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N.Y. PEN Law § 170.00 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title K / Article 170 / Section 170.00
Forgery; definitions of terms
Status: in_force

§ 170.00 Forgery; definitions of terms.\n  1. "Written instrument" means any instrument or article, including\ncomputer data or a computer program, containing written or printed\nmatter or the equivalent thereof, used for the purpose of reciting,\nembodying, conveying or recording information, or constituting a symbol\nor evidence of value, right, privilege or identification, which is\ncapable of being used to the advantage or disadvantage of some person.\nFor the purposes of this article, a card provided to a person by a\nvaccine provider indicating the date a person received a vaccination\nagainst COVID-19, the type of vaccine and its lot number, and bearing a\ngovernment logo or other indication that it is created by a governmental\ninstrumentality, shall be considered a written instrument.\n  2. "Complete written instrument" means one which purports to be a\ngenuine written instrument fully drawn with respect to every essential\nfeature thereof. An endorsement, attestation, acknowledgment or other\nsimilar signature or statement is deemed both a complete written\ninstrument in itself and a part of the main instrument in which it is\ncontained or to which it attaches.\n  3. "Incomplete written instrument" means one which contains some\nmatter by way of content or authentication but which requires additional\nmatter in order to render it a complete written instrument.\n  4. "Falsely make." A person "falsely makes" a written instrument when\nhe makes or draws a complete written instrument in its entirety, or an\nincomplete written instrument, which purports to be an authentic\ncreation of its ostensible maker or drawer, but which is not such either\nbecause the ostensible maker or drawer is fictitious or because, if\nreal, he did not authorize the making or drawing thereof.\n  5. "Falsely complete." A person "falsely completes" a written\ninstrument when, by adding, inserting or changing matter, he transforms\nan incomplete written instrument into a complete one, without the\nauthority of anyone entitled to grant it, so that such complete\ninstrument appears or purports to be in all respects an authentic\ncreation of or fully authorized by its ostensible maker or drawer.\n  6. "Falsely alter." A person "falsely alters" a written instrument\nwhen, without the authority of anyone entitled to grant it, he changes a\nwritten instrument, whether it be in complete or incomplete form, by\nmeans of erasure, obliteration, deletion, insertion of new matter,\ntransposition of matter, or in any other manner, so that such instrument\nin its thus altered form appears or purports to be in all respects an\nauthentic creation of or fully authorized by its ostensible maker or\ndrawer.\n  7. "Forged instrument" means a written instrument which has been\nfalsely made, completed or altered.\n  8. "Electronic access device" means a mobile identification number or\nelectronic serial number that can be used to obtain telephone service.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 4319 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 43 / Section 4319
Decision
Status: in_force

§ 4319. Decision. The decision of a referee shall comply with the\nrequirements for a decision by the court and shall stand as the decision\nof a court.  Unless otherwise specified in the order of reference, the\nreferee shall file his decision within thirty days after the cause or\nmatter is finally submitted.  If it is not filed within the required\ntime, upon the motion of a party before it is filed, the court may grant\na new trial and, in that event, the referee shall not be entitled to any\nfees.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 254-B — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 8 / Section 254-B
Limitation on late charges
Status: in_force

