Legal Question in Traffic Law in New York

Re: get caught driving with another person lic

VTL - � 509. Violations. 2. Whenever a license is required to operate a motor vehicle, no

person shall operate a motor vehicle unless he is the holder of a class

of license which is valid for the operation of such vehicle.

4. No person shall knowingly authorize or permit a motor vehicle owned

by him or in his charge to be operated in violation of subdivisions one,

two or three of this section.

6. No licensee shall voluntarily permit any other person to use his

license, nor shall any person at any time possess or use any forged,

fictitious or illegally obtained license, or use any license belonging

to another person.

11. A violation of any provision of this section shall be punishable

by a fine of not less than seventy-five nor more than three hundred

dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than fifteen days, or by both

such fine and imprisonment except, if the violation consists of failure

to renew a license which was valid within sixty days, the fine shall be

not more than forty dollars, and except that a violation of subdivision

seven or eight of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more

than seventy-five dollars.

12. A violation of subdivision two of this section involving the

operation for hire of any vehicle as a taxicab, livery as defined in

section one hundred twenty-one-e of this chapter, coach, limousine, van

or wheelchair accessible van or tow truck within the state without the

appropriate license therefor, shall be punishable by a fine of not less

than two hundred twenty-five dollars nor more than four hundred fifty

dollars. A person who operates a vehicle for hire without the

appropriate license therefor pursuant to subdivision two of this section

after having been convicted of such a violation within the preceding

five years shall be punished by a fine of not less than three hundred

seventy-five dollars nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars. A person

who operates a vehicle for hire without the appropriate license therefor

pursuant to subdivision two of this section after having been convicted

two or more times of such a violation within the preceding ten years

shall be punished by a fine of not less than seven hundred fifty dollars

nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars.