§ 201. Custody of records. 1. Documents. The commissioner may destroy:\n (a) any application, including supporting documents, for registration\nand/or title of a motor vehicle or trailer, other than an application\nfor renewal of registration, or any notice of a lien on a motor vehicle\nor trailer, after such application shall have been on file for a period\nof five years;\n (b) any application for renewal of a registration which results in the\nissuance of a registration renewal of any motor vehicle or trailer, upon\nentry of an electronic record of renewal on the files;\n (c) any application for a driver's license, including any document\nrequired to be filed with any such application, after such application\nshall have been on file for a period of five years;\n (d) any application, including supporting documents, for the\nregistration, other than a renewal of a registration, of a snowmobile\nafter such application shall have been on file for a period of two\nyears;\n (e) any application for renewal of a registration which results in the\nissuance of a registration renewal for any snowmobile, upon the\nexpiration of the registration renewal issued;\n (f) any application, including supporting documents, for registration\nand/or title of a motorboat, other than an application for renewal of\nregistration, or any notice of a lien on a motorboat after such\napplication shall have been on file for a period of four years;\n (g) any application for renewal of a registration which results in the\nissuance of a registration renewal for any motorboat, upon the\nexpiration of the registration renewal issued;\n (h) any application, including supporting documents relating to\nownership, for any other registration, license or certificate issued\nunder this chapter and not specifically otherwise provided for in this\nsubdivision, after such application shall have been on file for a period\nof five years;\n (i) (i) any accident reports filed with the commissioner, conviction\ncertificates, police reports, complaints, satisfied judgment records,\nclosed suspension and revocation orders, hearing records, other than\naudio tape recordings of hearings, significant correspondence relating\nto any of the same, and any other record on file after remaining on file\nfor four years except that if the commissioner shall receive, during the\nlast year of such period of four years, written notice to retain one or\nmore of such papers or documents, the same shall be retained for another\nfour years in addition to said period of four years. The provisions of\nthis paragraph shall not apply to certificates of conviction filed with\nrespect to convictions which affect sentencing or administrative action\nrequired by law beyond such four year period. Such certificates may be\ndestroyed after they have no legal effect on sentencing or\nadministrative action;\n (ii)(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (i) of this\nparagraph, the commissioner may destroy any conviction certificates and\nclosed suspension and revocation orders after remaining on file for:\n (1) fifty-five years where the conviction and suspension or revocation\norder relates to a conviction, suspension or revocation by the holder of\nany driver's license when operating a commercial motor vehicle, as\ndefined in subdivision four of section five hundred one-a of this\nchapter, or by the holder of a commercial driver's license or commercial\nlearner's permit when operating any motor vehicle, who: has refused to\nsubmit to a chemical test pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-four\nof this chapter or has been convicted of any of the following offenses:\nany violation of subdivision two, two-a, three, four or four-a of\nsection eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter, any violation of\nsubdivision one or two of section six hundred of this chapter, any\nfelony involving the use of a motor vehicle, other than the use of a\nmotor vehicle in the commission of a felony invol
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