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N.Y. UCC Law § 7-505 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 7 / Part 5 / Section 7-505
Indorser Not Guarantor for Other Parties
Status: in_force

Section 7--505. Indorser Not Guarantor for Other Parties.\n  The indorsement of a tangible document of title issued by a bailee\ndoes not make the indorser liable for any default by the bailee or\nprevious indorsers.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 1584 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 15-C / Section 1584
Attachment to rolls
Status: in_force

§ 1584. Attachment to rolls. In any case in which this chapter\nrequires a document to be attached or annexed to an assessment roll or\ntax roll, and such roll is prepared in machine readable form only, those\nrequirements shall be deemed satisfied if the document is filed at the\ntime required by law and kept with the assessment roll or tax roll.  The\nroll must include a statement to the effect that the document or\ndocuments are on file and where they are filed.\n
N.Y. PBO Law § 101 — New York Code / Act PBO / Article 7 / Section 101
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as\n"Open Meetings Law".\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1107 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 11 / Section 1107
Deposit of funds
Status: in_force

§ 1107. Deposit of funds.\n  1. The public administrators shall pay into the treasury of the city\nof New York all commissions and costs received by them from any source.\nSuch payments shall be made monthly and shall be accompanied by a sworn\nstatement in the form prescribed by the comptroller of the city of New\nYork showing in detail the costs and commissions received and allowed to\nthem.\n  2. The public administrators shall deposit to their respective credit\nall moneys by them severally collected and received within 5 days after\nreceipt in demand, time, thrift or other accounts in one or more banks\nor trust companies designated by the mayor, comptroller and commissioner\nof finance for the deposit of moneys of the city of New York or in such\naccounts in savings banks or savings and loan associations located in\ntheir respective counties. All interest received on such deposits shall\nbe credited to the respective estates. In case of the insolvency or\ninvoluntary liquidation of the depository all money so deposited shall\nbe entitled to equal priority of payment with that given by law to\ndeposits of money by the state superintendent of financial services.\n  3. Each public administrator shall whenever required exhibit to the\ncity comptroller and the surrogate of the county where appointed the\nbank books or statements and all other vouchers and documents relating\nto his office. The comptroller and surrogate shall examine the bank\nbooks and statements showing the deposits and the vouchers on which the\ncheck is required to be drawn and shall satisfy himself fully as to the\ncorrectness thereof and in case of doubt or difficulty he shall report\nthe case to the mayor for his direction.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 744 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 7 / Part 4 / Section 744
Evidence in fact-finding hearings; required quantum
Status: in_force

§ 744. Evidence in fact-finding hearings; required quantum.  (a) Only\nevidence that is competent, material and relevant may be admitted in a\nfact-finding hearing.\n  (b) Any determination at the conclusion of a fact-finding hearing that\na respondent did an act or acts must be based on proof beyond a\nreasonable doubt.  For this purpose, an uncorroborated confession made\nout of court by a respondent is not sufficient.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 120-H — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 6 / Section 120-H
Further provisions as to apportionment of cost
Status: in_force

§ 120-h. Further provisions as to apportionment of cost. Each of the\ncontracting municipalities or districts shall pay its just and\nproportionate share for the public improvement authorized by this act\nand the general laws, including its just and proportionate share of the\ncost for the removal of sewage and of maintenance and carrying charges\nof the system. The manner of arriving at the share each local government\nshall bear and the method of payment thereof as hereinafter provided\nshall be determined by its local board or commissioners having charge of\nsewage, before such contract for construction or for sewerage removal\nbecomes effective, as hereinafter provided.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 102 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 4 / Section 102
Undertaking to accompany application for discharge
Status: in_force

§ 102. Undertaking to accompany application for discharge. The\napplication shall be accompanied by an undertaking to the lienor\nexecuted by at least two sureties in a sum at least twice the amount\nspecified in the warrant, to the effect that the person making the\napplication for the discharge of the vessel will pay the amount of all\nclaims and demands which shall be established to be due to the person in\nwhose behalf the warrant was issued, and to have been a subsisting lien\non the vessel at the time of its issue. The undertaking when found\nsufficient, must be approved by the justice to whom the application is\nmade as to the sufficiency of the sureties, and the lienor may examine\nthe sureties as to their sufficiency at such time and places as may be\nfixed by such justice.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 191 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 9 / Section 191
Certificate requirement
Status: in_force

§ 191. Certificate requirement. 1. No person or persons shall engage\nin intrastate transportation as a common carrier of household goods by\nmotor vehicle on any highway in this state, or hold themselves out by\nadvertising or any other means to provide such service, unless there is\nin force with respect to such person a certificate issued by the\ncommissioner.\n  2. Applications for certificates shall be made in writing to the\ncommissioner, be verified under oath, and shall be in such form and\ncontain such information as the commissioner by regulation may require.\nThe commissioner shall provide for publication of a notice of the\napplication to all interested parties.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2345 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 23 / Section 2345
Disclosure of premium reductions and surcharges
Status: in_force

