Fillable Printable Form VS-3 - Dealer Bond Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 415 (6-B) - New York

Form VS-3 - Dealer Bond Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 415 (6-B) - New York

(Surety Address)

DEALER BOND UNDER NEW YORK STATE

VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW SECTION 415(6-b)

BOND AMOUNT:__________________________________________________________ (Dollars) ( $_______________________ )

(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:

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

Whereas, the undersigned ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ,

of __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(hereinafter referred to as Principal) has applied for or is about to make application for a registration certificate as a dealer, qualified dealer or

new motor vehicle dealer pursuant to New York Vehicle and Traffic Law section 415; and

Whereas, the undersigned ____________________________________________________________________________________________,

of __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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.

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 ______________.

(Dealer Name)

(Full Dealer Address)

(Surety Name)

VS-3 (9/15)

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www.dmv.ny.gov

BOND NUMBER: ___________________________________

FACILITY NUMBER:________________________________

Print Name

, Principal

Signature

By:

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, Surety

Signature

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