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N.Y. FIS Law § 901 — New York Code / Act FIS / Article 9 / Section 901
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 901. Definitions. As used in this article:\n  1. "Higher education" means higher education or career education, as\nthose terms are defined in section two of the education law, via\ncorrespondence, online, or in person, regardless of whether the provider\nof such higher education is located within New York state.\n  2. "Higher education expense" means any expense that is incurred by a\nconsumer arising from higher education.\n  3. "Student loan servicer" has the same meaning as such term is\ndefined in subdivision six of section seven hundred ten of the banking\nlaw.\n  4. "Private education creditor" means any person engaged in the\nbusiness of extending a private education debt.\n  5. "Private education debt" means an extension of credit to or debt or\nobligation owed or incurred by a consumer, contractual or otherwise,\nthat:\n  (a) is not made, insured, or guaranteed under Title IV of the Higher\nEducation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. s.1070 et seq.);\n  (b) is extended to a consumer expressly, in whole or in part, for, or\naccrues from nonpayment of, higher education expenses, regardless of\nwhether the credit or debt or obligation is owed to a provider of higher\neducation; and\n  (c) is not a loan that is secured by real property or a dwelling.\n  "Private education debt" shall include extensions of credit or debt or\nobligations owed or incurred to refinance a private education debt.\n  6. "Provider of higher education" means a person engaged in providing\nor offering to provide higher education.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 827 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 8 / Part 2 / Section 827
Issuance of warrant; certificate of warrant
Status: in_force

§ 827. Issuance of warrant; certificate of warrant. (a) The court may\nissue a warrant, directing that the respondent be brought before the\ncourt, when a petition is presented to the court under section eight\nhundred twenty-one and it appears that\n  (i) the summons cannot be served; or\n  (ii) the respondent has failed to obey the summons; or\n  (iii) the respondent is likely to leave the jurisdiction; or\n  (iv) a summons, in the court's opinion, would be ineffectual; or\n  (v) the safety of the petitioner is endangered; or\n  (vi) the safety of a child is endangered; or\n  (vii) aggravating circumstances exist which require the immediate\narrest of the respondent. For the purposes of this section aggravating\ncircumstances shall mean physical injury or serious physical injury to\nthe petitioner caused by the respondent, the use of a dangerous\ninstrument against the petitioner by the respondent, a history of\nrepeated violations of prior orders of protection by the respondent,\nprior convictions for crimes against the petitioner by the respondent or\nthe exposure of any family or household member to physical injury by the\nrespondent and like incidents, behaviors and occurrences which to the\ncourt constitute an immediate and ongoing danger to the petitioner, or\nany member of the petitioner's family or household.\n  (b) The petitioner may not serve a warrant upon the respondent, unless\nthe court itself grants such permission upon the application of the\npetitioner. The clerk of the court may issue to the petitioner or to the\nrepresentative of an incorporated charitable or philanthropic society\nhaving a legitimate interest in the family a certificate stating that a\nwarrant for the respondent has been issued by the court. The\npresentation of such certificate by said petitioner or representative to\nany peace officer, acting pursuant to his special duties, or police\nofficer authorizes him to arrest the respondent and take him to court.\n  (c) A certificate of warrant expires ninety days from the date of\nissue but may be renewed from time to time by the clerk of the court.\n  (d) Rules of court shall provide that a record of all unserved\nwarrants be kept and that periodic reports concerning unserved warrants\nbe made.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 8601 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 86 / Section 8601
Fees and other expenses in certain actions against the state
Status: in_force