§ 2345. Disclosure of premium reductions and surcharges.\n  (a) Every authorized insurer shall specify the nature of each premium\nreduction or surcharge applied on a non-commercial motor vehicle\ninsurance policy.\n  (b) The insurer shall also specify the total dollar amount\nattributable to all surcharges and the dollar amount attributable to\neach reduction.\n  (c) The disclosures shall be made on either the premium bill, the\ndeclarations page or a notice accompanying the premium bill or the\ndeclarations page, when the surcharge or reduction is initially made and\nthereafter at each policy renewal.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 45 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 2 / Section 45
Export finance awareness program
Status: in_force

§ 45. Export finance awareness program. There shall be created within\nthe department an export finance awareness program. Such program shall\nprovide in a manner prescribed by the superintendent, but not be limited\nto, the following:\n  1. information to all the various banking corporations principally\nengaged in doing business within the state, about the various methods\nused by particular corporations which provide financing for businesses\nengaged in the export of products or services to foreign countries;\n  2. information to such banking corporations about other state or\nfederal programs designed to promote or expedite financing of exports\nthat may be of value to them, specifically such programs that may be\ntargeted to the small and medium-size transactions; and\n  3. the use of seminars, workshops, written materials disseminated by\nthe department or any other methods the superintendent may deem\nnecessary or proper for the provision of such information.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 15.13 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title C / Article 15 / Section 15.13
Voluntary admissions
Status: in_force

§ 15.13 Voluntary admissions.\n  (a) The director of any school may receive as a voluntary resident any\nperson suitable for care and treatment, who voluntarily makes written\napplication therefor. If such person be under eighteen years of age the\napplication shall be made by the parent or legal guardian or next-of-kin\nof such person.\n  (b) If such voluntary resident gives notice in writing to the director\nof the resident's desire to leave the school, the director shall\npromptly release the resident; provided, however, that if there are\nreasonable grounds for belief that the resident may be in need of\ninvoluntary care and treatment, the director may retain the resident for\na period not to exceed seventy-two hours from receipt of such notice.\nBefore the expiration of such seventy-two hour period, the director\nshall either release the resident or apply to a court of record in the\ncounty where the school is located for an order authorizing the\ninvoluntary retention of such resident. The application and proceedings\nin connection therewith shall be in the manner prescribed in this\narticle for a court authorization to retain an involuntary resident,\nexcept that notice of such application shall be served forthwith and, if\na hearing be demanded, the date for hearing to be fixed by the court\nshall be at a time not later than three days from the date such notice\nhas been received by the court. If it be determined by the court that\nthe resident has a developmental disability and is in need of retention\nfor involuntary care and treatment in the school, the court shall\nforthwith issue an order authorizing the retention of such resident for\ncare and treatment in the school, or, if requested by the resident, his\nguardian, or committee, such other non-public school as may be within\nthe financial means of the resident, for a period not exceeding sixty\ndays from the date of such order. Further applications for retention of\nthe resident for periods not exceeding one year, and successive two year\nperiods thereafter, respectively, may thereafter be made in accordance\nwith the provisions of this article.\n  In the case of a resident under eighteen years of age, such notice\nrequesting release of the resident may be given by the resident, by the\nperson who made application for his admission, by a person of equal or\ncloser relationship to the resident, or by the mental hygiene legal\nservice. If such notice be given by any other person, the director may\nin his discretion refuse to discharge the resident and, in the event of\nsuch refusal, such other person or the mental hygiene legal service may\napply to the supreme court or to a county court for the release of the\nresident.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 154 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 8 / Section 154
Control of rentals on authority projects
Status: in_force

§ 154. Control of rentals on authority projects.  Subject to the terms\nof any loan or subsidy contract with a government, the power to fix\nrents on a project shall rest exclusively with the authority. But\nnothing in this chapter shall prevent an authority or municipality from\nestablishing, in addition to all other operation and depreciation\nreserve funds, a reserve fund, or funds which may be applied in aid of\nthe construction, operation or maintenance of other projects of such\nauthority or municipality.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 314 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 9 / Section 314
Fees and expenses of supreme court stenographer for services performed at request of official referees
Status: in_force

