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NY Gen Bus L § 207 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 12 - Hotels and Boarding Houses 207 - Sale of Unclaimed Articles and Other Property Covered by His Lien.

§  207.  Sale  of unclaimed articles and other property covered by his   lien.  Any  keeper  of   a   hotel,   motel,   apartment   hotel,   inn,   boarding-house,  rooming  house  or  lodging-house,  except an immigrant   lodging-house, who shall have a lien for fare, lodging, accommodation or   board upon any goods, baggage or other chattel property, or, who, for  a   period  of  six  months, shall have in custody any unclaimed trunk, box,   valise, package or parcel, or other chattel property, may, in the manner   provided by this section, sell the same at public auction to the highest   bidder for cash, and out of the proceeds of such sale may,  in  case  of   lien,  retain  the  amount of such lien and the expense of advertisement   and sale, and the expense of storage, advertisement  and  sale  thereof.   Not  less  than  fifteen days prior to the time of the sale, a notice of   the time  and  place  of  holding  the  sale,  and  containing  a  brief   description  of  the  goods,  baggage  and articles to be sold, shall be   published in a newspaper published in the city or  town  in  which  such   hotel,  motel,  apartment  hotel,  inn, boarding-house, rooming-house or   lodging-house is situated; but if there be none, then in such  newspaper   published  nearest  such  city  or town; if the name and address of said   guest, boarder, roomer or owner of such chattel articles  and  property,   appears  upon  the  records  of  such  keeper, such notice shall also be   mailed to said guest,  boarder,  roomer  or  owner,  addressed  to  such   address;  such  notice  shall be mailed in the manner aforesaid at least   fifteen days prior to the time of the sale.
NY Gen Bus L § 208 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 12 - Hotels and Boarding Houses 208 - Disposition of Proceeds of Sale.

§  208. Disposition of proceeds of sale. Such keeper shall, out of the   proceeds of such sale, retain the amount of his lien or storage  charges   and  the expense of advertising and sale, and shall make an entry of the   articles sold, the amount received therefor, the amounts retained by him   as aforesaid, and if there be any surplus, he  shall,  within  ten  days   after  such  sale,  upon  demand,  pay  over such surplus to such guest,   boarder, roomer or person whose property was sold. In case such  surplus   shall  not be demanded and paid as aforesaid, within said ten days, then   within five days thereafter, such keeper shall pay said surplus  to  the   treasurer  of the county or chamberlain or other chief fiscal officer of   the city in which such sale took place, and shall,  at  the  same  time,   file  with said treasurer or chamberlain or other chief fiscal officer a   statement in writing containing the name and place of residence, so  far   as  they are known, of the guest, boarder, roomer or person whose goods,   baggage or chattel articles were sold, the articles sold and  the  price   at  which  they were sold, the name and address of the auctioneer making   the  sale,  and  a  copy  of  the  notice  published.  Said   treasurer,   chamberlain  or other chief fiscal officer shall keep said surplus money   for and credit the same to the person named in said  statement  as  such   guest,  boarder,  roomer or person, and shall pay the same to him or his   executors  or  administrators,  upon   demand,   and   upon   furnishing   satisfactory  evidence  of  identity  to  such treasurer, chamberlain or   other chief fiscal officer.
NY Gen Bus L § 209 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 12 - Hotels and Boarding Houses 209 - Certain Sales After Eighteen Months.

