N.Y. Navigation Law § 47-a: Accidents; police authorities, bay constables and coroners to report

§ 47-a. Accidents; police authorities, bay constables and coroners to

report. 1. Every police officer, bay constable or judicial officer

receiving information of an accident involving a vessel, including, but

not limited to, rowboats and canoes, in which any person is killed,

injured or disappears under the water shall immediately investigate the

facts, or cause the same to be investigated, make a written memorandum

of the information received, and such additional facts relating to the

accident as may come to his or her knowledge, and mail the same within

five days to the commissioner and keep a record thereof in his or her

office, provided, however, that the report of the accident is made to

the police officer, bay constable or judicial officer within five days

after such accident. Every coroner, or other official performing like

functions, shall likewise make a report to the commissioner with respect

to all deaths found to have been the result of vessel accidents.

2. Every police officer, bay constable or judicial officer receiving

information of an accident involving a vessel, including, but not

limited to, rowboats and canoes, in which damage in excess of one

thousand dollars to the property of any person is sustained shall make a

written memorandum of the information received, and such additional

facts relating to the accident as may come to his or her knowledge, and

mail the same within five days to the commissioner and keep a record

thereof in his or her office.

3. In accordance with any request duly made by an authorized official

or agency of the United States, any information compiled by or otherwise

available to the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be

transmitted to such official or agency of the United States.