RPP - Real Property
- Article 1 - (1 - 2) SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS
- Article 2 - (10 - 18) TENURE OF REAL PROPERTY
- Article 4 - (119 - 123) USES AND TRUSTS
- 119 - Purchase by mortgage trustee.
- 120 - Operation and sale by mortgage trustee.
- 120-A - Liquidation of mortgage by trustee.
- 121 - Reorganization of property covered by trust mortgage.
- 122 - Procedure of reorganization and expenses in connection therewith.
- 122-A - Modification of trust mortgages given in prior re-organizations.
- 123 - Preserving existing rights.
- Article 4-A - (124 - 130-K) TRUST INDENTURES AND INTERESTS THEREIN
- 124 - Purpose and application of article.
- 125 - Definitions.
- 126 - Trust indentures.
- 127 - Restrictions on trustees.
- 128 - Minimum bid of trustee at sale on foreclosure to be fixed by court.
- 129 -
- 130-A - Restrictions on committees.
- 130-B - Managing agents and management companies.
- 130-C - Voting trustees and voting trust agreements.
- 130-D - Fees and allowances.
- 130-E - Removal of trustees, committees or depositaries.
- 130-F - Actions for accounting by minority groups; expenses thereof.
- 130-G - Violations and penalties.
- 130-H - Construction of article.
- 130-I - Separability.
- 130-J - Right to appeal.
- 130-K - Exemptions from restrictions on trustees and trust indentures.
- Article 6 - (189 - 207) DOWER AND CURTESY
- 189 - Estate of curtesy abolished.
- 190 - Dower.
- 190-B - Lands reacquired by the husband.
- 191 - Dower in lands exchanged.
- 192 - Dower in lands mortgaged before marriage.
- 193 - Dower in lands mortgaged for purchase-money.
- 194 - Surplus proceeds of sale under purchase-money mortgages.
- 195 - Widow of mortgagee not endowed.
- 196 - When dower barred by misconduct.
- 196-A - When dower barred by dissolution of marriage.
- 197 - When dower barred by jointure.
- 198 - When dower barred by pecuniary provisions.
- 199 - When widow to elect between jointure and dower.
- 200 - Election between devise and dower.
- 201 - When deemed to have elected.
- 202 - When provision in lieu of dower is forfeited.
- 203 - Effect of acts of husband.
- 204 - Widow's quarantine.
- 205 - Widow may bequeath a crop.
- 206 - Divorced woman may release dower.
- 207 - Married woman may release dower by attorney.
- Article 7 - (220 - 238) Landlord and Tenant
- 220 - Action for use and occupation.
- 221 - Rent due on life leases recoverable.
- 222 - When rent is apportionable.
- 223 - Rights where property or lease is transferred.
- 223-A - Remedies of lessee when possession is not delivered.
- 223-B - Retaliation by landlord against tenant.
- 224 - Attornment by tenant.
- 225 - Notice of action adverse to possession of tenant.
- 226 - Effect of renewal on sub-lease.
- 226-A - Effect of new lease on tenant's right to remove fixtures or improvements.
- 226-B - Right to sublease or assign.
- 227 - When tenant may surrender premises.
- 227-A - Termination of residential lease by senior citizens moving to a residence of a family member or entering certain health care facilities, adult care
- 227-B - Termination of certain contracts by senior citizens.
- 227-C - Termination of residential lease by victims of domestic violence.
- 228 - Termination of tenancies at will or by sufferance, by notice.
- 229 - Liability of tenant holding over after giving notice of intention to quit.
- 230 - Right of tenants to form, join or participate in tenants' groups.
- 231 - Lease, when void; liability of landlord where premises are occupied for unlawful purpose.
- 232 - Duration of certain agreements in New York.
- 232-A - Notice to terminate monthly tenancy or tenancy from month to month in the city of New York.
- 232-B - Notification to terminate monthly tenancy or tenancy from month to month outside the city of New York.
- 232-C - Holding over by a tenant after expiration of a term longer than one month; effect of acceptance of rent.
- 233 - Manufactured home parks; duties, responsibilities.
- 233-A - Sale of manufactured home parks.
- 234 - Tenants' right to recover attorneys' fees in actions or summary proceedings arising out of leases of residential property.
- 235 - Wilful violations.
- 235-A - Tenant right to offset payments and entitlement to damages in certain cases.