§ 254-b. Limitation on late charges. 1. If a bond or note, or the\nmortgage on real property, heretofore or hereafter made, improved by a\none to six family residence occupied by the owner, securing the payment\nof same, or a note representing a loan for the purpose of financing the\npurchase of an ownership interest in, and proprietary lease from, a\ncorporation or partnership formed for the purpose of the cooperative\nownership of residential real estate, contains a provision whereby the\nmortgagee or lender retains the right to collect a late charge on any\ninstalment which has become due and remains unpaid, such charge on any\nsuch delinquent instalment, regardless of the period it remains in\ndefault, shall not exceed and shall only be enforced to the extent of\ntwo percent of such delinquent instalment; provided, however, that no\ncharge shall be imposed on any instalment paid within fifteen days after\nthe due date. No such late charge shall be deducted from any regular\ninstalment payment by the mortgagor or borrower, but shall be separately\ncharged and collected by the mortgagee or lender. In the absence of a\nspecific provision in a bond, note or mortgage no late charge on any\ndelinquent instalment shall be assessed or collected. The term\n"instalment" shall include amounts representing interest, amortization\nof principal and payments in respect of insurance premiums, taxes and\nutility charges if the bond, note or mortgage provides for collection\nthereof by the mortgagee.\n  2. The provisions in this section shall not apply to any loan or\nforbearance insured by the federal housing commissioner or for which a\ncommitment to insure has been made by the federal housing commissioner\nor to any loan or forbearance insured or guaranteed pursuant to the\nprovisions of an act of congress entitled "Servicemen's Readjustment Act\nof 1944", or to the extent the provisions of this section are\ninconsistent with any other federal law or regulation.\n  3. If any provision of this section, or the application of such\nprovision to any individual, company, corporation, or circumstance,\nshall be held invalid, the remainder of this section, and the\napplication of such section to individuals, companies, corporations, or\ncircumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be\naffected thereby.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 8022 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 80 / Section 8022
Fee on civil appeals proceedings before appellate courts
Status: in_force

§ 8022. Fee on civil appeals proceedings before appellate courts. (a)\nA county clerk, upon filing a notice of appeal, is entitled to a fee of\nsixty-five dollars, payable in advance.\n  (b) The clerks of the appellate divisions of the supreme court and the\nclerk of the court of appeals are entitled, upon the filing of a record\non a civil appeal or a statement in lieu of record on a civil appeal, as\nrequired by rule 5530 of this chapter, to a fee of three hundred fifteen\ndollars, payable in advance. The clerks of the appellate divisions also\nshall be entitled to such fee upon the filing of a notice of petition or\norder to show cause commencing a special proceeding in their respective\ncourts. In addition, the clerks of the appellate divisions of the\nsupreme court and the clerk of the court of appeals are entitled, upon\nthe filing of each motion or cross motion with respect to a civil appeal\nor special proceeding, to a fee of forty-five dollars, payable in\nadvance. However, no fee shall be imposed for a motion or cross motion\nwhich seeks leave to prosecute or defend a civil appeal or special\nproceeding as a poor person pursuant to subdivision (a) of section\neleven hundred one of this chapter.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 218 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 2 / Section 218
Stewards at race meetings
Status: in_force

§ 218. Stewards at race meetings. There shall be three stewards to\nsupervise each running race meeting conducted pursuant to sections two\nhundred five and two hundred six of this article. One of such stewards\nshall be the official steward of the commission, one shall be appointed\nby the jockey club or by the national steeplechase and hunt association\nas may be appropriate, and one shall be appointed by the corporation\nconducting such race meeting. Such stewards shall exercise such powers\nand perform such duties at each race meeting as may be prescribed by the\nrules of the commission. During the absence or inability to act of an\nofficial steward of the commission, or in the event of the failure or\ninability to appoint either of the other two stewards, the powers and\nduties of such steward shall be exercised and performed by a person\ndesignated by the commission for that purpose.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 407 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 8 / Section 407
Accounts of fees
Status: in_force

§ 407. Accounts of fees. The county officer authorized to receive fees\nor other form of compensation belonging to the county shall keep a\nrecord showing the nature thereof, from whom received, date of receipt,\namount and when paid to the county treasurer.\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 1905 — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 19 / Section 1905
No costs on plea of bankruptcy
Status: in_force

§ 1905. No costs on plea of bankruptcy.  Where the defendant recovers\njudgment upon the defense of bankruptcy, he shall not be entitled to\ncosts.\n
N.Y. UCT Law § 1706 — New York Code / Act UCT / Article 17 / Section 1706
Appeals from appellate court
Status: in_force

