N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 417: Certificates by retail dealers on sales of second hand motor vehicles

§ 417. Certificates by retail dealers on sales of second hand motor

vehicles. Upon the sale or transfer of title by a retail dealer of any

second hand motor vehicle, intended for use by the buyer, his agent or

representative upon the public highways, the vendor shall execute and

deliver to the vendee an instrument in writing, in a form prescribed by

the commissioner, in which shall be given the make, year of manufacture

and identification number of the said motor vehicle, the name and

address of the vendee, and the date of delivery to the vendee. Such

notice shall also contain a certification that said motor vehicle

complies with such requirements of this chapter as shall be specified by

the commissioner and that it is in condition and repair to render, under

normal use, satisfactory and adequate service upon the public highway at

the time of delivery. It shall also certify that such vehicle complies

with the equipment requirements in section four hundred nineteen-a of

this article.

The failure of the vendor to deliver to the vendee the certificate

required by this section or delivery of a false certificate knowing the

same to be false or misleading or without making an appropriate

inspection to determine whether the contents of such certificate are

true shall constitute a violation of this section. The delivery of a

false certificate shall raise presumption that such certificate was

issued without an appropriate inspection.

This section shall not apply to a motor vehicle transferred to a

lessee, a family member of a lessee, or an employee of a lessee, who has

had possession of the vehicle for a period of one hundred twenty days or

more under a lease.