The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (NYSDMV or DMV) is the department of the New York state government responsible for vehicle registration, vehicle inspections, driver's licenses, and photo ID cards, and adjudicating traffic violations. Its regulations are compiled in title 15 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations.
Maps, Directions, and Place Reviews
Administrative courts
The Traffic Violations Bureau (TVB) is an administrative court that adjudicates non-criminal traffic violations (other than parking violations) in New York City and Rochester.
Ny State Vehicle And Traffic Law Video
Division of Field Investigations
The Division of Field Investigations (DFI) is the criminal investigations arm of the DMV. Its investigators/law enforcement officers combat auto theft, identity theft, and fraudulent document related crimes in New York. These investigators are armed New York State peace officers with state wide authority to enforce laws and handle investigations. Motor Vehicle Investigators also perform fraud detection, investigate auto theft rings. Motor Vehicle Investigator's perform a variety of criminal investigations, field inspections, inventories of seized properties, odometer fraud, identity verification, fraudulent document detection, vehicle theft examinations.
Registration
The New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law gives DMV the authority to suspend registrations for habitual and persistent violations of the law. In 2015-2016, the DMV enacted regulations allowing the suspensions of registration for people who fail to pay 5 road charge fines (toll violations) within 18 months.
List of commissioners
- Charles A. Harnett 1924 - 1938
- John Splain ? - 1943
- Clifford J. Fletcher 1943 - December 31, 1951
- James R. Macduff January 1, 1952 - 1955
- Joseph P. Kelly 1955 - 1959
- William S. Hults, Jr. 1959 - December 31, 1966
- Vincent L. Tofany January 1, 1967 - 1973
- James Melton 1975 - 1981
- Patricia B. Adduci
- John Passidomo
- Richard E. Jackson 1995-2000
- Raymond P. Martinez 2000-2005
- Nancy Naples 2006-2007
- David Swarts 2007-2010
- Barbara Fiala 2011 - 2014
Vacant 2014 - present
Source of the article : Wikipedia
EmoticonEmoticon