Assembly Bill A5898

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to providing a space on a certificate of title for an owner to designate a beneficiary to whom the vehicle shall be transferred upon the death of the owner

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A5898 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2108 & 2113, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6580
2023-2024: A2009

2021-A5898 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing a space on a certificate of title for an owner to designate a beneficiary to whom the vehicle shall be transferred upon the death of the owner.

2021-A5898 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5898
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing a
   space on a certificate of title for an owner to designate a  benefici-
   ary  to  whom  the  vehicle shall be transferred upon the death of the
   owner

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions (c), (d) and (e) of section 2108 of the vehi-
 cle and traffic law, subdivisions (c) and (d) as added by  chapter  1134
 of  the  laws of 1971 and subdivision (e) as added by chapter 322 of the
 laws of 1993, are amended to read as follows:
   (c) THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL  PROVIDE  SPACE  FOR  AN  OWNER  TO
 DESIGNATE  A BENEFICIARY TO WHOM A VEHICLE SHALL BE TRANSFERRED UPON THE
 DEATH OF THE OWNER.
   (D) A certificate of title issued by the commissioner is  prima  facie
 evidence of the facts appearing on it.
   [(d)]  (E)  A  certificate  of  title  for a vehicle is not subject to
 garnishment, attachment, execution or other judicial process,  but  this
 [subsection]  SUBDIVISION  does not prevent a lawful levy upon the vehi-
 cle.
   [(e)] (F) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a certificate of
 title to a vehicle which is a mobile home or a manufactured home  issued
 by  the  commissioner  is prima facie evidence of the facts appearing on
 it, notwithstanding the fact that such vehicle,  at  any  time,  in  any
 manner, shall have become attached to realty.
   §  2.  Subdivision (a) of section 2113 of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a)  If  an owner transfers his OR HER interest in a vehicle, OR PRIOR
 TO HIS OR HER DEATH DESIGNATES A BENEFICIARY AS PROVIDED IN  SUBDIVISION

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

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