§ 314. Fees and expenses of supreme court stenographer for services\nperformed at request of official referees. The fees of a supreme court\nstenographer or a stenographer of the county or surrogate's court of the\ncounty in which the action, matter or proceeding is tried and determined\nfor taking testimony or furnishing one copy thereof, as provided by\nsection one hundred and sixteen of this chapter, when required by an\nofficial referee, shall be at the rate allowed in the supreme court. The\nstenographer is also entitled to payment of his actual and necessary\nexpenses. The amount thereof must be paid upon the certificate of the\nofficial referee by the treasurer of the county in which the action or\nproceeding is pending, from the court fund, or the fund from which\njurors are paid.\n
N.Y. CAL Law § 75 — New York Code / Act CAL / Article 8 / Section 75
Clearance and ownership
Status: in_force

§ 75. Clearance and ownership. Every commercial float shall have a\nclearance. Clearances may be obtained at such places along the canal\nsystem and at such other points as the corporation may direct. No\nclearance shall be granted to any commercial float unless the person\nauthorized to issue such clearance has evidence that such float is duly\nregistered in the office of the corporation. Each float shall have a\nseparate clearance and no part of the cargo shall be cleared to a place\nbeyond which the float is cleared. The corporation may, in its\ndiscretion, refuse to issue a clearance for a vessel against whose\nregistered owner there is an unpaid penalty involving such vessel for\nthe violation of rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.\n
N.Y. GCM Law § 147 — New York Code / Act GCM / Section 147
Effect of invalidity in part
Status: in_force

§ 147. Effect of invalidity in part. If any clause, sentence,\nparagraph, subsection, section or other part of this title or the\napplication thereof to any person or circumstances, shall be held to be\ninvalid, such holding shall not affect, impair or invalidate the\nremainder of this title or the application of such part held invalid, to\nany other person or circumstances, but shall be confined in its\noperation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subsection, section or\nother part thereof directly involved in such holding, or to the person\nand circumstances therein involved.\n
N.Y. CAL Law § 64 — New York Code / Act CAL / Article 7 / Section 64
Commutation for bridges
Status: in_force

§ 64. Commutation for bridges.  The commissioner of transportation may\ncommute with owners and claimants of bridges over any canal, by paying\nsuch owner or claimant such sum in lieu of a bridge as may be agreed on\nbetween the claimant and the commissioner of transportation. If, in the\nopinion of the commissioner of transportation, a bridge should not be\nrebuilt, and the amount to be paid be not agreed upon, the bridge shall\nnot be built, but the damages sustained by such owner by being deprived\nof such bridge and which the state under all the circumstances ought of\nright to pay, shall be ascertained in the same manner as damages for the\nappropriation of real property, for the use of the canal and paid by the\ncommissioner of transportation, on the approval of the attorney-general.\nIf the damages claimed are for the deprivation of a bridge which the\nclaimant had before constructed or maintained, the circumstance of his\nbeing equitably bound to contribute proportionately toward the\nconstruction and maintenance of an enlarged bridge shall be taken into\nconsideration and a proper amount of that account shall be set off\nagainst any damage to which the claimant might otherwise be entitled.\n
N.Y. VAW Law § 60 — New York Code / Act VAW / Article 4 / Section 60
Assessment for expenses
Status: in_force

§ 60. Assessment for expenses. 1. The estimated annual expenses\nnecessary for the workers' compensation board to administer the\nprovisions of the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law shall be\nborne by all affected employers and included as part of the assessment\nrate generated pursuant to subdivision two of section one hundred\nfifty-one of the workers' compensation law.\n  2. Annually, the chair of the department of audit and control, as soon\nas practicable after the first of April, shall ascertain the total\namount of actual expenses.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1449-EEEEEEE — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-I / Section 1449-EEEEEEE
Exemptions
Status: in_force

* § 1449-eeeeeee. Exemptions. 1. The following shall be exempt from\npayment of the real estate transfer tax:\n  (a) The state of New York, or any of its agencies, instrumentalities,\npolitical subdivisions, or public corporations (including a public\ncorporation created pursuant to agreement or compact with another state\nor the Dominion of Canada).\n  (b) The United Nations, the United States of America and any of its\nagencies and instrumentalities.\n  The exemption of such governmental bodies or persons shall not,\nhowever, relieve a grantee from them of liability for the tax.\n  2. The tax shall not apply to any of the following conveyances:\n  (a) Conveyances to the United Nations, the United States of America,\nthe state of New York, or any of their instrumentalities, agencies or\npolitical subdivisions (or any public corporation, including a public\ncorporation created pursuant to agreement or compact with another state\nor the Dominion of Canada);\n  (b) Conveyances which are or were used to secure a debt or other\nobligation;\n  (c) Conveyances which, without additional consideration, confirm,\ncorrect, modify or supplement a prior conveyance;\n  (d) Conveyances of real property without consideration and otherwise\nthan in connection with a sale, including conveyances conveying realty\nas bona fide gifts;\n  (e) Conveyances given in connection with a tax sale;\n  (f) Conveyances to effectuate a mere change of identity or form of\nownership or organization where there is no change in beneficial\nownership, other than conveyances to a cooperative housing corporation\nof the real property comprising the cooperative dwelling or dwellings;\n  (g) Conveyances which consist of a deed of partition;\n  (h) Conveyances given pursuant to the federal bankruptcy act;\n  (i) Conveyances of real property which consist of the execution of a\ncontract to sell real property without the use or occupancy of such\nproperty or the granting of an option to purchase real property without\nthe use or occupancy of such property; and\n  (j) Conveyances of an option or contract to purchase real property\nwith the use or occupancy of such property where the consideration is\nless than two hundred thousand dollars and such property was used solely\nby the grantor as his personal residence and consists of a one, two or\nthree-family house, an individual residential condominium unit or the\nsale of stock in a cooperative housing corporation in connection with\nthe grant or transfer of a proprietary leasehold covering an individual\nresidential cooperative unit.\n  * NB Repealed October 25, 2030\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 215.40 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title L / Article 215 / Section 215.40
Tampering with physical evidence
Status: in_force

