N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 2107: Issuance and records

§ 2107. Issuance and records. (a) The commissioner shall file each

application received and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and

regularity and that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a

certificate of title, shall issue a certificate of title of the vehicle,

except that the commissioner may require that any such vehicle be

inspected in a manner prescribed by him for conformity to the

description given in the application before he issues a certificate of

title.

(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.

* (d) The commissioner shall not issue a certificate of title to a

manufactured home with respect to which there has been filed an

affidavit of affixation pursuant to paragraph five of subdivision (a) of

section twenty-one hundred seventeen-a of this article, paragraph five

of subdivision (a) of section twenty-one hundred seventeen-b of this

article, and paragraph five of subdivision (a) of section twenty-one

hundred seventeen-c of this article.

* NB Effective December 12, 2026

* (e) The commissioner shall file, upon receipt, each affidavit of

affixation that is delivered in accordance with subdivision (b) of

section three hundred forty-four-b of the real property law and each

declaration that is delivered pursuant to paragraph six of subdivision

(a) of section twenty-one hundred seventeen-c of this article when

satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity.

* NB Effective December 12, 2026

* (f) The commissioner shall maintain a record of each affidavit of

affixation the commissioner files in accordance with subdivision (e) of

this section. The record shall state the vehicle information or serial

number of the manufactured home, the county of recordation, the date of

recordation, the book and page number of each book of deeds where there

has been recorded an affidavit of affixation pursuant to paragraph (iii)

of subdivision (a) of section three hundred forty-four-b of the real

property law and this article, and if applicable, a statement that filed

with the affidavit of affixation is a declaration pursuant to paragraph

six of subdivision (a) of section twenty-one hundred seventeen-c of this

article, and any other data the commissioner prescribes.

* NB Effective December 12, 2026

* (g) The commissioner shall file, upon receipt, each application for

surrender of the manufacturer's certificate of origin relating to a

manufactured home that is delivered in accordance with section

twenty-one hundred seventeen-a of this article, when satisfied as to its

genuineness and regularity.

* NB Effective December 12, 2026

* (h) The commissioner shall maintain a record of each manufactured

home manufacturer's certificate of origin that the commissioner accepts

for surrender as provided in section twenty-one hundred seventeen-a of

this article. The record shall state the vehicle information or serial

number of the manufactured home, the date the manufacturer's certificate

of origin was delivered for surrender, the county of recordation, the

date of recordation, and the book and page number of each book of deeds

where there has been recorded an affidavit of affixation pursuant to

paragraph (iii) of subdivision (a) of section three hundred forty-four-b

of the real property law and this article, and any other data the

commissioner prescribes.

* NB Effective December 12, 2026

* (i) The commissioner shall file, upon receipt, each application for

surrender of the certificate of title relating to a manufactured home

that is delivered in accordance with section twenty-one hundred

seventeen-b of this article, when satisfied as to its genuineness and

regularity.

* NB Effective December 12, 2026

* (j) The commissioner shall maintain a record of each manufactured

home certificate of title that the commissioner accepts for surrender as

provided in section twenty-one hundred seventeen-b of this article. The

record shall state the vehicle information or serial number of the

manufactured home, the date the certificate of title was delivered for

surrender, the county of recordation, the date of recordation, the book

and page number of each book of deeds where there has been recorded an

affidavit of affixation pursuant to paragraph (iii) of subdivision (a)

of section three hundred forty-four-b of the real property law and this

article, and any other data the commissioner prescribes.

* NB Effective December 12, 2026

* (k) The commissioner shall file, upon receipt, each application for

confirmation of conversion relating to a manufactured home that is

delivered in accordance with section twenty-one hundred seventeen-c of

this article, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity.

* NB Effective December 12, 2026

* (l) The commissioner shall maintain a record of each application for

confirmation of conversion accepted as provided in section twenty-one

hundred seventeen-c of this article. The record shall state the vehicle

information or serial number of the manufactured home, the county of

recordation, the date of recordation, the book and page number of each

book of deeds where there has been recorded an affidavit of affixation

pursuant to paragraph (iii) of subdivision (a) of section three hundred

forty-four-b of the real property law and this article, and any other

data the commissioner prescribes.

* NB Effective December 12, 2026

* (m) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the

commissioner shall maintain the records required by this section

indefinitely.

* NB Effective December 12, 2026

* (n) The commissioner shall establish electronic public access to the

records maintained in accordance with subdivisions (f), (h), (j) and (l)

of this section.

* NB Effective December 12, 2026