{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-vehicle-traffic-law-132-a","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Vehicle \u0026 Traffic Law § 132-a","heading":"Police vehicle","body":"§ 132-a. Police vehicle.  Every vehicle owned by the state, a public\nauthority, a county, town, city or village, and operated by the police\ndepartment or law enforcement agency of such governmental unit or by a\nconstable or police constable of a town when acting pursuant to his\nspecial duties. Any other vehicle operated by a chief or deputy or\nassistant chief of a police department, a sheriff, undersheriff or\nregular deputy sheriff, and a vehicle owned and operated by the law\nenforcement unit of a public or private corporation authorized by law to\nmaintain a unit for the enforcement of law on the property of such\ncorporation shall be a police vehicle only for the purposes of section\none hundred one of this chapter.","path":["Vehicle \u0026 Traffic Law","Title 1. Words and Phrases Defined","Article 1. Words and Phrases Defined"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/VAT/132-A","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"9775cc3ef1200a80a9b89816ca637c741bb1a39a2ed363179c7994e05bca28ba","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-vehicle-traffic-law-132","next":"us-ny/n.y.-vehicle-traffic-law-133"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}