§ 215.40 Tampering with physical evidence.\n  A person is guilty of tampering with physical evidence when:\n  1. With intent that it be used or introduced in an official proceeding\nor a prospective official proceeding, he (a) knowingly makes, devises or\nprepares false physical evidence, or (b) produces or offers such\nevidence at such a proceeding knowing it to be false; or\n  2. Believing that certain physical evidence is about to be produced or\nused in an official proceeding or a prospective official proceeding, and\nintending to prevent such production or use, he suppresses it by any act\nof concealment, alteration or destruction, or by employing force,\nintimidation or deception against any person.\n  Tampering with physical evidence is a class E felony.\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 131.2 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 7 / Part 11 / Section 131.2
Authority to administer oaths
Status: in_force

§ 131.2. Authority to administer oaths. (a) The following officers of\nthe organized militia shall have power to administer oaths for the\npurposes of military administration, including military justice, and\naffidavits may be taken for such purposes before such officers:\n  (1) All judge advocates of the organized militia;\n  (2) All directors, deputy directors and chiefs of administrative\nservices and administrative officers;\n  (3) All summary courts-martial;\n  (4) All adjutants, assistant adjutants, acting adjutants, and\npersonnel adjutants;\n  (5) All commanding officers of the New York naval militia;\n  (6) All staff judge advocates and legal officers and acting or\nassistant staff judge advocates and legal officers; and\n  (7) All other persons designated by regulations issued pursuant to\nthis chapter.\n  (b) The following officers of the organized militia shall have power\nto administer oaths necessary in the performance of their duties, and\naffidavits may be taken for such purposes before such officers:\n  (1) The president, military judge, trial counsel, and assistant trial\ncounsel for all general and special courts-martial;\n  (2) The president and the counsel for the court of any court of\ninquiry;\n  (3) All officers designated to take a deposition;\n  (4) All persons detailed to conduct an investigation; and\n  (5) All other persons designated by regulations issued pursuant to\nthis chapter.\n  (c) Officers on the state reserve list and state retired list shall\nnot be authorized to administer oaths as provided in this section unless\nthey are on active duty in or with the organized militia under orders of\nthe governor as prescribed in this chapter.\n  (d) As used in this section the term "officer" shall mean a\ncommissioned officer, commissioned warrant officer or warrant officer.\n  (e) The signature without seal of any such person, together with the\ntitle of his office, shall be prima facie evidence of his authority.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 445 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 28 / Section 445
Disposition of moneys derived from operation of article
Status: in_force

§ 445. Disposition of moneys derived from operation of article. All\nmoneys derived from the operation of this article shall be deposited to\nthe credit of the business and licensing services account established\npursuant to section ninety-seven-y of the state finance law.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 1745 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 17 / Section 1745
Report and confirmation of agreement and of conveyance
Status: in_force

§ 1745. Report and confirmation of agreement and of conveyance. 1.\nBefore disposition of the property can be made pursuant to the judgment,\nthe guardian, committee or conservator must enter into an agreement\ntherefor, subject to the approval of the court, and must report the\nagreement to the court under oath. Such agreement may be made either\nbefore or after the commencement of the proceeding, and if made and\nreported prior to the entry of the judgment, such judgment may include a\nconfirmation thereof.\n  2. Upon the confirmation of the agreement, either by the judgment or\nby a subsequent order, the guardian, committee or conservator shall\nexecute and deliver a deed, mortgage, release or lease as directed by\nsuch judgment or order.\n  3. Where the judgment directs the execution of a conveyance in the\nfirst instance for the purpose of fulfilling a contract, or because the\nproperty is held by way of mortgage, or in trust only, the guardian,\ncommittee or conservator executing the conveyance shall report the\nconveyance to the court under oath.\n