New York State Department of Motor Vehicles Procedures Manuals B1578

New York State Department of Motor Vehicles Procedures Manuals

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

This series consists of copies of departmental procedures manuals and memoranda to field staff regarding changes to procedures, regulations, and practices pertaining to licensing for operation of motor vehicles. The manuals are detailed, extensive, and typically include information on department personnel and organization (including authorities in different states and provinces, and a list of county clerks); district office procedures; and section operations (e.g., complaints, statistical, hearing, finance, legal).

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Motor Vehicles

Title:

Procedures manuals

Quantity:

3 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1940-1962

Series Number:

B1578

Arrangement

Manuals are chronological by year; memoranda are arranged by recipient group.

Scope and Content Note

The series consists of copies of department procedures manuals and memoranda to the field regarding changes to procedures, regulations, and practices pertaining to licensing for operation of motor vehicles.

The manuals are detailed and extensive and typically include information on department personnel and organization (including authorities in different states and provinces, and a list of county clerks); district office procedures; and section operations (e.g., complaints, statistical, hearing, finance, legal). Included are some loose pages of changes to the manual(s).

Memoranda cover changes to the department manual and revisions to reporting, testing, and procedural matters in the field (e.g., foreign language testing, decentralization of driving school functions, stamping of suspension periods on licenses). The memos are organized in three series. The "C" series (1963-1968) was sent to district supervisors, district office section heads, and county clerks;' the "D" series was sent to supervisors from the administrative director; and the "P" series (1963-1971) was sent to all enforcement agencies, judges, and magistrates.