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NY Real Prop Actions L § 512 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 5 - Adverse Possession 512 - Essentials of Adverse Possession Under Written Instrument or Judgment.

§  512.  Essentials  of adverse possession under written instrument or   judgment. For the purpose of constituting an adverse possession, founded   upon a written instrument or a judgment or decree,  land  is  deemed  to   have been possessed and occupied in any of the following cases:1.  Where  there  has  been acts sufficiently open to put a reasonably   diligent owner on notice.2. Where it has been protected by a substantial enclosure,  except  as   provided  in subdivision one of section five hundred forty-three of this   article.3. Where, although not enclosed, it has been used for  the  supply  of   fuel  or  of fencing timber, either for the purposes of husbandry or for   the ordinary use of the occupant.Where a known farm or a single  lot  has  been  partly  improved,  the   portion  of  the  farm  or  lot  that  has  been left not cleared or not   enclosed, according to the usual course  and  custom  of  the  adjoining   country,  is deemed to have been occupied for the same length of time as   the part improved and cultivated.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 521 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 5 - Adverse Possession 521 - Adverse Possession Not Under Written Instrument or Judgment.

§  521.  Adverse  possession not under written instrument or judgment.   Where there has been an actual continued occupation of premises under  a   claim  of  right,  exclusive  of any other right, but not founded upon a   written instrument or a judgment or decree,  the  premises  so  actually   occupied, and no others, are deemed to have been held adversely.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 522 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 5 - Adverse Possession 522 - Essentials of Adverse Possession Not Under Written Instrument or Judgment.

§  522.  Essentials of adverse possession not under written instrument   or judgment. For the purpose of constituting an adverse  possession  not   founded  upon  a  written  instrument  or  a judgment or decree, land is   deemed to have been possessed and occupied in either  of  the  following   cases, and no others:1.  Where  there  have been acts sufficiently open to put a reasonably   diligent owner on notice.2. Where it has been protected by a substantial enclosure,  except  as   provided  in subdivision one of section five hundred forty-three of this   article.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 531 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 5 - Adverse Possession 531 - Adverse Possession, How Affected by Relation of Landlord and Tenant.

§  531.  Adverse  possession, how affected by relation of landlord and   tenant. Where the relation of  landlord  and  tenant  has  existed,  the   possession  of the tenant is deemed the possession of the landlord until   the expiration of ten years after the termination of  the  tenancy;  or,   where there has been no written lease, until the expiration of ten years   after  the  last  payment  of  rent; notwithstanding that the tenant has   acquired another title or has claimed to hold adversely to his landlord.   But this presumption shall cease after the periods  prescribed  in  this   section  and  such  tenant  may  then  commence to hold adversely to his   landlord.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 541 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 5 - Adverse Possession 541 - Adverse Possession, How Affected by Relation of Tenants in Common.

§  541.  Adverse  possession,  how  affected by relation of tenants in   common. Where the  relation  of  tenants  in  common  has  existed,  the   occupancy  of one tenant, personally or by his servant or by his tenant,   is deemed to have been the possession of the other, notwithstanding that   the tenant so occupying the premises has acquired another title  or  has   claimed to hold adversely to the other. But this presumption shall cease   after  the  expiration of ten years of continuous exclusive occupancy by   such tenant,  personally  or  by  his  servant  or  by  his  tenant,  or   immediately upon an ouster by one tenant of the other and such occupying   tenant may then commence to hold adversely to his cotenant.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 543 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 5 - Adverse Possession 543 - Adverse Possession; How Affected by Acts Across a Boundary Line.

§  543.  Adverse  possession;  how  affected by acts across a boundary   line.   1. Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  this  article,  the   existence  of de minimus non-structural encroachments including, but not   limited  to,   fences,   hedges,   shrubbery,   plantings,   sheds   and   non-structural walls, shall be deemed to be permissive and non-adverse.2.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this article, the acts of   lawn mowing or similar  maintenance  across  the  boundary  line  of  an   adjoining   landowner's   property   shall   be  deemed  permissive  and   non-adverse.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 551 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 5 - Adverse Possession 551 - Right of Person to Possession Not Affected by Descent Cast.

§ 551. Right of person to possession not affected by descent cast. The   right  of a person to the possession of real property is not impaired or   affected by a descent being cast in consequence of the death of a person   in possession of the property.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 601 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 6 - Action to Recover Real Property 601 - Damages for Withholding Real Property Obtainable in Action to Recover Possession; Set-Off by Defendant.

