Dealer Bond Under New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 415 (6-B)
Dealer Bond Under New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 415 (6-B)
Dealer Bond Under New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 415 (6-B)
FACILITY NUMBER:
of
(Surety Address)
(hereinafter referred to as Surety), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of
and authorized to transact business as a surety insurer in the State of New York, is willing to act as surety on this Bond to comply with the
requirements of Vehicle and Traffic Law section 415(6-b); and
Whereas, Vehicle and Traffic Law section 415(6-b) requires that dealers, qualified dealers, and new motor vehicle dealers obtain and continue in
effect a surety bond as a condition to obtaining a registration certificate (except those dealers who exclusively sell motor vehicles solely for
conversion for use as tow trucks, buses, school buses, garbage trucks, marine trailers, tow trucks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, snowmobiles,
trailers, mobile homes, or construction equipment);
Now, therefore, Principal, as principal, and Surety, as surety, do hereby bind themselves and their heirs, executors, successors and assigns, to
the State of New York in a sum not to exceed the amount below, the payment for which the Principal and Surety bind themselves and their
legal representatives, firmly by these presents, pursuant to Vehicle and Traffic Law section 415(6-b), and subject to the following conditions:
1. The term of this Bond shall commence and shall continue in full force and effect until terminated by
sixty (60) days written notice of cancellation delivered to the New York State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles by the Surety.
2. The Surety shall be required to provide sixty (60) days written notice to the New York State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles prior to the
effective date of cancellation of the Bond by first class mail. The Surety shall also provide additional notice to the New York State
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, upon the date of cancellation or lapse of such bond.
3. The conditions of this Bond are that the Principal shall:
(a) pay all valid bank drafts, including checks, drawn by the Principal for the purchase of motor vehicles;
(b) transfer good title to each motor vehicle which the Principal sells;
(c) maintain and keep safe all customer deposits related to the sale of a motor vehicle from the time of receipt of such customer deposit
until good title has been transferred to the customer;
(d) pay all fines imposed upon the Principal by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the provisions of the Vehicle and Traffic Law; and
(e) repay any overcharges of a customer for vehicle registration and titling charges payable to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for
registering and titling the sold vehicle.
4. Recovery against this Bond may be made by a person, including the State, who obtains a judgment against the Principal for an act or
omission on which the Bond is conditioned, if the act or omission occurred during the term of the Bond. The total liability imposed on the
Surety for all breaches of the Bond condition is limited to the face amount of the Bond. Such liability may include, but is not limited to, the
amount of the valid bank drafts, including checks, drawn by the Principal for the purchase of motor vehicles, or the amount of the overcharge
by the Principal for registration or title fees, or the amount paid to such Principal, or the deposit, as the case may be, for the motor vehicle for
which good title was not delivered. In no event shall the Surety on a Bond be liable for total claims in excess of the bond amount, regardless of
the number or nature of claims made against the bond, or the number of years the bond remained in force, nor shall this Bond provide coverage
for transactions involving sales of any motor vehicles for which a bond is not required pursuant to Vehicle and Traffic Law section 415 (6-b).
In witness whereof, the Principal and Surety have hereunto set their hands and seals on this day of
in the year of . , Principal
Print Name
SEAL: By:
Signature
, Surety
Print Name
By:
Signature
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