New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER
Subchapter M - Miscellaneous Provisions
Part 176 - Declaratory Rulings
Section 176.2 - Procedures
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) A petition for a declaratory ruling shall be in writing and signed by the petitioner, and must contain at least the following information:
(b) Petitions shall be addressed to the department's legal bureau and sent by certified mail, return receipt requested. The returned post office receipt shall constitute proof of service, which shall be deemed effective on the day such petition is received.
(c) A petitioner for a declaratory ruling shall promptly correct any deficiencies in a filed petition and shall make available for the department's use the originals, or, if so directed, certified or verified copies, of all books, papers, and documents that may be required. Failure to do so may be grounds for declining to issue a declaratory ruling.
(d) The legal bureau for the department shall receive such petitions and issue a declaratory ruling or a statement declining to issue a declaratory ruling or advise that an application should be declined as incomplete, ambiguous, inappropriate or unnecessary under the facts and circumstances recited in the petition.
(e) Where a petition seeks a declaratory ruling with respect to whether an action should be taken pursuant to a rule, the declaratory ruling or statement declining to issue a declaratory ruling will be issued within 60 days of the date the petition is received.