§  601.  Damages for withholding real property obtainable in action to   recover possession; set-off by defendant. In an action  to  recover  the   possession  of  real  property,  the  plaintiff  may recover damages for   withholding the property, including the rents and profits or  the  value   of  the  use and occupation of the property for a term not exceeding six   years; but the damages shall not include the value of  the  use  of  any   improvements  made by the defendant or those under whom he claims. Where   permanent improvements have been made in good faith by the defendant  or   those  under  whom  he  claims,  while  holding,  under  color of title,   adversely to the plaintiff, the value thereof must  be  allowed  to  the   defendant  in  reduction of the damages of the plaintiff, but not beyond   the amount of those damages.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 611 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 6 - Action to Recover Real Property 611 - Where Action Cannot Be Maintained: Dower; Property Not Exceeding Six Inches in Width; by Mortgagee.

§  611.  Where  action  cannot  be  maintained:  dower;  property  not   exceeding six inches in  width;  by  mortgagee.  The  action  cannot  be   maintained:1. Where an action for dower may be maintained.2.  Where  the real property consists of a strip of land not exceeding   six inches in width upon which there  stands  the  exterior  wall  of  a   building  erected  partly  upon said strip and partly upon the adjoining   lot, and a building has been erected upon land of the plaintiff abutting   on the said wall, unless said action be commenced within one year  after   the  completion  of  the  erection  of  such  wall. But an action may be   maintained if commenced within the further period of one year,  for  the   recovery of damages by reason of the erection of such wall, and upon the   satisfaction of the judgment for such damages the title of the plaintiff   to  such  strip  of land shall thereby be transferred to and vest in the   defendant. If an action for the recovery of real property or damages  is   not  brought  within  the  period hereby limited therefor, the person in   possession of such lands shall be deemed to have  an  easement  in  said   strip  of  land  so  long  as the said wall partly erected thereon shall   stand, and no longer, and in case of the destruction of  such  wall  the   owner  of  such  strip  shall have the same right to take or recover the   possession thereof as if such wall had never existed.3. By a mortgagee, or his assignee, or other representative.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 621 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 6 - Action to Recover Real Property 621 - Separate Action by Joint Tenant or Tenant in Common.

§ 621. Separate action by joint tenant or tenant in common.  Where two   or more persons are entitled to the possession of real property as joint   tenants  or  tenants  in  common,  one  or more of them may maintain the   action to recover his or their undivided shares in the property  in  any   case where such an action might be maintained by all.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 623 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 6 - Action to Recover Real Property 623 - Action by Grantee of Lands Held Adversely.

§  623. Action by grantee of lands held adversely. The action shall be   maintained by a grantee, his executors, administrators or assigns in his   own name, although at the time of the conveyance, such real property was   in the actual possession of a person claiming under a title  adverse  to   that of the grantor.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 625 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 6 - Action to Recover Real Property 625 - Action by Reversioner or Remainderman After Tenant's Default.

§  625.  Action by reversioner or remainderman after tenant's default.   Where a tenant for life or for a term of years suffers  judgment  to  be   taken  against  him,  by  consent or by default, in an action to recover   real property, the heir or person owning the reversion or remainder, may   maintain an action to recover the property, after the  determination  of   the particular estate.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 631 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 6 - Action to Recover Real Property 631 - Defendants.

§  631.  Defendants.  Where  the  complaint  demands  judgment for the   immediate possession of  the  property,  if  the  property  is  actually   occupied,  the  occupant shall be made defendant in the action. If it is   not so occupied,  the  action  shall  be  brought  against  some  person   exercising  acts of ownership thereupon, or claiming title thereto or an   interest therein, at the time of the commencement  of  the  action.  Any   person  claiming  title  to, or the right to the possession of, the real   property sought to be recovered, as landlord, remainderman, reversioner,   or otherwise adversely to the plaintiff, may be joined as defendant.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 633 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 6 - Action to Recover Real Property 633 - Action Against Co-Tenant; Ouster to Be Proved.

§ 633. Action against co-tenant; ouster to be proved. Where the action   is  brought  by  a  tenant  in  common  or  a  joint  tenant against his   co-tenant, the plaintiff, besides proving his right,  shall  also  prove   that  the  defendant actually ousted him or did some other act amounting   to a total denial of his right.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 635 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 6 - Action to Recover Real Property 635 - Action Against Occupants of Apartments.

§  635. Action against occupants of apartments. In a case where two or   more defendants occupy different apartments in a building the  plaintiff   is  entitled  to  judgment  jointly  against  all the defendants who are   liable to him.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 637 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 6 - Action to Recover Real Property 637 - Action Against One Defendant Subject to Rights of Others.

