Form Rv-1 - Boat Dealer Registration Instructions (Page 19 of 69) in pdf

Form Rv-1 - Boat Dealer Registration Instructions Page 19

MV-950 (1/11)

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425. Repossession of motor vehicle or motorcycle; garageman’s lien; notice to police.

1. Any person, firm or

corporation, or agent, employee or representative thereof, repossessing or retaking a motor vehicle or motorcycle pursuant to

the provisions of article nine of the uniform commercial code, or other authority of law, or any contract or agreement, shall,

immediately following such repossession or retaking, personally appear at a station house or other office of the police

department, or agency or officer performing like functions, in the locality wherein such repossession or retaking occurred,

give notice to such department, agency or officer of such repossession or retaking and thereafter and within twenty-four

hours personally deliver or mail by special delivery first class mail to the nearest motor vehicle district office, (a) notice of

such repossession or retaking in such form as the commissioner may require and (b) the number plates of such motor vehicle

or motorcycle. Notice of such repossession or retaking, including the name and address of the person, firm or corporation

repossessing or retaking the same, shall also be given within twenty-four hours thereof to the owner of such motor vehicle or

motorcycle, either personally or by registered or certified mail directed to such owner at his last-known address. Unless the

motor vehicle or motorcycle can be repossessed or retaken without breach of the peace, it shall be repossessed or retaken by

legal process, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize a violation of the criminal law.

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