(b) Commissioner. The commissioner of motor vehicles of this state.
(c) Department. The department of motor vehicles of this state acting
directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents.
(d) Person. Shall include individuals, firms, partnerships,
associations, corporations, receivers, referees, trustees, assignees for
the benefit of creditors; executors and administrators; and shall
include the owner of any motor vehicle as requisite; but shall not
include the state or any political subdivision thereof.
(g) Owner. A person who holds the legal title of a motor vehicle; or
in the event a motor vehicle is subject to a security interest, or lease
with the right of purchase upon performance of conditions stated in the
lease and with an immediate right of possession vested in the debtor or
lessee, then such debtor or lessee shall be deemed the owner for the
purpose of this act.
(h) Insured. The person in whose name there is issued a motor vehicle
liability policy, as defined in this article, and any other person
insured under the terms of such policy.
(i) Judgment. Any judgment, except a judgment rendered against this
state or any political subdivision thereof or any municipality therein,
which shall have become final by expiration without appeal of the time
within which appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmance on
appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state, any
province of Canada, the Dominion of Canada, the District of Columbia, or
the United States.
(j) Non-resident. Every person who is not a resident of this state.
(k) Motor vehicle. As used in this article, the term "motor vehicle"
shall be defined as in section one hundred twenty-five of this chapter,
except that it shall also include trailers, semi-trailers and tractors
other than tractors used exclusively for agricultural purposes, and
shall exclude fire and police vehicles, self-propelled combines,
self-propelled corn and hay harvesting machines, tractors used
exclusively for agricultural purposes and self-propelled caterpillar or
crawler-type equipment while being operated on the contract site.
Structure New York Laws
Article 7 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act
330 - Commissioner to Administer Article; May Require Proof; Court Review.
331 - Proof Required Upon Certain Convictions.
332 - Proof Required in the Event of Certain Judgments.
333 - Payments Sufficient to Satisfy Requirements of This Article.
334 - Suspension Waived Upon Payment of Judgment in Installments.
335 - Security and Proof Required Following Accident.
336 - Duty of Courts to Report Judgments.
338 - Application to Non-Resident, Other Persons.
339 - Owner May Give Proof for Chauffeur or Member of Family.
340 - Surrender of License and Evidences of Registration.
341 - Amount of Proof Required.
342 - Alternate Methods of Giving Proof.
344 - Certificate Furnished by Non-Resident.
345 - Motor Vehicle Liability Policy.
348 - Article Not to Affect Other Policies.
349 - Filing a Bond as Proof of Financial Responsibility.
350 - Money or Securities Deposited as Proof of Financial Responsibility.
351 - Person Having Given Proof May Substitute Other Proof.
352 - If Proof Fails Commissioner May Require Other Proof.
353 - When Commissioner May Release Proof.
354 - Commissioner to Furnish Operating Record.
355 - Operating Without Giving Proof When Proof Required.
356 - Forging or Without Authority Signing Proof of Financial Responsibility.
357 - Failing to Report Convictions and Judgments.
358 - Otherwise Violating Article.
362 - Article Not to Repeal Other Motor Vehicle Laws.
363 - Expenses of Administering Article.
364 - Uniformity of Interpretation.
366 - Past Application of Article.