§ 8601. Fees and other expenses in certain actions against the state.\n(a) When awarded. In addition to costs, disbursements and additional\nallowances awarded pursuant to sections eight thousand two hundred one\nthrough eight thousand two hundred four and eight thousand three hundred\none through eight thousand three hundred three of this chapter, and\nexcept as otherwise specifically provided by statute, a court shall\naward to a prevailing party, other than the state, fees and other\nexpenses incurred by such party in any civil action brought against the\nstate, unless the court finds that the position of the state was\nsubstantially justified or that special circumstances make an award\nunjust. Whether the position of the state was substantially justified\nshall be determined solely on the basis of the record before the agency\nor official whose act, acts, or failure to act gave rise to the civil\naction. Fees shall be determined pursuant to prevailing market rates for\nthe kind and quality of the services furnished, except that fees and\nexpenses may not be awarded to a party for any portion of the litigation\nin which the party has unreasonably protracted the proceedings.\n  (b) Application for fees. A party seeking an award of fees and other\nexpenses shall, within thirty days of final judgment in the action,\nsubmit to the court an application which sets forth (1) the facts\nsupporting the claim that the party is a prevailing party and is\neligible to receive an award under this section, (2) the amount sought,\nand (3) an itemized statement from every attorney or expert witness for\nwhom fees or expenses are sought stating the actual time expended and\nthe rate at which such fees and other expenses are claimed.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 265.15 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title P / Article 265 / Section 265.15
Presumptions of possession, unlawful intent and defacement
Status: in_force

§ 265.15 Presumptions of possession, unlawful intent and defacement.\n  1. The presence in any room, dwelling, structure or vehicle of any\nmachine-gun is presumptive evidence of its unlawful possession by all\npersons occupying the place where such machine-gun is found.\n  2. The presence in any stolen vehicle of any weapon, instrument,\nappliance or substance specified in sections 265.01, 265.02, 265.03,\n265.04 and 265.05 is presumptive evidence of its possession by all\npersons occupying such vehicle at the time such weapon, instrument,\nappliance or substance is found.\n  3. The presence in an automobile, other than a stolen one or a public\nomnibus, of any firearm, large capacity ammunition feeding device,\ndefaced firearm, defaced rifle or shotgun, defaced large capacity\nammunition feeding device, firearm silencer, explosive or incendiary\nbomb, bombshell, switchblade knife, pilum ballistic knife, metal knuckle\nknife, dagger, dirk, stiletto, billy, blackjack, plastic knuckles, metal\nknuckles, chuka stick, sandbag, sandclub or slungshot is presumptive\nevidence of its possession by all persons occupying such automobile at\nthe time such weapon, instrument or appliance is found, except under the\nfollowing circumstances: (a) if such weapon, instrument or appliance is\nfound upon the person of one of the occupants therein; (b) if such\nweapon, instrument or appliance is found in an automobile which is being\noperated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful and\nproper pursuit of his or her trade, then such presumption shall not\napply to the driver; or (c) if the weapon so found is a pistol or\nrevolver and one of the occupants, not present under duress, has in his\nor her possession a valid license to have and carry concealed the same.\n  4. The possession by any person of the substance as specified in\nsection 265.04 is presumptive evidence of possessing such substance with\nintent to use the same unlawfully against the person or property of\nanother if such person is not licensed or otherwise authorized to\npossess such substance. The possession by any person of any dagger,\ndirk, stiletto, dangerous knife or any other weapon, instrument,\nappliance or substance designed, made or adapted for use primarily as a\nweapon, is presumptive evidence of intent to use the same unlawfully\nagainst another.\n  5. The possession by any person of a defaced machine-gun, firearm,\nrifle or shotgun is presumptive evidence that such person defaced the\nsame.\n  6. The possession of three or more firearms by any person is\npresumptive evidence that such person possessed the firearms with the\nintent to sell same.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 710.30 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 3 / Title T / Article 710 / Section 710.30
Motion to suppress evidence; notice to defendant of intention to offer evidence
Status: in_force