§ 1706. Appeals from appellate court.\n  Appeals from the judgment or order of an appellate court, on appeal\nfrom this court, shall be governed by the CPLR.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 918 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 31 / Section 918
Registration required
Status: in_force

§ 918. Registration required. A professional employer organization\nshall not engage in business from offices in this state or enter into\nany arrangement with a person for the purpose of providing professional\nemployer services as described in section nine hundred twenty-two of\nthis article to persons in this state unless the professional employer\norganization is registered under this article. No professional employer\norganization or person shall use the name or title "professional\nemployer organization", "PEO", "staff leasing company", "employee\nleasing company", "registered staff leasing company" or "staff leasing\nservices company", or otherwise represent that it is registered under\nthis article unless the entity or person is registered under this\narticle. A professional employer organization that does not comply with\nthe provisions of this article shall not be a registered professional\nemployer organization in this state.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 135.61 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title H / Article 135 / Section 135.61
Coercion in the second degree
Status: in_force

§ 135.61 Coercion in the second degree.\n  A person is guilty of coercion in the second degree when he or she\ncommits the crime of coercion in the third degree as defined in section\n135.60 of this article and thereby compels or induces a person to engage\nin vaginal sexual contact, oral sexual contact or anal sexual contact as\nsuch terms are defined in section 130.00 of this title.\n  Coercion in the second degree is a class E felony.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 106 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 3 / Section 106
Penalty for violation
Status: in_force

§ 106. Penalty for violation. Every corporation violating any of the\nprovisions of the preceding four sections shall be guilty of a\nmisdemeanor and may be indicted therefor, and may be compelled to appear\nand plead to an indictment therefor in the person of its president,\nsecretary, treasurer or any director thereof, and a bench warrant may\nissue out of any competent court to compel such attendance and pleading,\nand, upon conviction thereof, such corporations shall be punished by a\nfine of one thousand dollars, and an additional fine of five hundred\ndollars a day for each and every day or part of a day after thirty days\nfrom the due service of said notice or order that said corporation shall\nrefuse or neglect to obey and carry out the requirements and provisions\nof the same, and duly sentenced to pay the same.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 344-F*7 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 344-F*7
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Private First Class Duane C
Status: in_force

* § 344-f. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Private First Class Duane C. Scott Memorial Highway". All that portion\nof the state highway system constituting state route two hundred\nseventy-five in the county of Allegany, commencing at the intersection\nof Wellsville Street and Main Street/state route two hundred\nseventy-five in the village of Bolivar, continuing in a generally\nnortherly direction on state route two hundred seventy-five, and\nterminating at the intersection of state route two hundred seventy-five\nand exit twenty-nine of interstate route eighty-six in the hamlet of\nFriendship within the town of Friendship, shall be designated and known\nas the "Private First Class Duane C. Scott Memorial Highway".\n  * NB There are 7 344-f's\n
N.Y. COR Law § 209 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 8 / Section 209
Notice of voting rights
Status: in_force

* § 209. Notice of voting rights. The department shall notify each\nperson serving a period of community supervision verbally and in writing\nof his or her right to vote and provide such person with a form of\napplication for voter registration and a declination form, offer such\nperson assistance in filling out the appropriate form, and provide such\nperson written information distributed by the board of elections on the\nimportance and the mechanics of voting. Such person may choose to either\nsubmit his or her completed application to the state board or county\nboard where such person resides or have the department transmit it on\nhis or her behalf. Where such person chooses to have the department\ntransmit the application, the department shall transmit the completed\napplication to the state board or county board where such person\nresides.\n  * NB There are 2 § 209's\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 2012 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 20 / Section 2012
Drawing of jurors
Status: in_force

§ 2012. Drawing of jurors.\n  Jurors may be drawn and summoned in the manner provided by rules of\nthe appellate division of the department in which the court is located.\nJurors drawn for civil actions pursuant to this act may also be used in\nthe trial of criminal cases.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 1338 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 13 / Section 1338
Statement of taxes to be mailed
Status: in_force

