N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 491: Period of validity of identification card; required fees

§ 491. Period of validity of identification card; required fees. 1.

Period of validity. An identification card shall be valid from the date

of issuance until the date of expiration determined by the commissioner,

except that (a) any person sixty-two years of age or older or (b) any

recipient of supplemental security income benefits defined in section

two hundred eight of the social services law, shall be eligible for a

card which expires ten years after the date of issuance. Such dates of

issuance and expiration shall be noted on the identification card.

However, the prior identification card shall expire on the date of

issuance of a renewal of such prior identification card. The

commissioner may extend the period of validity of an identification card

in a manner and form prescribed by the commissioner.

2. Fees. (a) The fee for an identification card shall be fifty cents

for each six months, or any portion thereof of the identification card's

validity, except that the fee which shall be charged for the issuance of

any original, duplicate, or renewal identification card issued (i) any

person sixty-two years of age or older or (ii) any recipient of

supplemental security income benefits as defined in section two hundred

eight of the social services law, shall be one dollar and fifty cents

for a period of ten years.

(b) The fee for a duplicate of an identification card shall be three

dollars.

(c) In addition to other fees prescribed herein, an additional fee

shall be charged for the issuance of any original, duplicate or renewal

identification card which contains a photograph of the holder. Such fee

shall not exceed the additional cost of providing a photograph on an

identification card rounded to the next highest twenty-five cents.

(d) There shall be no fee other than a fee prescribed in paragraph (c)

of this subdivision for an amended identification card.

(e) In addition to any other fee prescribed in this section, an

additional fee of thirty dollars shall be charged for any non-driver

identification card, issued to a New York state resident who is a

citizen of the United States, that can be used for certain land and sea

border crossings pursuant to section 7209 of the Intelligence Reform and

Terrorism Prevention Act of Two Thousand Four, Public Law 108-458, or

the regulations promulgated thereunder.

3. Waiver of fee. The commissioner may waive the payment of fees

required by subdivision two of this section if the applicant is (a) an

incarcerated individual in an institution or correctional facility under

the jurisdiction of a state department or agency, or (b) a victim of a

crime and the identification card applied for is a replacement for one

that was lost or destroyed as a result of the crime.