N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 517: Interstate compact guaranteeing appearance

§ 517. Interstate compact guaranteeing appearance. a. The commissioner

may execute a reciprocal compact or agreement not inconsistent with the

provisions of this chapter with the motor vehicle administrator or other

authorized official of another state concerning the appearance of a

person licensed in one state to answer a summons or an appearance ticket

for a moving traffic violation issued by the other state. Such compact

shall provide that if a person licensed by either state is issued a

summons or an appearance ticket by the other state for a moving traffic

violation covered by the compact or agreement, he shall not be detained

or required to furnish bail or collateral, and that if he fails to

appear in response to such summons or appearance ticket, his license may

be suspended by the state that issued the license until he submits to

the jurisdiction of the court or administrative tribunal in which such

summons or appearance ticket is returnable. Such compact shall also

provide such terms and procedures as are necessary and proper to

facilitate its administration.

b. Such interstate compacts may also provide that if a registration or

renewal of a motor vehicle would be denied pursuant to either

subdivision five-a of section four hundred one of this chapter, for

failing to answer summonses or other processes issued for parking

infractions, or subdivision four of section one hundred forty-five of

the transportation law, with respect to the transportation of household

goods, returnable in any court or an administrative tribunal of the

department of transportation or for failing to comply with the rules and

regulations of any administrative tribunal of appropriate jurisdiction

following entry of a final determination with respect to such summons or

process, the state issuing the registration or renewal shall likewise

deny the registration or renewal, until such applicant submits to the

jurisdiction of the court or administrative tribunal in which such

summonses or other processes are returnable.

c. The word "state" when used in this section shall mean any state,

territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia

or any province of the Dominion of Canada.