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N.Y. UCC Law § 4-A-503 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 4-A / Part 5 / Section 4-A-503
Injunction or Restraining Order With Respect to Funds Transfer
Status: in_force

Section 4-A-503. Injunction or Restraining Order With Respect to Funds\n                   Transfer.\n  For proper cause and in compliance with applicable law, a court may\nrestrain (i) a person from issuing a payment order to initiate a funds\ntransfer, (ii) an originator's bank from executing the payment order of\nthe originator, or (iii) the beneficiary's bank from releasing funds to\nthe beneficiary or the beneficiary from withdrawing the funds. A court\nmay not otherwise restrain a person from issuing a payment order, paying\nor receiving payment of a payment order, or otherwise acting with\nrespect to a funds transfer.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 1-2.5 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 1 / Part 2 / Section 1-2.5
Distributee
Status: in_force

§ 1-2.5 Distributee\n  A distributee is a person entitled to take or share in the property of\na decedent under the statutes governing descent and distribution.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 1341 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 13-A / Section 1341
Accounts
Status: in_force

§ 1341. Accounts. A temporary receiver shall keep written accounts\nitemizing receipts and expenditures, and describing the property and\nnaming the depository of receivership funds, which shall be open to\ninspection by any person having an apparent interest in the property,\nthe court may require the keeping of particular records or direct or\nlimit inspection or require presentation of a temporary receiver's\naccounts. Notice of a motion for the presentation of a temporary\nreceiver's accounts shall be served upon the sureties on his or her\nundertaking as well as upon each party.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 581 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 29-F / Section 581
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 581. Definitions. (a) The term "closing out sale" shall include, but\nnot be limited to, all sales advertised, represented, or held forth\nunder the designation of "quitting business," "going out of business,"\n"discontinuance of business," "closing out," "selling out,"\n"liquidation," "lost our lease," "must vacate," "forced out," "removal,"\n"branch store discontinuance sale," "building coming down," "end,"\n"final days," "final clearance," "last days," "lease expires," "we give\nup sale," "we quit sale," "warehouse closing sale," "warehouse removal\nsale," "reorganization sale," or any other advertising or designation by\nany other expression or characterization similar to any of the foregoing\ngiving notice to the public that the sale will precede the abandonment\nof a business location.\n  (b) The term "sale of goods damaged by fire, smoke or water" shall\ninclude, but not be limited to, all sales advertised, represented or\nheld forth under the designation of "fire sale," "smoke damage sale,"\n"water damage sale," "flood damage sale," "insurance sale," or any other\nadvertising or designation by any other expression or characterization\nsimilar to any of the foregoing giving notice to the public that the\ngoods, wares or merchandise offered for sale have been damaged.\n  (c) The term "defunct business sale" shall include, but not be limited\nto, all sales advertised, represented or held forth under the\ndesignation of "adjuster's sale," "administrator's sale," "assignee's\nsale," "bankrupt sale," "bankrupt stock sale," "benefit of\nadministrator's sale," "benefit of creditor's sale," "benefit of\ntrustee's sale," "creditor's committee sale," "creditor's sale,"\n"executor's sale," "insolvent sale," "mortgage sale," "receiver's sale,"\n"trustee's sale," or any other advertising or designation by any other\nexpression or characterization similar to any of the foregoing conveying\nthe same meaning or giving notice to the public of a sale resulting from\ndeath, business failure, or other adversity.\n  (d) "Unusual purchase or addition" shall mean any purchase of goods,\nwares or merchandise during the ninety days preceding the application\nfor a license, the total value of which is at least twenty-five per cent\ngreater than purchases made by the applicant for a like ninety-day\nperiod during the year next preceding the year in which the application\nis made or the total value of which is at least twenty-five per cent\ngreater than the purchases made by the applicant for any ninety-day\nperiod if the applicant has been in business for less than one year.\n  (e) "Person" shall mean any individual, partnership, association, firm\nor corporation.\n  (f) "Licensee" shall mean any person granted a license pursuant to the\nprovisions of this article.\n  (g) "Licensing authority" shall mean that department or officer of any\ncity, town or village established for the specific purpose of issuing\nlicenses, and where there is no such department or officer, it shall\nmean the clerk of such city, town or village.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 275.15 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title P / Article 275 / Section 275.15
Manufacture or sale of an unauthorized recording of a performance in the second degree
Status: in_force

§ 275.15 Manufacture or sale of an unauthorized recording of a\n           performance in the second degree.\n  A person commits the crime of manufacture or sale of an unauthorized\nrecording of a performance in the second degree when he knowingly, and\nwithout the consent of the performer, records or fixes or causes to be\nrecorded or fixed on a recording a performance, with the intent to sell\nor rent or cause to be sold or rented such recording, or with the intent\nto use such recording to promote the sale of any product; or when he\nknowingly possesses, transports or advertises, for purposes of sale,\nresale or rental or sells, resells, rents or offers for rental, sale or\nresale, any recording that the person knows has been produced in\nviolation of this section.\n  Manufacture or sale of an unauthorized recording of a performance in\nthe second degree is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 344-M*19 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 344-M*19
Portion of the state highway system to be designated and known as the "Staff Sergeant Peter J
Status: in_force

