State Requirements

Applicant must hold an active renewable license in New York.

Applicant cannot apply earlier than 180 days prior to license expiration date.

New York does not allow renewal past the license expiration date, or if the license is inactive on PDB, for any license type. If the license is inactive they must use the initial licensing application to reapply.

If the applicant has a status reason of "License not yet up for Renewal" on PDB, the renewal will not be allowed.

All active lines of authority will renew simultaneously (of those offered electronically through NIPR). No partial renewals will be accepted.

Individual applicants must provide a business and/or residence address that is not in New York.

• Note: If both the residence and business addresses are in NY, the transaction will not be allowed.

PO Boxes and Private Mailboxes (PMB) are only permitted in the Mailing address field. If a PO Box or Private Mailbox is supplied in the residence or business address fields, the transaction will not be allowed.

As soon as the license is issued, the applicant will be able to print electronically by accessing the Department's website. Use the Producer Search to determine if the license has been issued and the license number to print the license.

If applicant responds "yes" to one of the background questions please submit supporting documents electronically via NIPR's Attachments Warehouse.

When attempting to access licensing applications, please include the alpha characters ('LA-','PC-','BR-' etc) in front of the New York license number.

Cybersecurity Regulation:

• New York Department of Financial Services licensees are required to comply with Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500), which requires the establishment of a cybersecurity program to protect non-public information and has filing requirements that must be met.  A copy of the regulation, FAQs, and more information about cybersecurity can be found on the DFS Website.  Failure to implement a cybersecurity program and comply with the regulation could result in serious harm to your institution and may subject you to disciplinary action.