- 235-B - Warranty of habitability.
- 235-C - Unconscionable lease or clause.
- 235-D - Harassment.
- 235-E - Duty of landlord to provide written receipt.
- 235-F - Unlawful restrictions on occupancy.
- 235-G - Electronic billing and/or payment of rent.
- 236 - Assignment of lease of a deceased tenant.
- 237 - Discrimination in leases with respect to bearing of children.
- 237-A - Discrimination against children in dwelling houses and manufactured home parks.
- 238 - Agreements or contracts for privileges to deal with occupants of tenements, apartment houses or bungalow colonies.
- Article 7A - (239 - 239-G) Portable Kerosene Heaters
- 239 - Legislative findings.
- 239-A - Definitions.
- 239-B - Only approved portable kerosene heaters permitted in structures.
- 239-C - Approval by the secretary of state.
- 239-D - Sale of unapproved portable kerosene heaters.
- 239-E - Portable kerosene heaters prohibited in multiple dwellings.
- 239-F - Penalties for violation.
- 239-G - Application of article.
- Article 8 - (240 - 281) CONVEYANCES AND MORTGAGES
- 240 - Definitions and use of terms.
- 240-B - Certain conveyances authorized; effect thereof.
- 240-C - Joint tenancy severance.
- 241 - Ancient conveyances abolished.
- 242 - Disclosure prior to the sale of real property.
- 243 - Grant of fee or freehold.
- 244 - When grant takes effect.
- 245 - Estate which passes by grant or devise.
- 246 - Certain deeds declared grants.
- 247 - Conveyance by tenant for life or years of greater estate than possessed.
- 248 - Effect of conveyance where property is leased.
- 249 - Covenants in mortgages.
- 251 - Covenants not implied.
- 252 - Lineal and collateral warranties abolished.
- 253 - Construction of covenants in grants of freehold interests.
- 254 - Construction of clauses and covenants in mortgages and bonds or notes.
- 254-A - Right of election of mortgagee in certain cases.
- 254-B - Limitation on late charges.
- 254-C - Right to a copy of real property appraisals and consumer reports in certain cases.
- 254-D - Fees by mortgagee for direct payment of real property taxes by mortgagor prohibited.
- 255 - Construction of grant of appurtenances and of all the rights and estate of grantor.
- 256 - Construction of grant in executor's or trustee's deed of appurtenances, and of the estate of testator and grantor.
- 257 - Covenants bind representatives of grantor and mortgagor and inure to the benefit of whom.
- 258 - Short forms of deeds and mortgages.
- 259-C - Provision in lease of real property for waiver of trial by jury in actions for personal injury or property damage.
- 260 - Lands adversely held may be conveyed or mortgaged.
- 261 - Maintenance of telegraph or other electric wires raises no presumption of grant.
- 265 - Fraudulent intent, question of fact.
- 265-A - Home equity theft prevention.
- 265-B - Distressed property consulting contracts.
- 266 - Rights of purchaser or incumbrancer for valuable consideration protected.
- 267 - Conveyances with power to revoke, determine or alter.
- 268 - Disaffirmance of fraudulent act by executor and others.
- 269 - When remainderman may pay interest owed by life tenant.
- 270 - Powers of courts of equity not abridged.
- 271 - Construction of covenants in mortgages on leases of real property and bonds or notes.
- 272 - Construction of grant of appurtenances, and all of the rights and estate of the mortgagor.
- 273 - What form of mortgage on lease of real property.
- 274 - Transfers and mortgages of interest in decedents' estates.
- 274-A - Certificate of principal amount unpaid on mortgages of real property.
- 275 - Certificate of discharge of mortgage required.
- 276 - Effect of certain easements on the right to invest in mortgages.
- 277 - Modification and extension of mortgage investment.
- 277-A - Powers of fiduciaries and others holding guaranteed mortgages or mortgage investments.
- 278 - Exchange of mortgage investment.
- 278-A - Sale or exchange of certain real property or mortgage investments therein authorized.
- 279 - Graduated payment mortgage.
- 280 - Reverse mortgage loans for persons sixty years of age or older.
- 280-A - Reverse mortgage loans for persons seventy years of age or older.
- 281 - Credit line mortgage.
- Article 9 - (290 - 336) RECORDING INSTRUMENTS AFFECTING REAL PROPERTY
- 290 - Definitions; effect of article.
