this state with the intention of
making it a fixed and permanent abode. It shall be presumptive evidence
that a person who maintains a place of abode in this state for a period
of at least ninety days is a resident of this state.

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