§  209.  Certain  sales  after eighteen months. Any keeper of a hotel,   motel,  apartment   hotel,   inn,   boarding-house,   rooming-house   or   lodging-house,  except  an immigrant lodging-house, whose lien for fare,   lodging, accommodation or board upon any goods, baggage or other chattel   property, shall not have been paid for a period of eighteen months,  may   sell such property at public auction for cash to the highest bidder upon   mailing  a  notice  inclosed  in  a  securely  closed  postpaid wrapper,   directed to the person who left such property with such keeper,  at  the   post  office  of  the  ctiy,  town  or  village where such hotel, motel,   apartment hotel, inn, boarding-house, rooming-house or lodging-house  is   situated,  such notice to contain a statement of the time and place when   and where such goods, baggage or other chattel property will be sold and   such notice shall be mailed at least fifteen days before such sale shall   take place. Such keeper shall, out of the proceeds of such sale,  retain   the amount of his lien and the expense of selling such property, and, if   there  be  any  surplus, he shall, within ten days after such sale, upon   demand, pay over such surplus to the person whose property was sold.  In   case  such  surplus  shall not be demanded and paid as aforesaid, within   said ten days, then within five days thereafter, such keeper  shall  pay   such  surplus  to  the  treasurer  of the county or chamberlain or other   chief fiscal officer of the city in which  such  sale  took  place,  and   shall,  at the same time, file with said treasurer, chamberlain or other   chief fiscal officer a statement in writing containing the name  of  the   person whose property was sold, the price at which it was sold, the date   of  such  sale and by whom sold. Such surplus shall be kept and disposed   of in the manner provided in section  two  hundred  and  eight  of  this   chapter.  Nothing  contained  in  this  article shall preclude any other   remedy now existing for the enforcement and satisfaction of  a  lien  of   the  keeper  of  a  hotel,  motel, apartment hotel, inn, boarding-house,   rooming-house or lodging-house, except an immigrant  lodging-house,  nor   bar  his  right  to recover for so much of the debt as shall not be paid   through such sale.
NY Gen Bus L § 209-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 12 - Hotels and Boarding Houses 209-A - Registration of Hotel and Motel Names.

§  209-a.  Registration  of  hotel  and  motel  names.  Any  person or   corporation now owning or now engaged in and conducting the business  of   an  hotel  or  motel  in  the state of New York may register the name by   which said hotel or motel is known  and  designated  by  filing  in  the   office of the secretary of state a petition subscribed by the petitioner   and  affirmed  by him as true under the penalties of perjury, containing   the facsimile of such name or designation  and  specifically  describing   the  location  of  the  hotel  or  motel  to  be  known  by such name or   designation, together with  the  name  and  address  of  the  person  or   corporation  owning  or operating the hotel or motel in addition to such   other recitals as the  secretary  of  state  may  require.  A  duplicate   original or a certified copy of such petition shall also be filed in the   office  of  the  clerk  of  the  county  in which said hotel or motel is   situated and a copy of said petition shall be printed once each week for   three consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county in  which   said  hotel  or  motel  is located, and such person or corporation shall   thereupon  have  the  right  to  the  exclusive  use  of  such  name  or   designation  for  an  hotel  or motel in the state of New York. Where it   appears that the required publication has been made and this article has   been in all other respects complied with the secretary  of  state  shall   deliver  to  such  person  or  corporation  so  filing  such  petition a   certificate under his seal  of  the  record  of  such  filing  and  such   certificate  shall be prima facie evidence of the right to the exclusive   use in the state of New York of such name or designation by  the  person   or  corporation therein named. Any person or corporation may so register   the name of an hotel or motel about to be  erected,  provided,  however,   that  in  the  event that such person or corporation shall not begin the   construction of said hotel or  motel  within  one  year  thereafter  and   prosecute the construction thereof with reasonable dispatch, said person   or  corporation  shall be deemed to have abandoned the right to use such   name or designation.
NY Gen Bus L § 209-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 12 - Hotels and Boarding Houses 209-B - Index of Registrants and Registered Names.

§  209-b.  Index of registrants and registered names. The secretary of   state and the respective county clerks shall keep an alphabetical  index   of  all  persons or corporations filing petitions under the authority of   section two hundred nine-a, together with a similar index of  the  names   and designations referred to therein. For each petition filed they shall   receive a fee of fifty dollars.
NY Gen Bus L § 209-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 12 - Hotels and Boarding Houses 209-C - Registration of Identical, Similar or Misleading Names Prohibited.

