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N.Y. GMU Law § 701 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 17 / Section 701
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 701. Definitions.  As used in this article the following terms shall\nmean or include:\n  1. "Annexation." An alteration of the boundaries of a county, city,\ntown or village which has the effect of adding territory to it. Such\nterm shall not include the creation or dissolution of a county, city,\ntown or village, or the consolidation of two or more counties, two or\nmore cities, two or more towns or two or more villages, respectively, or\nthe diminution of the area of a village pursuant to section 18-1804 of\nthe village law.\n  2. "Governing board." The board of supervisors, board of aldermen,\ncommon council, council, commission, town board, board of trustees or\nother elective board or body of a local government now or hereafter\nvested by state statute, charter or other law with jurisdiction to\ninitiate and enact ordinances or local laws, whether or not such\nordinances or local laws require the approval of any other official or\nbody to become effective.\n  3. "Local government." A city, a town, a village, or a county not\nwholly included within a city where a boundary of the county would be\naffected by a proposed annexation of territory.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 160-HHHH — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 6-H / Section 160-HHHH
Owner requirements
Status: in_force

§ 160-hhhh. Owner requirements. An appraisal management company\napplying for a certificate of registration shall not be owned in whole\nor in part, directly or indirectly, by a person who has had a license,\nregistration or certificate to act as a real estate appraiser denied,\nrevoked, or surrendered in lieu of pending discipline in any state or by\na person holding ten percent or more of the company where that person\nhas had a license, registration or certificate to act as a real estate\nappraiser denied, revoked, or surrendered in lieu of possible discipline\nin any state.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 3106 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 31 / Section 3106
Priority of depositions; witnesses; prisoners; designation of deponent
Status: in_force

Rule 3106. Priority of depositions; witnesses; prisoners; designation\nof deponent. (a) Normal priority.  After an action is commenced, any\nparty may take the testimony of any person by deposition upon oral or\nwritten questions.  Leave of the court, granted on motion, shall be\nobtained if notice of the taking of the deposition of a party is served\nby the plaintiff before that party's time for serving a responsive\npleading has expired.\n  (b) Witnesses. Where the person to be examined is not a party or a\nperson who at the time of taking the deposition is an officer, director,\nmember or employee of a party, he shall be served with a subpoena.\nUnless the court orders otherwise, on motion with or without notice,\nsuch subpoena shall be served at least twenty days before the\nexamination.  Where a motion for a protective order against such an\nexamination is made, the witness shall be notified by the moving party\nthat the examination is stayed.\n  (c) Prisoners. The deposition of a person confined under legal process\nmay be taken only by leave of the court.\n  (d) Designation of deponent. A party desiring to take the deposition\nof a particular officer, director, member or employee of a person shall\ninclude in the notice or subpoena served upon such person the identity,\ndescription or title of such individual. Such person shall produce the\nindividual so designated unless they shall have, no later than ten days\nprior to the scheduled deposition, notified the requesting party that\nanother individual would instead be produced and the identity,\ndescription or title of such individual is specified. If timely\nnotification has been so given, such other individual shall instead be\nproduced.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 643 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 30-B / Section 643
Deceptive practices
Status: in_force

§ 643. Deceptive practices. It shall be a deceptive trade practice for\nany person, firm or corporation offering or providing weight loss\nservices or weight loss products to misrepresent, directly or\nindirectly:\n  1. the potential health risks of the weight loss services or products\noffered;\n  2. the success of participants using the weight loss services or\nproducts offered in achieving or maintaining weight loss or weight\ncontrol. Any representation of successful weight loss or weight control\nby participants will be considered misleading if the person, firm or\ncorporation does not possess or rely upon a reasonable basis for the\nrepresentation at the time it is disseminated. If a claim is made that\nscientific evidence supports the representation, the person, firm or\ncorporation must possess competent and reliable scientific evidence\nsubstantiating such claim. For the purposes of this subdivision,\n"competent and reliable scientific evidence" shall mean those tests,\nanalyses, research, studies or other evidence based on the expertise of\nprofessionals in the relevant area, that have been conducted and\nevaluated in an objective manner by persons qualified to do so, using\nprocedures generally accepted in the profession to yield accurate and\nreliable results;\n  3. the educational and professional experience of the personnel\nproviding weight loss services or weight loss products;\n  4. the total charges for any weight loss services and products; or\n  5. the actual or estimated duration of the use of the weight loss\nservices or products offered.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 57.25 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title U / Article 57-A / Section 57.25
Records retention and disposition
Status: in_force

