§ 337 — Suspension, duration

§ 337. Suspension, duration. (a) The suspension required in sections\nthree hundred thirty-two, three hundred thirty-four and three hundred\nthirty-five (e) shall remain in effect, the motor vehicle in any manner\ninvolved in such accident shall not be registered in the name of the\nperson whose license and/or registration certificate was so suspended,\nor in any other name where the commissioner has reasonable grounds to\nbelieve that such registration will have the effect of defeating the\npurposes of this article, and no other motor vehicle shall be registered\nin the name of such person nor any new licenses issued to such person\nunless and until such judgment is satisfied or stayed or is discharged\nin bankruptcy and the judgment debtor gives proof of financial\nresponsibility in the future as required pursuant to section three\nhundred thirty-five except under the conditions as stated in sections\nthree hundred thirty-three and three hundred thirty-four.\n (b) The suspension required in section three hundred thirty-five shall\nremain in effect, the motor vehicle in any manner involved in such\naccident shall not be registered in the name of the person whose license\nand/or registration certificate was so suspended, or in any other name\nwhere the commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe that such\nregistration will have the effect of defeating the purposes of this\narticle, and no other motor vehicle shall be registered in the name of\nsuch person nor any new licenses issued to such person, unless and until\nsuch person complies with the requirement with respect to furnishing\nsecurity, or unless and until such person has obtained a release, or a\nfavorable judgment in an action at law to recover damages resulting from\nsuch accident or unless such person shall have satisfied in the manner\nherein provided any judgment rendered against such person in such an\naction, or unless such judgment rendered against such person is\ndischarged in bankruptcy, and at all events until such person gives and\nthereafter maintains proof of his financial responsibility.\n Provided, however, that any person whose license or registration\nbecame subject to suspension or has been suspended pursuant to\nsubdivision (a) of section three hundred thirty-five, whether or not\nsuch person has furnished security and proof of financial\nresponsibility, shall be relieved from furnishing or maintaining proof\nof financial responsibility if (1) one year has elapsed since the date\nof the accident, (2) nine months have elapsed since the date of\ncompliance with any suspension order made against such person because of\nsuch accident, (3) such person has neither paid nor agreed in writing to\npay anything for damages resulting from such accident, (4) no suit for\ndamages because thereof has been brought against such person and (5)\nsuch person is not required to furnish or maintain proof of financial\nresponsibility for some reason other than for having been involved in\nsuch accident. If a suit or suits for damages resulting from such\naccident shall have been brought and such suit or suits shall have\nresulted in a judgment or judgments, the successful person in such suit\nor suits shall be relieved from furnishing or maintaining proof of\nfinancial responsibility forthwith provided such person is not required\nto furnish or maintain such proof for reasons other than for having been\ninvolved in such accident and, in case such person has furnished\nsecurity because of having been involved in such accident, it shall be\nreturned to such person or the personal representative of such person\nforthwith notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (c) of section\nthree hundred thirty-five. The fact of having been involved in such\naccident shall not bar the issuance of license and registration to a\nperson who has been relieved from furnishing or maintaining proof of\nfinancial responsibility pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph.\n (c) A discharge in bankruptcy following the rendering of any such\njudgment shall not relieve the judgment debtor from any of the\nrequirements of this article unless otherwise provided in subdivisions\n(a) and (b) of this section.\n