§ 710.30 Motion to suppress evidence; notice to defendant of intention\n             to offer evidence.\n  1. Whenever the people intend to offer at a trial (a) evidence of a\nstatement made by a defendant to a public servant, which statement if\ninvoluntarily made would render the evidence thereof suppressible upon\nmotion pursuant to subdivision three of section 710.20, or (b) testimony\nregarding an observation of the defendant either at the time or place of\nthe commission of the offense or upon some other occasion relevant to\nthe case, to be given by a witness who has previously identified him or\nher or a pictorial, photographic, electronic, filmed or video recorded\nreproduction of him or her as such, they must serve upon the defendant a\nnotice of such intention, specifying the evidence intended to be\noffered.\n  2. Such notice must be served within fifteen days after arraignment\nand before trial, and upon such service the defendant must be accorded\nreasonable opportunity to move before trial, pursuant to subdivision one\nof section 710.40, to suppress the specified evidence. For good cause\nshown, however, the court may permit the people to serve such notice,\nthereafter and in such case it must accord the defendant reasonable\nopportunity thereafter to make a suppression motion.\n  3. In the absence of service of notice upon a defendant as prescribed\nin this section, no evidence of a kind specified in subdivision one may\nbe received against him upon trial unless he has, despite the lack of\nsuch notice, moved to suppress such evidence and such motion has been\ndenied and the evidence thereby rendered admissible as prescribed in\nsubdivision two of section 710.70.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 4524 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 45 / Section 4524
Conveyance of real property without the state
Status: in_force

Rule 4524. Conveyance of real property without the state. A record of\na conveyance of real property situated within another state, territory\nor jurisdiction of the United States, recorded therein pursuant to its\nlaws, is prima facie evidence of conveyance and of due execution.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 55.05 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title T / Article 55 / Section 55.05
Natural Heritage Trust
Status: in_force

§ 55.05. Natural Heritage Trust. The board known as the "Natural\nHeritage Trust" is hereby continued. Such a board shall be a body\ncorporate and politic constituting a public benefit corporation and its\nexistence shall commence upon the appointment of the members as herein\nprovided. Such board shall consist of the chairperson of the state\ncouncil of parks and outdoor recreation, the commissioner of\nenvironmental conservation, the secretary of state and the commissioner\nof parks, recreation and historic preservation. The powers of the board\nshall be vested in and exercised by the majority of the members thereof.\nThe members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be\nentitled to reimbursement of their actual and necessary expenses\nincurred in the performance of their official duties. At the first\nmeeting of the board and the first meeting thereof in each fiscal year\nthereafter, the members of the board shall choose from their number, a\nchairperson and vice-chairperson.\n  The trust and its corporate existence shall continue until terminated\nby law, provided, however, that no such law shall take effect so long as\nthe trust shall have bonds, notes and other obligations outstanding,\nunless adequate provision has been made for the payment thereof in the\ndocuments securing the same. Upon termination of the existence of the\ntrust, all its rights and properties shall vest in the state.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 43.01 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 43 / Section 43.01
Fees and rates for department services
Status: in_force

§ 43.01 Fees and rates for department services.\n  (a) The department shall charge fees for its services to patients and\nresidents, provided, however, that no person shall be denied services\nbecause of inability or failure to pay a fee.\n  (b) The commissioner may establish, at least annually, schedules of\nrates for inpatient services that reflect the costs of services, care,\ntreatment, maintenance, overhead, and administration which assure\nmaximum recovery of such costs.\n  In addition, the commissioner may establish, at least annually,\nschedules of fees for noninpatient services which need not reflect the\ncosts of services, care, treatment, maintenance, overhead, and\nadministration.\n  (c) The executive budget, as recommended, shall reflect, by individual\nfacility, the costs of services, care, treatment, maintenance, overhead,\nand administration.\n  (d) All schedules of fees and rates which are established by the\ncommissioner, shall be subject to the approval of the director of the\ndivision of the budget. Immediately upon their approval, copies of all\nschedules of fees and rates established pursuant to this section shall\nbe forwarded to the chairman of the assembly ways and means committee\nand the chairman of the senate finance committee.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2496 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 24-E / Section 2496
Written summary regarding hysterectomy
Status: in_force