§ 57.25. Records retention and disposition. 1. It shall be the\nresponsibility of every local officer to maintain records to adequately\ndocument the transaction of public business and the services and\nprograms for which such officer is responsible; to retain and have\ncustody of such records for so long as the records are needed for the\nconduct of the business of the office; to adequately protect such\nrecords; to cooperate with the local government's records management\nofficer on programs for the orderly and efficient management of records\nincluding identification and management of inactive records and\nidentification and preservation of records of enduring value; to dispose\nof records in accordance with legal requirements; and to pass on to his\nsuccessor records needed for the continuing conduct of business of the\noffice. In towns, records no longer needed for the conduct of the\nbusiness of the office shall be transferred to the custody of the town\nclerk for their safekeeping and ultimate disposal.\n  2. No local officer shall destroy, sell or otherwise dispose of any\npublic record without the consent of the commissioner of education. The\ncommissioner of education shall, after consultation with other state\nagencies and with local government officers, determine the minimum\nlength of time that records need to be retained. Such commissioner is\nauthorized to develop, adopt by regulation, issue and distribute to\nlocal governments records retention and disposition schedules\nestablishing minimum legal retention periods.  The issuance of such\nschedules shall constitute formal consent by the commissioner of\neducation to the disposition of records that have been maintained in\nexcess of the retention periods set forth in the schedules. Such\nschedules shall be reviewed and adopted by formal resolution of the\ngoverning body of a local government prior to the disposition of any\nrecords. If any law specifically provides a retention period longer than\nthat established by the records retention and disposition schedule\nestablished herein the retention period established by such law shall\ngovern.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 205.00 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title L / Article 205 / Section 205.00
Escape and other offenses relating to custody; definitions of terms
Status: in_force

§ 205.00 Escape and other offenses relating to custody; definitions of\n           terms.\n  The following definitions are applicable to this article:\n  1. "Detention Facility" means any place used for the confinement,\npursuant to an order of a court, of a person (a) charged with or\nconvicted of an offense, or (b) charged with being or adjudicated a\nyouthful offender, person in need of supervision or juvenile delinquent,\nor (c) held for extradition or as a material witness, or (d) otherwise\nconfined pursuant to an order of a court.\n  2. "Custody" means restraint by a public servant pursuant to an\nauthorized arrest or an order of a court.\n  3. "Contraband" means any article or thing which a person confined in\na detention facility is prohibited from obtaining or possessing by\nstatute, rule, regulation or order.\n  4. "Dangerous contraband" means contraband which is capable of such\nuse as may endanger the safety or security of a detention facility or\nany person therein.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 215.58 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title L / Article 215 / Section 215.58
Failing to respond to an appearance ticket
Status: in_force

§ 215.58 Failing to respond to an appearance ticket.\n  1. A person is guilty of failing to respond to an appearance ticket\nwhen, having been personally served with an appearance ticket, as\ndefined in subdivision two, based upon his alleged commission of a\ncrime, he does not appear personally in the court in which such\nappearance ticket is returnable on the return date thereof or\nvoluntarily within thirty days thereafter.\n  2. As used in this section, an appearance ticket means a written\nnotice, whether referred to as a summons or by any other name, issued by\na police officer, peace officer or other non-judicial public servant\nauthorized by law to issue the same, directing a designated person to\nappear in a designated court at a designated future time in connection\nwith a criminal action to be instituted in such court with respect to\nhis alleged commission of a designated offense.\n  3. This section does not apply to any case in which an alternative to\nresponse to an appearance ticket is authorized by law and the actor\ncomplies with such alternative procedure.\n  Failing to respond to an appearance ticket is a violation.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 97-WWW*3 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 97-WWW*3
Consumer protection account
Status: in_force

* § 97-www. Consumer protection account. 1. There is hereby\nestablished in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance an account within the miscellaneous\nspecial revenue fund to be known as the "consumer protection account."\n  2. Such account shall consist of all penalties received by the\ndepartment of state pursuant to section three hundred ninety-nine-z of\nthe general business law, section 16-106 of the energy law and any\nadditional monies appropriated, credited or transferred to such account\nby the Legislature. Any interest earned by the investment of monies in\nsuch account shall be added to such account, become part of such\naccount, and be used for the purposes of such account.\n  3. Monies in the account shall be available to the department of state\nfor all costs and expenditures related to consumer protection\nactivities.\n  4. Monies in the account shall be paid out of the account on the audit\nand warrant of the state comptroller on vouchers certified or approved\nby the department of state or any officer or employee designated by the\nsecretary of state.\n  * NB There are 4 § 97-www's\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 228-D — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 5-D / Section 228-D
New York small business investment company; board of directors
Status: in_force

