N.Y. General Business Law § 399-u: Motor vehicle alarms

§ 399-u. Motor vehicle alarms. 1. On and after the effective date of

this section, all devices offered for sale or installed in the state as

alarms for motor vehicles shall be so equipped and shall function so

that the audible portion of the alarm resets and ceases to sound not

more than three minutes after it is activated and commences sounding. No

audible burglar alarm in a motor vehicle shall be capable of being

activated except by (a) direct physical contact with that motor vehicle

or (b) through the use of an individual remote activation device that is

designed to be used with the motor vehicle alarm system of a particular

vehicle so long as the alarm activated by such device ceases to sound

within not more than three minutes.

2. A violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute an

offense punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for

the first offense and not more than two hundred fifty dollars for a

second or subsequent offense.