§ 1338. Statement of taxes to be mailed. 1. Upon receipt of the tax\nroll and warrant, the collecting officer shall mail to each owner of\nproperty listed thereon, a statement of taxes as provided by law.\n  2. Such statement shall recite that such owner may elect, pursuant to\nsection thirteen hundred forty of this article, to pay the taxes set\nforth in the statement in installments as provided in the local law\nenacted by the county pursuant to section nine hundred seventy-two of\nthis chapter.\n  In addition, such statement shall clearly disclose the due dates for\npayment of such installments without interest and penalties.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 70 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 5 / Section 70
Deputy attorney-general to act as special district attorney
Status: in_force

§ 70. Deputy attorney-general to act as special district attorney.\n  Whenever the governor shall advise the attorney-general that he has\nreason to doubt whether in any county the law relating to crimes against\nthe elective franchise is properly enforced, the attorney-general shall\nrequire from the district attorney of such county, and it shall be the\nduty of such district attorney forthwith to make to the attorney-general\na report of all prosecutions and complaints within his county during the\nyear then last past for offenses under the election law and of the\naction had thereon.\n  The attorney-general shall assign one or more of his deputies to take\ncharge of prosecutions under the election law. Such deputy shall\nrepresent the people of this state in all such prosecutions before all\nmagistrates and in all courts and before any grand jury having\ncognizance thereof. The deputies so assigned shall be appointed pursuant\nto section sixty-two of this chapter. They may be especially appointed\nthereunder for the purpose of such assignment and for the performance of\nthe duties herein described.\n  Whenever the attorney-general shall advise the governor that there is\noccasion for an extraordinary term in any such county to inquire into\nand try cases arising under article sixteen of the election law, the\ngovernor may appoint an extraordinary term of the supreme court to be\nconstituted and held for the trial of criminal cases in such county,\npursuant to section one hundred forty-nine of the judiciary law. Grand\nand petit juries shall be drawn and summoned for said term in the manner\nprovided by law, and such cases shall be brought before such inquest and\ncourt as the attorney-general shall direct. All the provisions of\nsections sixty-three and sixty-seven of this chapter shall apply to such\nextraordinary term.\n  It shall be the duty of the district attorney of the county, and of\nthe assistants, clerks and employees in his office, and of all police\nauthorities, officers and men within any such county, to render to the\nattorney-general and his deputy whenever requested, all aid and\nassistance within their power in such prosecutions and in the conduct of\nsuch cases. The jurisdiction conferred upon the attorney-general herein\nto prosecute crimes, is concurrent in each county with that of the\ndistrict attorney; but whichever of such officers shall first assume\njurisdiction of a particular offense shall have exclusive jurisdiction\nto prosecute for the same unless or until the governor shall, by written\norder filed with both such officers, give such jurisdiction to the\nother.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 370.1 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 3 / Part 7 / Section 370.1
Securing the attendance of witnesses; securing certain testimony
Status: in_force

§ 370.1. Securing the attendance of witnesses; securing certain\ntestimony. 1. The provisions of article six hundred twenty of the\ncriminal procedure law concerning the securing of attendance of\nwitnesses by material witness order shall apply to proceedings under\nthis article.\n  2. Article six hundred sixty, six hundred seventy and six hundred\neighty of the criminal procedure law concerning the securing of\ntestimony for use in a subsequent proceeding, the use of testimony given\nin a previous proceeding and the examination of witness by commission\nshall apply to proceedings under this article.\n  3. The provisions of the uniform act to secure attendance of witnesses\nfrom without the state in criminal cases, as incorporated in article six\nhundred forty of the criminal procedure law, shall apply to proceedings\nunder this article.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 136 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 6 / Section 136
Notarial fees
Status: in_force