§  637.  Action  against  one  defendant  subject to rights of others.   Where one or more answering defendants hold under another defendant, and   the plaintiff elects to proceed  against  the  latter,  subject  to  the   rights  and  interests  of  the  former, if the plaintiff recovers final   judgment against the  defendant  under  whom  they  hold,  the  judgment   operates as a transfer to the plaintiff of that defendant's right, title   and interest.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 641 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 6 - Action to Recover Real Property 641 - Complaint.

§  641.  Complaint. The complaint shall state the plaintiff's interest   in the property and describe it with reasonable certainty in such manner   that, from the description, possession of the property  claimed  may  be   delivered.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 651 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 6 - Action to Recover Real Property 651 - Expiration of Plaintiff's Title Before Trial.

§  651.  Expiration of plaintiff's title before trial. If the right or   title of the plaintiff expires after the commencement of the action  but   before the trial, and he would have been entitled to recover but for the   expiration,  the verdict, report or decision shall be rendered according   to the fact; and the plaintiff is entitled nevertheless to judgment  for   his  damages  for  the  withholding of the property to the time when his   right or title so expired.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 653 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 6 - Action to Recover Real Property 653 - Judgment to State Plaintiff's Estate.

§  653.  Judgment  to  state  plaintiff's estate. A verdict, report or   decision in favor of the plaintiff and the  judgment  rendered  thereon,   shall  specify  in  writing  the estate of the plaintiff in the property   recovered, whether it is in fee, or for life, or for  a  term  of  years   stating for whose life it is, or specifying the duration of the term, if   the estate be less than a fee.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 661 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 6 - Action to Recover Real Property 661 - Liability of Purchaser Pending an Action.

§  661.  Liability  of  purchaser  pending an action. If the defendant   aliens the real property in question after the filing  of  a  notice  of   pendency of the action, and an execution against him for the plaintiff's   damages  is  returned  wholly  or  partly  unsatisfied, an action may be   maintained  by  the  plaintiff  against  any  person  who  has  been  in   possession of the property, under the defendant's conveyance, to recover   the  unsatisfied  portion  of the damages, for a time not exceeding that   during which he possessed the property.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 701 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 7 - Summary Proceeding to Recover Possession of Real Property 701 - Jurisdiction; Courts; Venue.

§  701.  Jurisdiction;  courts;  venue.    1.  A special proceeding to   recover real property may be maintained in a county court, the court  of   a  police  justice  of  the  village,  a justice court, a court of civil   jurisdiction in a city, or a district court.2. The place of trial of the special proceeding shall  be  within  the   jurisdictional area of the court in which the real property or a portion   thereof  is  situated;  except  that where the property is located in an   incorporated village which includes parts  of  two  or  more  towns  the   proceeding  may  be tried by a justice of the peace of any such town who   keeps an office in the village.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 702 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 7 - Summary Proceeding to Recover Possession of Real Property 702 - Rent in a Residential Dwelling.

§  702.  Rent in a residential dwelling. In a proceeding relating to a   residential dwelling or housing accommodation,  the  term  "rent"  shall   mean  the  monthly or weekly amount charged in consideration for the use   and occupation of a dwelling  pursuant  to  a  written  or  oral  rental   agreement.  No  fees, charges or penalties other than rent may be sought   in a summary proceeding pursuant to this  article,  notwithstanding  any   language to the contrary in any lease or rental agreement.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 713-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 7 - Summary Proceeding to Recover Possession of Real Property 713-A - Special Proceeding for Termination of Adult Home and Residence for Adults Admission Agreements.

§  713-a.  Special  proceeding  for  termination  of  adult  home  and   residence for adults  admission  agreements.  A  special  proceeding  to   terminate  the  admission  agreement  of  a resident of an adult home or   residence  for  adults  and  discharge  a  resident  therefrom  may   be   maintained  in  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  pursuant  to  the   provisions of section four hundred sixty-one-h of  the  social  services   law and nothing contained in such section shall be construed to create a   relationship  of  landlord  and  tenant between the operator of an adult   home or residence for adults and a resident thereof.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 721 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 7 - Summary Proceeding to Recover Possession of Real Property 721 - Person Who May Maintain Proceeding.