§ 228-d. New York small business investment company; board of\ndirectors. 1. The corporate powers of the New York small business\ninvestment companies shall be exercised by a board of directors, which\nshall consist of thirty persons, all of whom shall be of full age,\ncitizens of the United States, and residents of this state. Of the\nthirty members of the board of directors, twenty shall be selected by\nthe voting shareholders and ten shall be selected by the governor, two\nupon the recommendation of the president pro tem of the New York state\nsenate, one upon recommendation of the senate minority leader, two upon\nthe recommendation of the speaker of the New York state assembly and one\nupon recommendation of the assembly minority leader.\n  2. The president of the investment company shall be elected by a\nmajority of the board of directors.\n  3. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent a director of the\nNew York small business investment company from serving as a director of\nthe New York specialized small business investment company nor prevent\nthe president of the NYSBIC from serving as the president of the\nNYSSBIC.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 259-O — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 12-B / Section 259-O
Interstate hearings for parole violations
Status: in_force

§ 259-o. Interstate hearings for parole violations. 1. For the\npurposes of this section, "preliminary violation hearing" means a\nhearing to determine whether there are reasonable grounds to believe\nthat a person released on parole has violated the conditions of his\nparole.\n  2. Whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that a person\nreleased on parole in another state but under the parole supervision of\nthis state pursuant to section two hundred fifty-nine-m of this article\nhas violated the conditions thereof, a member or designee of the board\nof parole, upon request of the sending state, may conduct a preliminary\nviolation hearing unless such hearing is waived by the parolee.\n  3. Whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that a person\nreleased on parole in this state but under the parole supervision of\nanother state pursuant to section two hundred fifty-nine-m of this\narticle has violated the conditions thereof, any person duly authorized\nin such other state to conduct preliminary violation hearings, upon\nrequest of the chairman of the board of parole, may conduct such\nhearing, unless such hearing is waived by the parolee.  The preliminary\nviolation hearing and the determinations made thereat shall have the\nsame force and effect as preliminary violation hearing conducted in this\nstate by the board of parole or a member, hearing officer or panel\nthereof.\n  4. Whenever a preliminary violation hearing is conducted in another\nstate pursuant to this section, the alleged violator must be afforded a\nfinal hearing within ninety days from the date of his return to this\nstate.\n
N.Y. MHR Law § 53 — New York Code / Act MHR / Article 6 / Section 53
No repeal by implication
Status: in_force

§ 53. No repeal by implication. It is not intended by this chapter to\nrepeal by implication any existing provision of law and no law shall be\ndeemed repealed thereby unless expressly provided for therein.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 2420 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 23 / Section 2420
Reducing bond on payment
Status: in_force

§ 2420. Reducing bond on payment. Whenever the sureties of the marshal\nshall pay the amount for which the action on the marshal's bond is\nbrought, and the costs and disbursements incurred therein, or any part\nthereof, they shall be entitled to have such sum credited upon the bond\nupon presenting to the county clerk the affidavit of the plaintiff or\nhis attorney in such action, acknowledging the payment; whereupon said\nclerk shall endorse the payment on the bond and the bond shall be\nreduced by the amount so paid.\n
N.Y. DEA Law § 71 — New York Code / Act DEA / Article 5 / Section 71
Dispensing power
Status: in_force

§ 71. Dispensing power. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of\nlaw the industrial commissioner is hereby authorized, during the defense\nemergency and subject to the provisions of this article, to grant\ndispensations to employers engaged in defense work from requirements\nimposed by or pursuant to law which prevent or interfere with maximum\npossible production in defense work and to permit operation or\nemployment in such defense work (a) on a seven day basis; (b) on a\nmultiple shift basis; (c) under waiver of section two hundred one-a of\nthe labor law; or (d) under waiver of such other provisions of law as\nmay regulate or restrict operation, hours, equipment, places or\nconditions of employment, persons that may be employed, or types of work\nin which certain persons may engage.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 1052 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 17-B / Section 1052
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 1052. Definitions. As used in this article:\n  (a) all terms defined in article seventeen of this chapter shall have\nthe same meanings herein as specified therein; and\n  (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n  (1) "rural area revitalization project" means a specific work or\nseries of works for the revitalization and improvement of a region of\nthe rural area of the state through creation, preservation or\nimprovement of housing resources; creation, preservation or improvement\nof local commercial facilities; restoration or improvement of public\nfacilities or other aspects of the area environment; related community\npreservation or renewal activities; or any combination of the above.\n  (2) "qualified applicant" means a not-for-profit corporation under\ncontract pursuant to article seventeen of this chapter or any other\nlocally based organization which is either incorporated under the\nnot-for-profit corporation law (or such law together with any other\napplicable law) or, if unincorporated, is not organized for the private\nprofit or benefit of its members.\n  (3) "Corporation" means the housing trust fund corporation established\nin section forty-five-a of this chapter.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 125.11 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title H / Article 125 / Section 125.11
Aggravated criminally negligent homicide
Status: in_force

