New York S 2106: Relates to the issuance, records, and delivery of certificates of title; requires the establishment of an electronic lien and title program

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S02106 Summary:

BILL NOS02106 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04099

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSRSKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2107, 2109, 2112, 2119, 2120 & 2121, add §2119-a, V & T L

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Relates to the issuance, records, and delivery of certificates of title; requires the establishment of an electronic lien and title program.

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BILL NOS02106 

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2106

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to electronic
 lien records

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 2107 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 2 chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971, paragraphs 2 and 3 of subdivision (b)
 3 as amended and subdivision (c) as added by chapter 521 of the laws of
 4 1972, is amended to read as follows:
 5 § 2107. Issuance and records. (a) The commissioner shall file each
 6 application received and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regu-
 7 larity and that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certif-
 8 icate of title, shall issue a certificate of title of the vehicle,
 9 except that the commissioner may require that any such vehicle be
 10 inspected in a manner prescribed by [him] the commissioner for conformi-
 11 ty to the description given in the application before [he] the commis-
 12 sioner issues a certificate of title.
 13 (b) The commissioner shall maintain a record of all certificates of
 14 title issued by [him] the commissioner:
 15 (1) Under a distinctive title number assigned to the vehicle;
 16 (2) Under the identifying number of the vehicle;
 17 (3) Alphabetically, under the name of the owner, unless [he] the
 18 commissioner maintains alphabetical records of all owners holding
 19 certificates of registration;
 20 (4) Under the registration number of the vehicle; and
 21 (5) In the discretion of the commissioner, in any other method [he]
 22 the commissioner determines.
 23 (c) When the commissioner issues a certificate of title for a vehicle
 24 as a result of an original application for a title or as a result of the
 25 filing of a security interest, [he] the commissioner shall [also] issue

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03573-01-5

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 1 and mail the certificate of title to the first lienholder [or lienhold-
 2 ers] named in the original application, or to the lienholder who filed
 3 the subsequent security interest [a notice of recorded lien] except as
 4 provided by section twenty-one hundred nineteen-a of this article.
 5 § 2. Section 2109 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter
 6 1134 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
 7 § 2109. Delivery. The certificate of title shall be mailed to the
 8 owner except as provided in subdivision (c) of section twenty-one
 9 hundred seven of this article.
 10 § 3. Section 2112 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
 11 ter 175 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
 12 § 2112. Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates. (a) If a certificate
 13 of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed or becomes illegible,
 14 the owner or legal representative of the owner named in the certificate,
 15 as shown by the records of the commissioner, shall promptly make appli-
 16 cation for and may obtain a duplicate upon furnishing information satis-
 17 factory to the commissioner. Unless the original certificate of title is
 18 surrendered to the commissioner, the duplicate certificate of title
 19 shall contain the legend "This is a duplicate certificate and may be
 20 subject to the rights of a person under the original certificate." If
 21 the records of the commissioner show one or mor