- 291 - Recording of conveyances.
- 291-A - Recording conveyances of land in towns in Chautauqua county; duties of county and town clerks.
- 291-B - Recording conveyances of land in towns in Cattaraugus county; duties of county and town clerks.
- 291-C - Recording memoranda of leases.
- 291-CC - Recording modifications of leases.
- 291-D - Recording of master forms of mortgage covenants and clauses; incorporation thereof by reference.
- 291-E - Exceptions, reservations and recitals referring to unrecorded conveyances and contracts for sale of real property.
- 291-F - Rights where recorded mortgage restricts landlord's action in respect to leases.
- 291-G - Recording insurance information.
- 291-H - Recording of liens by the state.
- 292 - By whom conveyance must be acknowledged or proved.
- 292-A - Conveyances by certain corporations executed and acknowledged by attorneys in fact entitled to recordation.
- 293 - Recording of conveyances heretofore acknowledged or proved.
- 294 - Recording executory contracts and powers of attorney.
- 294-A - Recording assignments of rent.
- 294-B - Recording brokers affidavit of entitlement to commission for completed brokerage services.
- 295 - Recording of letters patent.
- 296 - Recording copies of instruments which are in secretary of state's office.
- 297 - Certified copies may be recorded.
- 297-A - Recording of certified copies of bankruptcy papers; constructive notice.
- 297-B - Recording of certified copies of judgments affecting real property.
- 298 - Acknowledgments and proofs within the state.
- 299 - Acknowledgments and proofs without the state, but within the United States or any territory, possession, or dependency thereof.
- 299-A - Acknowledgment to conform to law of New York or of place where taken; certificate of conformity.
- 300 - Acknowledgments and proofs by persons in or with the armed forces of the United States.
- 301 - Acknowledgments and proofs in foreign countries.
- 301-A - Acknowledgment to conform to law of New York or of foreign country; certificate of conformity.
- 302 - Acknowledgments and proofs by married women.
- 303 - Requisites of acknowledgments.
- 304 - Proof by subscribing witness.
- 305 - Compelling witnesses to testify.
- 306 - Certificate of acknowledgment or proof.
- 307 - When certificate to state time and place.
- 308 - When certificate must be under seal.
- 309 - Acknowledgment by corporation and form of certificate.
- 309-A - Uniform forms of certificates of acknowledgment or proof within this state.
- 309-B - Uniform forms of certificates of acknowledgment or proof without this state.
- 310 - Authentication of acknowledgments and proofs made within the state.
- 311 - Authentication of acknowledgments and proofs made without the state.
- 312 - Contents of certificate of authentication.
- 313 - Notary public.
- 313-A - Deputies.
- 314 - Recording of conveyances acknowledged or proved without the state, when parties and certifying officer are dead.
- 314-A - Proof when witnesses are dead.
- 315 - Recording books.
- 316 - Indexes.
- 316-A - Indexing and reindexing conveyances, mortgages and other instruments.
- 316-B - Inactive hazardous waste disposal site registry index.
- 317 - Order of recording.
- 318 - Certificate to be recorded.
- 319 - Time of recording.
- 320 - Certain deeds deemed mortgages.
- 321 - Recording discharge of mortgage.
- 321-A - Recording discharge of rent assignment.
- 324 - Effect of recording assignment of mortgage.
- 325 - Recording of conveyances made by treasurer of Connecticut.
- 326 - Revocation to be recorded.
- 327 - Penalty for using long forms of covenants.
- 328 - Certain acts not affected.
- 329 - Actions to have certain instruments canceled of record.
- 330 - Officers guilty of malfeasance liable for damages.
- 331 - Laws and decrees of foreign countries appointing agents and attorneys and recording of the same.
- 332 - The record of certain conveyances validated.
- 332-A - Validation of the record, execution and proof or acknowledgment of certain other instruments.
- 332-B - The record of certain other conveyances validated.
- 333 - When conveyances of real property not to be recorded.
- 333-A - Same; maps to be filed.
- 333-B - Recording of maps or plot plans.
- 333-C - Lands in agricultural districts; disclosure.
- 334 - Maps to be filed; penalty for nonfiling.
- 334-A - Filing of subdivision maps in Nassau county; penalty for non-filing.
