N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 601: Leaving scene of injury to certain animals without reporting

§ 601. Leaving scene of injury to certain animals without reporting.

Any person operating a motor vehicle which shall strike and injure any

horse, dog, cat or animal classified as cattle shall stop and endeavor

to locate the owner or custodian of such animal or a police, peace or

judicial officer of the vicinity, and take any other reasonable and

appropriate action so that the animal may have necessary attention, and

shall also promptly report the matter to such owner, custodian or

officer (or if no one of such has been located, then to a police officer

of some other nearby community), exhibiting his or her license and

insurance identification card for such vehicle, when such card is

required pursuant to articles six and eight of this chapter, giving his

or her name and residence, including street and street number, insurance

carrier and insurance identification information and license number. In

addition to the foregoing, any such person shall also: (i) (A) produce

the proof of insurance coverage required pursuant to article

forty-four-B of this chapter if such person is a TNC driver operating a

TNC vehicle at the time of the incident who was (1) logged on to the

TNC's digital network but not engaged in a TNC prearranged trip or (2)

was engaged in a TNC prearranged trip; and (B) disclose whether he or

she, at the time such incident occurred, was (1) logged on to the TNC's

digital network but not engaged in a TNC prearranged trip or (2) was

engaged in a TNC prearranged trip, or (ii) (A) produce the proof of

insurance coverage required pursuant to article forty of the general

business law if such person is a shared vehicle owner or shared vehicle

driver operating a shared vehicle during a peer-to-peer car sharing

period while the incident occurred; and (B) disclose whether he or she,

at the time such incident occurred, was operating a shared vehicle

during a peer-to-peer car sharing period. Violation of this section

shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for a

first offense and by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one

hundred fifty dollars for a second offense and each subsequent offense;

provided, however where the animal that has been struck and injured is a

guide dog, hearing dog or service dog, as such terms are defined in

section forty-seven-b of the civil rights law which is actually engaged

in aiding or guiding a person with a disability, a violation of this

section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than fifty nor more

than one hundred fifty dollars for a first offense and by a fine of not

less than one hundred fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars

for a second offense and each subsequent offense.