§ 2496. Written summary regarding hysterectomy.  The commissioner, in\nconsultation with the medical society of the state of New York,\nconsumers and others knowledgeable on the topic of hysterectomy shall\ndevelop a standardized written summary which shall explain:\n  1. the common diagnoses for which hysterectomy is a common treatment\nincluding but not limited to uterine leiomyofibroma, endometriosis,\ndisorders of menstruation, premalignant or malignant changes in uterus\nor cervix and salpingo-oophoritis;\n  2. alternative treatments to hysterectomy for such diagnoses, in\naccordance with accepted medical practices;\n  3. the types of hysterectomy including radical, subtotal abdominal,\ntotal abdominal and vaginal;\n  4. the common physiological changes, side effects, risks and benefits\nwhich result after each type of hysterectomy or alternative is\nperformed;\n  5. that the hysterectomy is irreversible, results in infertility and\nthe end of menstruation; and\n  6. an oophorectomy, a treatment often associated with hysterectomy,\nincluding unilateral, bilateral and salpingo-oophorectomy.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 8-302 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 8 / Part 3 / Section 8-302
Rights of Purchaser
Status: in_force

Section 8--302. Rights of Purchaser.\n  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), a\npurchaser of a certificated or uncertificated security acquires all\nrights in the security that the transferor had or had power to transfer.\n  (b) A purchaser of a limited interest acquires rights only to the\nextent of the interest purchased.\n  (c) A purchaser of a certificated security who as a previous holder\nhad notice of an adverse claim does not improve its position by taking\nfrom a protected purchaser.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 165.30 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title J / Article 165 / Section 165.30
Fraudulent accosting
Status: in_force

§ 165.30 Fraudulent accosting.\n  1. A person is guilty of fraudulent accosting when he accosts a person\nin a public place with intent to defraud him of money or other property\nby means of a trick, swindle or confidence game.\n  2. A person who, either at the time he accosts another in a public\nplace or at some subsequent time or at some other place, makes\nstatements to him or engages in conduct with respect to him of a kind\ncommonly made or performed in the perpetration of a known type of\nconfidence game, is presumed to intend to defraud such person of money\nor other property.\n  Fraudulent accosting is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2808 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 28 / Section 2808
Indemnification
Status: in_force

§ 2808. Indemnification. An insurer shall indemnify, defend and hold\nagents harmless from and against all liability, fees and costs arising\nout of or relating to the actions, errors or omissions of the agent\nresulting from obtaining or using credit information and/or insurance\nscores for an insurer, provided the agent follows the instructions of or\nprocedures established by the insurer, works within the authority\ngranted by the insurer to the agent and complies with any applicable law\nor regulation. Nothing in this section shall be construed to provide a\nconsumer or other insured with a cause of action that does not exist in\nthe absence of this section.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 3031 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 30 / Section 3031
Simplified procedure for court determination of disputes--action without pleadings
Status: in_force

§ 3031. Simplified procedure for court determination of\ndisputes--action without pleadings. An action may be commenced without\nthe service of a summons, or may be continued after the service of a\nsummons, without pleadings, by the filing of a statement, signed and\nacknowledged by all the parties or signed by their attorneys, specifying\nplainly and concisely the claims and defenses between the parties and\nthe relief requested. Signing constitutes a certificate that the issues\nare genuine, and such filing, together with a note of issue, to be filed\nat the same time, shall constitute the joinder of issues in the action.\nThe procedure in any action commenced under this section shall\nconstitute "the New York Simplified Procedure for Court Determination of\nDisputes" and it shall be sufficient so to identify the procedure in any\ncontract or other document referring to it.  A submission of a\ncontroversy under this procedure shall constitute a waiver by the\nparties of the right to trial by jury.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 205 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 14 / Section 205
Payment of relocation allowance to certain members of the state police upon transfer within state service
Status: in_force