* § 344-m. Portion of the state highway system to be designated and\nknown as the "Staff Sergeant Peter J. Blidy Memorial Bridge". All that\nportion of the state highway system constituting the bridge on\nVersailles Plank Road, designated bridge number 6050680, which crosses\nClear creek one and one-half miles northeast of Versailles, in the town\nof Collins, county of Erie, shall be known as the "Staff Sergeant Peter\nJ. Blidy Memorial Bridge".\n  * NB There are 23 § 344-m's\n
N.Y. COR Law § 356 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 14 / Section 356
Proceedings on return of order to show cause
Status: in_force

§ 356. Proceedings on return of order to show cause. Upon the return\nof an order to show cause, made as prescribed in the last section, proof\nof the service thereof, as required thereby, must first be made;\nwhereupon the court must hear the allegations and proofs of the\ncreditors, and other persons interested in the estate, who appear. Where\nthe prisoner is indebted to any person, the court must appoint one or\nmore trustees, unless the persons interested in the prisoner's property\npay the debt, or give such security, as the court prescribes, for the\npayment thereof, either absolutely, or contingently upon a recovery in\nan action; in which case or where the prisoner is not indebted, the\ncourt may grant or deny the prayer of the petition, as justice requires.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 220.55 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title M / Article 220 / Section 220.55
Criminally using drug paraphernalia in the first degree
Status: in_force

§ 220.55 Criminally using drug paraphernalia in the first degree.\n  A person is guilty of criminally using drug paraphernalia in the first\ndegree when he commits the crime of criminally using drug paraphernalia\nin the second degree and he has previously been convicted of criminally\nusing drug paraphernalia in the second degree.\n  Criminally using drug paraphernalia in the first degree is a class D\nfelony.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 96 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 5 / Section 96
Certificates of registry of domestic animals
Status: in_force

§ 96. Certificates of registry of domestic animals.  Certificates of\nregistry, and of transfer of domestic animals when issued by and under\nseal of a duly organized and recognized corporation or association\nformed for the purpose of registering pure-bred domestic animals, may be\nreceived in evidence in any action or proceeding, and shall be\npresumptive evidence of the facts and circumstances stated therein.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 423 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 27-A / Section 423
Licensing
Status: in_force

§ 423. Licensing. 1. Each license issued under this article shall\nstate the address or addresses at which the business is to be conducted\nand shall state fully the name of the licensee, and the date and place\nof its incorporation and the expiration date of the license. A copy of\nsuch license shall be prominently posted in each place of business of\nthe licensee. Such license shall not be transferable or assignable.\n  2. In the event the location at which the business is to be conducted\nshall be changed, the licensee shall forthwith notify the secretary in\nwriting, who shall thereupon without charge attach to the license a\nrider setting forth such changed location.\n  3. In the event that there shall be any change among the principals or\nofficers of any licensee, the licensee shall forthwith notify the\nsecretary in writing, of the name and address of each new principal or\nofficer, and shall submit a complete set of two fingerprint cards for\neach such principal or officer in accordance with the provisions of\nparagraph e of subdivision one of section four hundred twenty-one of\nthis article.\n  4. Prior to or upon the sale or transfer of all or the majority of the\nstock or assets of any coin processor, the new principals or officers\nshall apply for a new license with the department in accordance with the\nprovisions of section four hundred twenty-one and section four hundred\ntwenty-two of this article. Such application shall be made within sixty\ndays of such sale or transfer.\n  5. A license granted under the provisions of this article may be\nrenewed by the department upon application therefor by the licensee, in\nsuch form as the department may prescribe, accompanied by the\nnon-refundable renewal processing fee pursuant to subdivision two of\nsection four hundred twenty-one of this article. In no event will\nrenewal be granted more than six months after the date of expiration of\na license. No person, firm, company, partnership or corporation shall\ncarry on any business subject to this article during any period which\nmay exist between the date of expiration of a license and the renewal\nthereof.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 856 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 39-A / Section 856
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 856. Definitions. As used in this article:\n  (1) Merchant means a person who deals in the sale of Torah scrolls in\nthe ordinary course of business.\n  (2) Torah scroll means an edition of the Pentateuch hand-written on\nparchment.\n  (3) Person means any individual, partnership, corporation,\nassociation, religious corporation, house of worship, however organized,\nor other entity.\n  (4) Written instrument means a written or printed agreement, bill of\nsale, invoice, certificate of authenticity or any other document\ndescribing, pursuant to section eight hundred fifty-nine of this\narticle, the Torah scroll which is to be sold, exchanged, donated,\nconsigned, or otherwise transferred, by a merchant.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 355 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 9 / Section 355
Solicitation of loans
Status: in_force