§  209-c.  Registration  of  identical,  similar  or  misleading names   prohibited. The secretary of state shall not record,  register  or  file   any  name  or designation identical with or similar to any other name or   designation  filed  or  registered  as  herein  provided  as  would   be   calculated   to  deceive  or  mislead  the  public,  unless  such  prior   registration shall have been revoked as  herein  provided.  The  supreme   court  may,  in  an  action  brought  for  that purpose by any person or   corporation aggrieved thereby against any other  person  or  corporation   who  or  which  has  already  filed  or  registered  any  such  name  or   designation, direct the revocation of any  such  registration  where  it   shall  be determined that the person who has already registered the same   has not the right to use such name or designation because of  the  prior   use  thereof  by  another.   No person other than the proprietor of such   name or designation, which has been filed in the office of the secretary   of state and in the office of the county  clerk,  as  aforesaid,  shall,   without   the   written  consent  of  such  proprietor,  in  any  manner   whatsoever, either directly or indirectly, use such name or designation,   or any other name or designation for the name of an hotel  or  motel  in   the  state  of New York which may be so similar as to deceive or mislead   the public. Any person or corporation may assign to any other person  or   corporation all right, title and interest in, to and under the aforesaid   certificate of the secretary of state. Nonuse of the name or designation   described in any certificate of the secretary of state for the period of   one  year  shall operate as an abandonment of the right to use such name   or designation thereafter.
NY Gen Bus L § 209-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 12 - Hotels and Boarding Houses 209-D - Penalties for Violation.

§  209-d. Penalties for violation. Any person or corporation violating   any provisions of sections two hundred nine-a, two  hundred  nine-b  and   two  hundred nine-c shall be liable to a penalty of ten dollars for each   day such violation shall  continue  after  sixty  days'  written  notice   calling  attention  to  such violation, to be recovered by the aggrieved   party. Any person or corporation who  has  been  granted  a  certificate   pursuant  to  the  foregoing provisions hereof which shall not have been   thereafter  revoked  shall  have  the  right  of  injunction.   In   any   prosecution  or  action  hereunder,  the  aforesaid  certificate  of the   secretary of state shall be prima facie evidence of  the  right  to  the   exclusive use of any such name or designation, where proof of such right   is necessary.
NY Gen Bus L § 209-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 12 - Hotels and Boarding Houses 209-E - Preservation of Existing Remedies; Use of True Name.

§ 209-e. Preservation of existing remedies; use of true name.  Nothing   in  this  article shall prevent, lessen, impeach, or avoid any remedy at   law or in equity which any party aggrieved by any wrongful  use  of  any   such  name  or  designation  might  have had if the foregoing provisions   relating to the registration of  hotel  or  motel  names  had  not  been   enacted;  nor  shall  the  same  be retroactive; nor shall any person be   prohibited from using his or her own true name in  connection  with  the   operation   of  any  hotel  or  motel  now  in  existence  or  hereafter   constructed.
NY Gen Bus L § 209-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 12 - Hotels and Boarding Houses 209-F - Notice of Assignment.

§  209-f.  Notice  of  assignment.  Upon  the  assignment  of any name   registered as provided  in  this  article,  a  written  notice  of  such   assignment, subscribed and acknowledged by the assignor, may be filed in   each  public  office in which such name is registered, and thereupon the   assignee named therein shall be deemed to be the proprietor of such name   for all purposes of this article.
NY Gen Bus L § 209-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 12 - Hotels and Boarding Houses 209-G - Notice of Abandonment.

§ 209-g. Notice of abandonment. The proprietor of a name registered as   provided  in  this  article,  may  file  a written notice of abandonment   thereof, subscribed and acknowledged by such proprietor in  each  public   office  in which the name is registered, and thereupon all rights of the   subscriber of such notice acquired by  the  registration  of  such  name   pursuant  to  this  article  shall  be  extinguished, and the provisions   thereof which prohibit the use of the same or a similar  name  shall  no   longer apply.
NY Gen Bus L § 217 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 12-B - Mercantile Establishments 217 - Definition.