- 335 - Filing of maps and abandonment of subdivisions in Suffolk county; penalty for nonfiling.
- 335-A - Easements of necessity.
- 335-B - Recording of solar energy easements.
- 336 - Effect of recording demands or requirements of alien property custodian.
- Article 9-A - (337 - 339-C) SUBDIVIDED LANDS
- 337 - Definitions.
- 337-A - Provisions governing sale or lease of subdivided lands.
- 337-B - Offering statement; contents; prohibitions.
- 337-C - Right to cancel.
- 338 - Inspection power of department of state; unlawful practices; penalties.
- 339 - Filing fees.
- 339-A - Rules and regulations.
- 339-B - Powers of department.
- 339-C - Action by department of state.
- Article 9-B - (339-D - 339-KK) Condominium Act
- 339-AA - Lien for common charges; duration; foreclosure.
- 339-BB - Insurance.
- 339-CC - Repair or reconstruction.
- 339-D - Short title.
- 339-DD - Actions.
- 339-E - Definitions.
- 339-EE - Effect of other laws.
- 339-F - Application of article.
- 339-FF - Mortgage investments on units by state agencies, insurers, banking organizations and fiduciaries; limitation to first mortgages.
- 339-G - Status of units.
- 339-GG - Severability.
- 339-H - Ownership of units.
- 339-HH - Reservation of power.
- 339-I - Common elements.
- 339-II - Construction.
- 339-J - Compliance with by-laws and rules and regulations.
- 339-JJ - Borrowing by board of managers.
- 339-K - Certain work prohibited.
- 339-KK - Rents.
- 339-L - Liens against common elements; liens against units; liens for labor performed or materials furnished.
- 339-M - Common profits and expenses.
- 339-N - Contents of declaration.
- 339-O - Contents of deeds and leases of units.
- 339-P - Copy of floor plans to be filed.
- 339-Q - Filing with board.
- 339-R - Blanket mortgages and other blanket liens affecting a unit at time of first conveyance.
- 339-S - Recording.
- 339-T - Withdrawal from provisions of this article.
- 339-U - By-laws.
- 339-V - Contents of by-laws.
- 339-W - Books of receipts and expenditures; availability for examination.
- 339-X - Waiver of use of common elements; abandonment of unit; conveyance to board of managers.
- 339-Y - Separate taxation.
- 339-Z - Lien for common charges; priority; exoneration of grantor and grantee.
- Article 10 - (345) DISCHARGE OF ANCIENT MORTGAGES
- Article 12 - (370 - 436) REGISTERING TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY
- 370 - Petition to register title to real property.
- 371 - Petitions and proceedings to be in supreme court; title part of special term.
- 372 - County clerks and registers to be registrars of title.
- 373 - Registrar's bond.
- 374 - Deputy registrars' powers and duties.
- 375 - Compensation of registrars and deputy registrars, official examiners of title, and registration clerks.
- 376 - Disposition of fees received by registrar.
- 377 - Official examiners of title.
- 378 - What owners may apply; what titles may be registered.
- 379 - Contents of petition for registration; other papers to be filed.
- 380 - Official examiner's report of title; other evidences of title.
- 381 - Survey, map or plan to be filed.
- 382 - Notice of petition and of pendency of proceeding.
- 385 - Proceedings upon the petition; notice of hearing.
- 386 - Form of notice to parties.
- 388 - Guardian ad litem.
- 389 - Any person interested may appear and defend.
- 390 - Title in lands vested; clouds thereon removed.
- 391 - Final orders conclusive; to be entered and docketed as a judgment.
- 392 - Fraud; action to set aside or appeal from the final order or judgment of registration or to recover the property.
- 393 - Registration of title.
- 394 - Certificate of title.
- 395 - Title book.
- 396 - Duplicate certificate of title.
- 398 - Certificate to include dealings pending registration.
- 399 - Certificate of title as evidence.
- 400 - Rights of owners of registered property; exceptions; incumbrances and transfers to be filed.
- 401 - Registered property not affected by prescription or adverse possession.
- 402 - Fraud; notice only by registration.
- 403 - Memorial to be carried forward.
- 404 - Registered property to remain registered.
- 404-A - Withdrawal from registration in certain instances.
- 405 - Registered property subject to same rights and burdens as unregistered property.
- 406 - Transfers of registered property.