§ 205. Payment of relocation allowance to certain members of the state\npolice upon transfer within state service. 1. A member of the New York\nstate police eligible for reimbursement for moving and travel expenses\npursuant to the provisions of section two hundred two of this article\nand the regulations promulgated by the director of the budget pursuant\nto the provisions of such section shall be granted a relocation\nallowance in lieu of reimbursement of expenses incidental to moving not\nreimbursable under section two hundred two of this article.\n  2. Such allowance shall equal three per cent of the basic annual\ncompensation of such member in the position to which he is promoted,\ntransferred or reassigned, exclusive of any differential paid, provided,\nhowever, that in no case shall such allowance exceed five hundred\ndollars if such position is below the rank of lieutenant or eight\nhundred dollars if such position is the rank of lieutenant or above.\n  3. No payment shall be made to a member otherwise eligible to receive\na relocation allowance pursuant to this section unless he shall agree in\nwriting to return to the state monies received for such expenses in the\nevent that he resigns or voluntarily separates from the position to\nwhich he is transferred, reassigned or promoted within one year after\nsuch transfer, reassignment or promotion.  The return of such funds to\nthe state shall not be required when the resignation or voluntary\nseparation is the result of a promotion to a higher grade state position\nin the same occupational field occurring more than six months following\nthe transfer, reassignment or promotion, or by a promotion at any time\nin the same geographic area if he would have been eligible for a\nrelocation allowance upon such promotion to such position held by him\nimmediately prior to the transfer, reassignment or promotion for which a\nrelocation allowance was paid.  Monies owing to the state pursuant to\nthis subdivision may be deducted from any monies due or accruing to the\nmember on resignation or separation or, if necessary, may be recovered\nby appropriate legal proceedings.\n  4. Nothing in this section shall affect or impair the eligibility of\nany member for reimbursement of travel and moving expenses in accordance\nwith the provisions of section two hundred two of this article.\n  5. Relocation allowances paid pursuant to this section shall be\npayable from monies appropriated and available to the division of state\npolice.  Relocation allowances of members whose salaries are paid from a\nfund other than the general fund shall be a proper charge against such\nother fund. Such allowance shall not be deemed to constitute salary for\nany of the purposes of the civil service law.\n
N.Y. VET Law § 32 — New York Code / Act VET / Article 2 / Section 32
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 32. Definitions. As used in this article:\n  1. "State agency" shall mean any department, board, bureau, division,\ncommission, council or committee within the executive branch, the state\nuniversity of New York, the city university of New York, and all public\nauthorities under the control of the executive branch.\n  2. "Temporary appointment" shall have the same meaning as provided in\nsection sixty-four of the civil service law.\n  3. "Veteran" means a veteran (a) as defined in section one of this\nchapter, or (b) a member of the New York guard or New York naval militia\nwho was discharged under other than dishonorable conditions, and who was\nreleased from such service after September eleventh, two thousand one.\n  4. "Veteran temporary hiring list" shall mean a hiring list maintained\nby the department of civil service.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 179 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 4 / Section 179
Effect of revocation of authorization certificate
Status: in_force

§ 179. Effect of revocation of authorization certificate.  Whenever\nthe superintendent shall have revoked the authorization certificate of\nany private banker, and shall have taken the action to make such\nrevocation effective specified in article two of this chapter, all the\nrights and privileges resulting from such authorization, shall forthwith\ncease and determine.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 735 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 14-B / Section 735
Short title
Status: in_force

* § 735. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "buy-now-pay-later act".\n  * NB Effective upon the one hundred eightieth day after the\npromulgation of rules and/or regulations by the department of financial\nservices to effectuate certain provisions (see Ch. 58 of 2025, Part Y, §\n13)\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 816 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 38 / Section 816
Waiver
Status: in_force

§ 816. Waiver. No manufacturer or distributor shall, as a condition of\nentering into any agreement or contract with a dealer or in any dealer\nagreement, require any dealer to waive any provision or right granted\npursuant to this article.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 86 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 7 / Section 86
Reward may be presumed
Status: in_force

§ 86. Reward may be presumed. In any prosecution under this article\nany person, firm, limited liability company, partnership or corporation\nwho performs or commits any of the acts set forth in sections seventy\nand seventy-one of this article shall be presumed to do so for a fee,\ncompensation, valuable consideration or reward.\n