§ 355. Solicitation of loans. 1. Any loan made by a person not\nlicensed under this article to a resident of this state, in the amount,\nnot exceeding the maximum amounts prescribed in section three hundred\nforty of this article, where solicitation of the loan was made within\nthis state, and where the interest, discount, consideration or other\ncharge contracted for or received exceeds that permitted to a licensee\nunder the laws of this state shall be void, and the lender shall have no\nright to collect or receive any principal, interest or charge\nwhatsoever. No action to enforce a loan made in violation of this\nsubdivision may be maintained, even though the amount demanded to be\npaid in such action does not exceed that permitted to a licensee under\nthe laws of this state.\n  2. For purposes of this article, solicitation of a loan shall include\nany solicitation, request or inducement to enter into a loan made by\nmeans of or through a direct mailing, television or radio announcement\nor advertisement, advertisement in a newspaper, magazine, leaflet or\npamphlet distributed within this state, or visual display within this\nstate, whether or not such solicitation, request or inducement\nconstitutes an offer to enter into a contract.\n
N.Y. LEG Law § 32-A — New York Code / Act LEG / Article 2 / Section 32-A
Budget; public hearings
Status: in_force

§ 32-a. Budget; public hearings. After submission and prior to\nenactment of the executive budget, the senate finance committee and the\nassembly ways and means committee jointly or separately shall conduct\npublic hearings on the budget. Such hearings may be conducted regionally\nto provide individuals and organizations throughout the state with an\nopportunity to comment on the budget. The committees shall make every\neffort to hear all those who wish to present statements at such public\nhearings. The chairs of the committees jointly or separately shall\npublish a schedule of hearings.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 609 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 6 / Section 609
Contracts of corporation
Status: in_force

§ 609. Contracts of corporation. 1. The corporation shall let\ncontracts for construction or any other work, including the furnishing\nof materials or supplies incident thereto, and contracts for the\npurchase or procurement of equipment, materials or supplies: (i) in the\nmanner provided by law with respect to the letting of such contracts by\nthe state, except that where the estimated expense of a contract does\nnot exceed ten thousand dollars, such contract may be entered into\nwithout public letting, provided however, that where the corporation\ndetermines with respect to any contract that it would not be in the\npublic interest to comply with this section and the office of general\nservices, concurs in such determination, then it may enter into such\ncontract without public letting as authorized; or (ii) in the manner\nprovided in section five hundred seven of this chapter, if in\nconjunction with one or more regional off-track betting corporations.\n  2. The corporation may make rules and regulations governing the\nqualifications of bidders entering into such a contract where the cost\nof such a contract exceeds ten thousand dollars. The bidding may be\nrestricted to those who shall have qualified prior to the receipt of\nbids according to standards fixed by the corporation; provided, however,\nthat notice or notices for the submission of qualifications shall be\npublished in the state register and in an appropriate trade journal\npublished in the state, at least once, not less than ten days prior to\nthe date fixed for the filing of qualifications.\n  3. It shall be a misdemeanor for a director of the corporation or an\nofficer, agent, executive or other employee retained, employed or\nappointed by the corporation to be in any manner or way interested,\ndirectly or indirectly, as principal, surety or otherwise in a contract,\nthe expense or consideration whereof is payable out of funds of the\ncorporation. The corporation shall be subject to procurement lobbying as\nprovided in sections one hundred thirty-nine-j and one hundred\nthirty-nine-k of the state finance law.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 1208 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 12 / Section 1208
Method of amending mutual company charters
Status: in_force