- 407 - Certificate as to part of property remaining after transfer.
- 409 - Filing, entering and indexing papers pursuant to this act; tickler certificate.
- 409-A - Entries in other indexes.
- 410 - Notice of filed papers.
- 411 - Addresses of interested parties; notice.
- 412 - When a transfer is deemed to be registered.
- 413 - New certificates of title.
- 414 - Loss of duplicate certificate.
- 415 - Mortgages, leases and other liens and charges; may be registered.
- 416 - Proceedings to register mortgage, lease or other lien or charge.
- 417 - Judgments, decrees, attachments and other liens to be noted on certificate.
- 418 - Assignment of mortgage, lease, or other lien or charge.
- 419 - Release, discharge or surrender of charge or incumbrance.
- 420 - Enforcement of mortgages, charges, liens and incumbrances.
- 421 - Powers of attorney to be filed and registered.
- 422 - Reference of doubtful matters to the court.
- 423 - Death of owner of registered property; transfer of property.
- 423-A - Form for transfer of property upon death of owner of registered property.
- 426 - Assurance fund.
- 427 - Compensation from assurance fund.
- 428 - Action against assurance fund.
- 429 - Restrictions on claims against assurance fund.
- 430 - Penalties for fraudulent acts or false certificates.
- 431 - Forgery and fraudulent stamping; penalty.
- 432 - Fees to be charged.
- 433 - Construction of article.
- 434 - Form for official examiner's report of title.
- 435 - Form for certificate of title.
- 436 - Ternination of title registration procedures.
- Article 12-A - (440 - 443-A) REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND REAL ESTATE SALESMEN
- 440 - Definitions.
- 440-A - License required for real estate brokers and salesmen.
- 440-B - Licenses in Putnam county.
- 441 - Application for license.
- 441-A - License and pocket card.
- 441-B - License fees.
- 441-C - Revocation and suspension of licenses.
- 441-D - Salesman's license suspended by revocation or suspension of employer's license.
- 441-E - Denial of license; complaints; notice of hearing.
- 441-F - Judicial review.
- 442 - Splitting commissions.
- 442-A - Compensation of salesmen; restrictions.
- 442-B - Discontinuance or change of salesman's association; report.
- 442-C - Violations by salesmen; broker's responsibility.
- 442-D - Actions for commissions; license prerequisite.
- 442-E - Violations.
- 442-F - Saving clause.
- 442-G - Nonresident licensees.
- 442-H - Rules of the secretary of state.
- 442-I - State real estate board.
- 442-J - Effect of invalid provision.
- 442-K - Powers and duties of the state real estate board.
- 442-L - After-the-fact referral fees.
- 443 - Disclosure regarding real estate agency relationship; form.
- 443-A - Disclosure obligations.
- Article 12-B - (444-A - 444-Q) HOME INSPECTION PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
- 444-A - Short title.
- 444-B - Definitions.
- 444-C - State home inspection council.
- 444-D - License requirements for home inspectors.
- 444-E - Qualifications for licensure.
- 444-F - License periods, renewals and fees.
- 444-G - Duty of care of home inspectors.
- 444-H - Suspension and revocation of licenses.
- 444-I - Denial of license; complaints; notice of hearing.
- 444-J - Practice of architecture and professional engineering.
- 444-K - Liability coverage.
- 444-L - Duties of the secretary.
- 444-M - Construction with other laws.
- 444-N - Unlicensed activities.
- 444-O - Violations and penalties for unlicensed activities.
- 444-P - Judicial review.
- 444-Q - Severability.
- Article 12-C - (446-A - 446-J) APARTMENT INFORMATION VENDORS
- 446-A - Definitions.
- 446-B - License required.
- 446-C - Contracts; fees; reporting procedures.
- 446-D - Display of license and business sign.
- 446-E - Revocation and suspension of licenses.
- 446-F - Notice of hearing on complaints.
- 446-G - Judicial review.
- 446-H - Violations.
- 446-I - Rules and regulations.
- 446-J - Partial invalidity.
- Article 13 - (450 - 451) CEMETERY LANDS
- Article 14 - (460 - 467) PROPERTY CONDITION DISCLOSURE IN THE SALE OF RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY
- Article 20 - (600 - 602) LAWS REPEALED; CONSTRUCTION; WHEN TO TAKE EFFECT