N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 505: Duplicate and amended licenses and permits; change of address

§ 505. Duplicate and amended licenses and permits; change of address.

1. Lost, mutilated or destroyed license or permit. In the event of the

loss, mutilation or destruction of any driver's license, or any part

thereof, or any learner's permit, or any document issued by the

commissioner and required for the issuance of a license, the licensee or

applicant may file with the commissioner proof of the facts with respect

to such loss, mutilation or destruction together with the fee prescribed

by law. If the commissioner is satisfied that the applicant is entitled

to a duplicate of such item, he shall issue a duplicate of the lost,

mutilated or destroyed item. Any mutilated item shall be surrendered

before a duplicate is issued. If a duplicate license or permit is issued

because of a lost license or permit, and such lost license or permit is

later recovered by the licensee or permit holder, he shall surrender

such recovered item to the commissioner for cancellation within ten days

after recovery of such item.

2. Change of class of license or addition of class to license. Any

licensee holding a license of one class who desires to obtain a license

of another class or to add a different class or endorsement to a license

may file an application with the commissioner together with the fee for

an amended license for the purpose of having such license amended. The

commissioner may require such applicant to take any tests required for

the issuance of a license in the desired class. Upon successful

completion of any required tests and the surrender of the prior license,

the commissioner shall issue such amended license.

3. Removal of restriction. Any person holding a license containing

restrictions as to use, other than one imposed solely by statute, may

file an application with the commissioner together with the fee for an

amended license for the purpose of having such restriction removed. The

commissioner shall require such applicant to submit such information or

to take such tests as he deems appropriate with respect to such

restrictions. Upon approval of such information or the successful

completion of such tests, and the surrender of the prior license, the

commissioner shall issue an appropriate amended license.

4. Amendment of license. Any person holding a license which contains

any error, other than a clerical error made by the issuing agency, with

respect to the information contained thereon, except with respect to the

address of such licensee, may file an application with the commissioner

together with the fee, if any, for an amended license to have such error

corrected. The commissioner shall require such person to submit proof

acceptable to him with respect to the facts, and upon approval of such

proof and the surrender of the prior license, the commissioner shall

issue an appropriate amended license.

5. Change of address. It shall be the duty of every licensee to notify

the commissioner in writing of any change of residence of such licensee

within ten days after such change occurs.

6. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to deliver to the state

board of elections, at least semi-annually, records, in a format as

mutually determined by both agencies, of the names of all licensed

drivers of voting age who have voluntarily surrendered their New York

state drivers licenses in order to obtain a license in another state.

Where feasible the department of motor vehicles shall also deliver

records of the names of all licensed drivers of voting age who have

notified the department of a change of residence address. Such records

shall be arranged by county of old residence and shall include the name,

birth date and old residence address of each such licensee and the new

residence address of each such person who has moved within New York

state.