§  721.  Person  who  may maintain proceeding.   The proceeding may be   brought by:1. The landlord or lessor.2. The reversioner or remainderman next entitled to possession of  the   property  upon  the  termination of the estate of a life tenant, where a   tenant of such life tenant holds over.3. The purchaser upon  the  execution  or  foreclosure  sale,  or  the   purchaser  on  a tax sale to whom a deed has been executed and delivered   or any subsequent grantee, distributee or devisee claiming title through   such purchaser.4. The person forcibly put out or kept out.5. The person with whom, as owner, the  agreement  was  made,  or  the   owner  of  the  property  occupied  under  an agreement to cultivate the   property upon shares or for a share of the crops.6. The person lawfully entitled to the possession of property intruded   into or squatted upon.7. The person entitled to possession of the  property  occupied  by  a   licensee who may be dispossessed.8.  The  person,  corporation  or law enforcement agency authorized by   this article to proceed to remove persons using  or  occupying  premises   for illegal purposes.9.  The  receiver of a landlord, purchaser or other person so entitled   to apply, when authorized by the court.10. The lessee of the premises, entitled to possession.11. Not-for-profit corporations, and tenant associations authorized in   writing by the commissioner of the department of the city  of  New  York   charged with enforcement of the housing maintenance code of such city to   manage residential real property owned by such city.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 731 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 7 - Summary Proceeding to Recover Possession of Real Property 731 - Commencement; Notice of Petition.

§  731.  Commencement;  notice  of petition. 1. The special proceeding   prescribed by this article shall be commenced by petition and  a  notice   of  petition.  A  notice  of petition may be issued only by an attorney,   judge or the clerk of the court;  it  may  not  be  issued  by  a  party   prosecuting the proceeding in person.2.  Except  as  provided  in section 732, relating to a proceeding for   non-payment of rent, the notice of petition shall specify the  time  and   place  of the hearing on the petition and state that if respondent shall   fail at such time to interpose and establish any  defense  that  he  may   have,  he  may  be precluded from asserting such defense or the claim on   which it is based in any other proceeding or action.3. In the city of New York, when  the  petitioner  seeks  to  make  an   application  pursuant  to  subdivision  two  of  section  seven  hundred   forty-five of this article, the notice  of  petition  shall  advise  the   respondent  of  the  requirements  of  subdivision  two of section seven   hundred forty-five of this article.4. In an action premised on a tenant  defaulting  in  the  payment  of   rent,  payment to the landlord of the full amount of rent due, when such   payment is made at any time prior to the hearing on the petition,  shall   be  accepted  by  the landlord and renders moot the grounds on which the   special proceeding was commenced.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 732 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 7 - Summary Proceeding to Recover Possession of Real Property 732 - Special Provisions Applicable in Non-Payment Proceeding if the Rules So Provide.

§  732. Special provisions applicable in non-payment proceeding if the   rules so provide. If the appropriate appellate division shall so provide   in the rules of a particular court, this section shall be applicable  in   such court in a proceeding brought on the ground that the respondent has   defaulted in the payment of rent; in such event, all other provisions of   this  article  shall remain applicable in such proceeding, except to the   extent inconsistent with the provisions of this section.1. The notice of petition shall be returnable before  the  clerk,  and   shall be made returnable within ten days after its service.2.  If the respondent answers, the clerk shall fix a date for trial or   hearing not less than three nor more than eight days  after  joinder  of   issue,  and  shall  immediately  notify  by  mail  the  parties or their   attorneys of such date. If the determination be for the petitioner,  the   issuance  of  a warrant shall not be stayed for more than five days from   such  determination,  except  as  provided  in  section  seven   hundred   fifty-three of this article.3.  If the respondent fails to answer within ten days from the date of   service, as shown by the affidavit or  certificate  of  service  of  the   notice  of  petition  and  petition,  the judge shall render judgment in   favor of the petitioner and may stay the issuance of the warrant  for  a   period  of  not  to  exceed ten days from the date of service, except as   provided in section seven hundred fifty-three of this article.4.  The  notice  of  petition  shall  advise  the  respondent  of  the   requirements of subdivisions 1, 2 and 3, above.
NY Real Prop Actions L § 733 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 7 - Summary Proceeding to Recover Possession of Real Property 733 - Time of Service; Order to Show Cause.

§  733. Time of service; order to show cause. 1. Except as provided in   section  seven  hundred  thirty-two  of  this  article,  relating  to  a   proceeding  for non-payment of rent, the notice of petition and petition   shall be served at least ten and not more than seventeen days before the   time at which the petition is noticed to be heard.2. The court may grant an order to show cause to be served in lieu  of   a notice of petition. If the special proceeding is based upon the ground   specified  in  subdivision 1 of section 711, and the order to show cause   is sought on the day of the expiration of the  lease  or  the  next  day   thereafter,  it may be served at a time specified therein which shall be   at least two hours before the hour at which the petition is to be heard.