§ 125.11 Aggravated criminally negligent homicide.\n  A person is guilty of aggravated criminally negligent homicide when,\nwith criminal negligence, he or she causes the death of a police officer\nor peace officer where such officer was in the course of performing his\nor her official duties and the defendant knew or reasonably should have\nknown that such victim was a police officer or peace officer.\n  Aggravated criminally negligent homicide is a class C felony.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 344-K — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 9-E / Section 344-K
Impairment of rights
Status: in_force

* § 344-k. Impairment of rights. Nothing in this section shall impair\nany rights existing under law prior to the effective date of this\nsection of anyone claiming an interest in a manufactured home.\n  * NB Effective December 12, 2026\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 6-153 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 6 / Section 6-153
Certificate of candidacy by write-in candidates for president and vice president
Status: in_force

§ 6-153. Certificate of candidacy by write-in candidates for president\nand vice president. 1. Any person who wishes to be a write-in candidate\nfor president of the United States shall, not later than the third\nTuesday before the general election, file a certificate of candidacy\nwith the state board of elections.\n  2. Such certificate shall be signed by such candidate and shall\ncontain the following:\n  (a) The name and address of the candidate for president.\n  (b) The name and address of a candidate for vice president of the\nUnited States, if any, and a certificate of acceptance signed by such\ncandidate.\n  (c) The names and addresses of the candidates for electors pledged to\nsuch candidate for president, together with a certificate of acceptance\nand pledge of support signed by each such candidate for elector.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 2-A-509 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 2-A / Part 5 / Section 2-A-509
Lessee's Rights on Improper Delivery: Rightful Rejection
Status: in_force

Section 2-A-509. Lessee's Rights on Improper Delivery: Rightful\n                   Rejection.\n  (1) Subject to the provisions of Section 2-A-510 on default in\ninstallment lease contracts, if the goods or the tender or delivery fail\nin any respect to conform to the lease contract, the lessee may reject\nor accept the goods or accept any commercial unit or units and reject\nthe rest of the goods.\n  (2) Rejection of goods is ineffective unless it is within a reasonable\ntime after tender or delivery of the goods and the lessee seasonably\nnotifies the lessor.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 6-6.5 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 6 / Part 6 / Section 6-6.5
Purchaser for value or lender
Status: in_force

§ 6-6.5 Purchaser for value or lender\n  (a) If a surviving spouse has apparent title to property to which this\npart applies, a purchaser for value or a lender taking a security\ninterest in the property takes his interest in the property free of any\nrights of the personal representative or a testamentary beneficiary or\ndistributee of the decedent.\n  (b) If a personal representative or a testamentary beneficiary or\ndistributee of the decedent has apparent title to property to which this\npart applies, a purchaser for value or a lender taking a security\ninterest in the property takes his interest in the property free of any\nrights of the surviving spouse.\n  (c) A purchaser for value or a lender need not inquire whether a\nvendor or borrower acted properly.\n  (d) The proceeds of a sale or creation of a security interest shall be\ntreated in the same manner as the property transferred to the purchaser\nfor value or a lender.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 909 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 24 / Section 909
Additional general duties of county clerks
Status: in_force

§ 909. Additional general duties of county clerks. The county clerk of\neach of the counties within the city of New York shall be clerk of the\nsupreme court within his respective county, and shall have power to\nselect, draw, summon and empanel grand and petit jurors in the manner\nand under the conditions now or hereafter prescribed by law, and shall\nhave such other powers and duties as shall be prescribed from time to\ntime by law. The powers conferred and the duties imposed upon county\nclerks by section six hundred sixty-one of this chapter shall be\nexercised and performed by the county clerk of the appropriate county\nand the county clerk shall, in the exercise and performance thereof, be\nsubject to the same liabilities and responsibilities, as are prescribed\nin said section.\n  Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the county clerk of Kings\ncounty from performing any duty not in conflict with the aforesaid\nduties which has been or may be imposed by federal law, or from\nreceiving or retaining fees or other compensation provided by such law\nfor the performance of such duty.\n