§ 136. Notarial fees. A notary public shall be entitled to the\nfollowing fees:\n  1. For administering an oath or affirmation, and certifying the same\nwhen required, except where another fee is specifically prescribed by\nstatute, two dollars.\n  2. For taking and certifying the acknowledgment or proof of execution\nof a written instrument, by one person, two dollars, and by each\nadditional person, two dollars, for swearing each witness thereto, two\ndollars.\n  3. For electronic notarial services, established in section one\nhundred thirty-five-c of this chapter, a fee set through regulation by\nthe secretary of state.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 17 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 2 / Section 17
Property of extinct Free Baptist churches
Status: in_force

§ 17. Property of extinct Free Baptist churches. The property both\nreal and personal, belonging to or held in trust for any Free Baptist\nchurch, or Free Baptist religious society organized under the laws of\nthe state of New York, that has become, or shall become extinct, shall\nvest in and become the property of the Central association existing\nunder the laws of the state of New York, and its successors and assigns;\nprovided that this section shall not affect the reversionary interests\nof any person in such property, nor the interests of any incorporated\nassociation; and any Free Baptist church or Free Baptist religious\nsociety becoming extinct or about to disband or disorganize may, by a\nvote of two-thirds of its members present and voting therefor at a\nmeeting regularly called for that purpose assign, transfer, grant and\nconvey all its temporalities to and place the same in the possession of\nthe Central association existing under the laws of the state of New\nYork.\n  A Free Baptist church or Free Baptist religious society which has\nfailed for two consecutive years next prior thereto to maintain\nreligious services according to the custom and usages of Free Baptist\nchurches, or has less than thirteen resident attending members, paying\nannual pew rental or making annual contributions towards its support,\nmay be declared extinct in the following manner, viz.: Upon such notice\nas the court may prescribe, and upon application made by petition,\nstating fully the facts in the case, and on evidence being furnished\nthat the said Free Baptist church or Free Baptist religious society has\nceased to hold religious services in and use said property for religious\nworship or service for a term of two years previous to such application,\nthe supreme court, at a term thereof held in the judicial district where\nsuch property is situated, may grant an order declaring such church or\nsociety extinct, and thereon direct that all its temporalities shall be\ntransferred to, and thereupon shall be taken possession of by the\nCentral association of the state of New York, or directing that the same\nbe sold in the manner directed by said order, and that the proceeds\nthereof, after the payment of the debts of such church or society, be\npaid over to the Central association of the state of New York. All\nproperty and proceeds from the sale of property so transferred to said\nassociation shall be used and applied for the purposes for which said\nCentral association of the state of New York was organized and shall not\nbe directed to any other purpose.\n  The First Free Will Baptist church of the city of New York, located in\nthe borough of Manhattan, shall in no way be amenable to the provisions\nof this section.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 99-N — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 99-N
Highway construction and maintenance safety education fund
Status: in_force

§ 99-n. Highway construction and maintenance safety education fund. 1.\nThere is hereby established in the joint custody of the state\ncomptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance a special\nrevenue fund to be known as the "highway construction and maintenance\nsafety education fund".\n  2. The fund shall consist of all monies appropriated for its purpose,\nall monies required by this section or any other provision of law to be\npaid into or credited to such fund, collected by the mandatory\nsurcharges imposed pursuant to subdivision one of section eighteen\nhundred nine-d of the vehicle and traffic law. Nothing contained in this\nsection shall prevent the department of motor vehicles from receiving\ngrants or other appropriations for the purposes of the fund as defined\nin this section and depositing them into the fund according to law.\n  3. Monies of the fund, when allocated, shall be disbursed to provide\neducation, advocacy and increased awareness of the laws pertaining to\nmaximum speed limits in highway construction and maintenance work areas\nand may be used to execute contracts with private organizations for such\npurposes. Such contracts shall be awarded upon competitive bids after\nthe issuance of requests for proposals.\n