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N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 513: Certificate of magistrate

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  1. Vehicle & Traffic Law
  2. Title 5. Drivers' Licenses
  3. Article 20. Suspension and Revocation

§ 513. Certificate of magistrate. (a) Upon the suspension or

revocation of any license or certificate of registration for any reason

specified in sections five hundred ten and eleven hundred ninety-three

of this chapter as a ground for such suspension or revocation, the

magistrate or other officer suspending or revoking the same shall,

within ninety-six hours, transmit to the commissioner a certificate

stating: (a) whether such license or certificate has been suspended or

revoked and, if suspended, the period of such suspension; (b) the name

and address of the person whose license or certificate has been

suspended or revoked; (c) the nature of the offense committed, or other

reason for the suspension or revocation; (d) the number and character of

the violations of the provisions of this chapter, or of any lawful local

ordinance, rule or regulation in relation to motor vehicle or motorcycle

speed or traffic, of which such licensee has been convicted, so far as

practicable. Such certificate shall be presumptive evidence of the

facts recited therein. At such time, said magistrate or officer shall

transmit such license, if surrendered at sentencing, to the

commissioner.

(b) Where a person has been granted youthful offender status, the

certificate required by subdivision (a) of this section shall specify

(i) whether such license or certificate has been suspended or revoked,

and if suspended, the period of such suspension; if revoked, the time

period within which no new license may be issued; (ii) the name and

address of the person whose license or certificate has been revoked; and

(iii) such other information as the commissioner may require by

regulation.

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