§ 1208. Method of amending mutual company charters. (a) A domestic\nmutual insurance corporation may change its name, or amend or restate\nits charter in the form prescribed by article eight of the business\ncorporation law. Except as specified in subsections (b) and (c) hereof,\nthe following requirements shall apply to certificates of change of name\nand amended or restated charters of such corporations:\n  (1) The corporation's president or secretary shall call a meeting of\nits members pursuant to its by-laws, specifying any amendments to be\nvoted upon at such meeting;\n  (2) If at such meeting three-fourths of the members present and voting\nin person or by proxy vote in favor of any amendments so specified, the\ncorporation's president and secretary shall make a certificate, verified\nby their oaths, to the effect that the amendments were duly adopted by\nat least a three-fourths vote of the members present in person or by\nproxy at a meeting duly called for such purpose and setting forth the\ncall for such meeting, the fact of service of such call upon all members\nof record on a specified date, and the minutes of such meeting; and\n  (3) Such certificate shall, within thirty days after such meeting, be\nsubmitted to the superintendent for his approval as conforming to the\nrequirements of law.\n  (b) A domestic mutual insurance corporation except as specified in\nsubsection (c) hereof, may, subject to the provisions of section one\nthousand two hundred six of this article, amend its charter as to the\nkind or kinds of insurance business it shall be empowered to do and to\nspecify or change the location of its office, and may amend its charter\nas to any other provisions which do not impair the members' rights or\nenlarge their obligations under insurance policies, by a majority vote\nof its board of directors at a meeting held not less than thirty days\nafter notice of the proposed amendment has been given to the directors\nand the superintendent.\n  (c) Any domestic mutual life insurance corporation doing business as\nsuch may file a certificate of change of name, or restate or amend its\ncharter, by a majority vote of its board of directors at a meeting held\nnot less than thirty days after notice of the proposed amendment has\nbeen given to the directors.\n  (d) A certificate of amendment or a restated charter filed pursuant to\nsubsections (b) and (c) hereof shall be accompanied by a certificate\nsigned by the corporation's president and secretary that such amendment\nor restatement was duly adopted by a majority vote of the corporation's\nboard of directors at a meeting duly called for that purpose.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 790 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 20 / Section 790
Clerk to make schedule of fines imposed
Status: in_force

§ 790. Clerk to make schedule of fines imposed. Where a fine has been\nimposed by a court of record, upon a grand or trial juror, or upon any\nofficer or other person, without being accompanied with an order for the\nimmediate commitment of the person so fined, until the fine is paid, the\nclerk of the court, immediately after the close of the term at which the\nfine was imposed, must prepare a schedule, containing, in separate\ncolumns, the following matters:\n  1. The name of each person fined.\n  2. His place of residence, where it appears, from the papers on file\nor before the court, to be within the county.\n  3. The amount of the fine imposed upon him.\n  4. The cause for which the fine was imposed.\n  The clerk must subjoin to the schedule a certificate, to the effect,\nthat it contains a true abstract of the orders imposing fines, and must\nannex it to the warrant specified in the next section.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 743 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 7 / Section 743
Answer
Status: in_force

§ 743. Answer. Except as provided in section seven hundred thirty-two\nof this article, relating to a proceeding for non-payment of rent, at\nthe time when the petition is to be heard the respondent, or any person\nin possession or claiming possession of the premises, may answer, orally\nor in writing. If the answer is oral the substance thereof shall be\nrecorded by the clerk or, if a particular court has no clerk, by the\npresiding judge or justice of such court, and maintained in the case\nrecord. The answer may contain any legal or equitable defense, or\ncounterclaim. The court may render affirmative judgment for the amount\nfound due on the counterclaim.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 174 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 7-A / Section 174
Solicitation by unregistered charitable organizations, professional fund-raisers or commercial co-venturers a fraud upon the people of th...
Status: in_force

§ 174. Solicitation by unregistered charitable organizations,\nprofessional fund-raisers or commercial co-venturers a fraud upon the\npeople of the state. 1. No charitable organization shall employ any\nprofessional fund raiser or commercial co-venturer unless and until such\nfund raiser or commercial co-venturer is registered pursuant to this\narticle. Any such contract of employment shall be voidable at the option\nof the charitable organization.\n  2. No professional fund raiser or commercial co-venturer shall enter\ninto any contract or raise any funds for any organization required to be\nregistered pursuant to this article unless such charitable organization\nactually so registered.\n  3. No professional fund raiser required to be registered under this\narticle shall employ any professional solicitor who is not registered in\naccordance with this article.\n  4. In addition to all other remedies provided by law the attorney\ngeneral may bring an action to enjoin the violation of the provisions of\nthis section. The attorney general may give notice of at least fifteen\ndays in writing by registered or certified mail to the organization,\nperson or persons violating the provisions hereof, requiring that\nregistration be accomplished or that the solicitation funds be\nimmediately terminated. The failure to immediately discontinue\nsolicitation or to register in accordance with the provisions of this\narticle within fifteen days of service of such notice shall be deemed to\nbe a continuing fraud upon the people of the state of New York.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 13-1.2 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 13 / Part 1 / Section 13-1.2
Assets; debt due from executor to testator; effect of discharge
Status: in_force

§ 13-1.2 Assets; debt due from executor to testator; effect of discharge\n           by will\n  The designation by will of a person as executor does not operate as a\ndischarge or testamentary disposition of any just claim which the\ntestator had against him, but such claim must be included as an asset of\nthe estate.  The executor is liable for the value of the claim when it\nbecomes due, and he must apply and distribute the same in the course of\nadministering the estate.  The discharge or disposition of such a claim\nor of a claim against any other person by will shall be treated as a\nspecific disposition for purposes of 13-1.3.  Nothing contained herein\nprecludes an executor from raising any defense to a claim by the estate\nagainst him which would be available to any other person against whom\nthe estate has a claim.\n