398 – Title.

§ 398. Title. This act shall be known as the “Motor Vehicle Repair Shop Registration Act.”

398-A – Statement of Purpose.

§ 398-a. Statement of purpose. The purposes of this article are to further highway safety by promoting the proper and efficient repair of malfunctioning or disabled motor vehicles and to protect the consumers of this state from dishonest, deceptive and fraudulent practices in the repair of such motor vehicles. These purposes will be accomplished by […]

398-B – Definitions.

§ 398-b. Definitions. 1. For the purposes of this article, the term “motor vehicle” shall mean motor vehicles as defined by section one hundred twenty-five and trailers as defined by section one hundred fifty-six of this chapter. 2. As used in this article the term “motor vehicle repair shop” means any person who, for compensation, […]

398-C – Registration Required; Application; Fees and Issuance of Certificate of Registration.

§ 398-c. Registration required; application; fees and issuance of certificate of registration. 1. Registration required. On and after the first day of November, nineteen hundred seventy-five, no person shall operate, or cause to have operated, a motor vehicle repair shop, unless such motor vehicle repair shop is registered in accordance with the provisions of this […]

398-D – Motor Vehicle Repair Shop Requirements.

§ 398-d. Motor vehicle repair shop requirements. 1. All work done by a motor vehicle repair shop shall be recorded on an invoice and shall describe all service work done and parts supplied. If any used parts are supplied, the invoice shall clearly state that fact. If any component system installed is composed of new […]

398-E – Suspension, Revocation or Refusal to Issue Registration; Civil Penalty; Restitution; Surrender of Certificate of Registration.

§ 398-e. Suspension, revocation or refusal to issue registration; civil penalty; restitution; surrender of certificate of registration. 1. Suspension, revocation or refusal to issue registration or license. The commissioner, or any person deputized by him, may deny the application of any person for a certificate of registration or estimator’s license and may suspend or revoke […]

398-F – Hearings; Review Board; Appeals; Judicial Review.

§ 398-f. Hearings; review board; appeals; judicial review. 1. Hearings. (a) Upon the denial of an application for a certificate of registration, the applicant shall, upon written request made within thirty days after the applicant is notified of such denial, be entitled to a hearing before an officer or employee of the department designated for […]

398-G – Powers of the Commissioner.

§ 398-g. Powers of the commissioner. 1. In addition to the powers and duties specified elsewhere in this article, the commissioner, upon any complaint or upon his own initiative, shall have the power to make and conduct such investigations as he deems proper to effectuate the purposes of this article. The commissioner may establish, by […]

398-H – Separability Clause.

§ 398-h. Separability clause. If any part or provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part, provision or application directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have […]

398-I – Unregistered Operation; Procedures and Penalties.

§ 398-i. Unregistered operation; procedures and penalties. 1. The commissioner or any person deputized by him shall hear and determine any allegation that a person has operated a repair shop without being registered as required by subdivision one of section three hundred ninety-eight-c of this chapter. Upon a determination that a person has so operated, […]

398-K – Improper Display of Signs.

§ 398-k. Improper display of signs. 1. The holder of a repair shop registration shall remove or cause to be removed any sign which contains the registration number of the station which is visible to the public and which is required to be displayed by this article or regulations promulgated thereunder if the registration is […]