§  217.  Definition.  As used in this article, the following words and   phrases shall have the following meanings:1. "Retail mercantile establishment" shall mean a place  where  goods,   wares or merchandise are offered to the public for sale.2.  "Restocking  fee"  shall  mean  any amount charged by a seller for   accepting returned merchandise and paying a refund or credit.
NY Gen Bus L § 218 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 12-B - Mercantile Establishments 218 - Defense of Lawful Detention.

§  218.  Defense  of lawful detention. In any action for false arrest,   false  imprisonment,  unlawful  detention,  defamation   of   character,   assault, trespass, or invasion of civil rights, brought by any person by   reason  of  having  been detained on or in the immediate vicinity of the   premises of (a) a retail mercantile establishment  for  the  purpose  of   investigation   or   questioning   as   to  criminal  possession  of  an   anti-security item as defined in section 170.47 of the penal law  or  as   to the ownership of any merchandise, or (b) a motion picture theater for   the  purposes  of  investigation  or  questioning as to the unauthorized   operation of a recording device in a motion picture theater, it shall be   a defense to such action that the person was detained  in  a  reasonable   manner  and  for  not  more  than  a  reasonable  time  to  permit  such   investigation or questioning by a peace officer acting pursuant  to  his   special  duties, police officer or by the owner of the retail mercantile   establishment or motion picture  theater,  his  authorized  employee  or   agent,  and  that  such officer, owner, employee or agent had reasonable   grounds to believe that the person so detained was  guilty  of  criminal   possession  of an anti-security item as defined in section 170.47 of the   penal law or was committing or attempting  to  commit  larceny  on  such   premises  of  such  merchandise  or  was  engaged  in  the  unauthorized   operation of a recording device in a motion picture theater. As used  in   this section, "reasonable grounds" shall include, but not be limited to,   knowledge  that  a  person  (i)  has concealed possession of unpurchased   merchandise of a retail mercantile establishment, or (ii) has possession   of an item designed for the purpose of overcoming detection of  security   markings  attachments  placed on merchandise offered for sale at such an   establishment, or (iii) has  possession  of  a  recording  device  in  a   theater  in  which a motion picture is being exhibited and a "reasonable   time" shall mean the time necessary to permit  the  person  detained  to   make  a  statement  or  to  refuse  to  make  a  statement, and the time   necessary  to  examine  employees  and   records   of   the   mercantile   establishment   relative   to  the  ownership  of  the  merchandise,  or   possession of such an item or device. Such detention  at  such  vicinity   shall  not  authorize  the  taking of such person's fingerprints at such   vicinity unless the taking of fingerprints is  otherwise  authorized  by   section  160.10  of  the  criminal  procedure  law  and are taken by the   arresting or  other  appropriate  police  officer  or  agency  described   therein  in  accordance  with  section  140.20  or  140.27  of such law.   Whenever fingerprints are taken, the requirements of article one hundred   sixty of the criminal procedure law shall apply as if  fully  set  forth   herein.
NY Gen Bus L § 218-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 12-B - Mercantile Establishments 218-A - Disclosure of Refund Policies.

§  218-a.  Disclosure  of  refund policies. 1. Every retail mercantile establishment shall conspicuously post, in  the  following  manner,  its refund  policy  as  to  all  goods,  wares or merchandise offered to the public for sale:  (a) on a sign attached to the item itself; or  (b) on a sign affixed to each cash register or point of sale; or  (c) on a sign so situated as to be clearly visible to the  buyer  from the cash register; or  (d) on a sign posted at each store entrance used by the public.   2.  The sign, required by subdivision one of this section to be posted in every retail mercantile establishment, shall (a) state whether or not it is the policy of such establishment to give refunds and, if so, under what conditions, including but not limited to whether a refund  will  be given:  (i)  on merchandise which had been advertised as "sale" merchandise or marked "as is;"  (ii) on merchandise for which no proof of purchase exists;  (iii) at any time or not beyond a point in time specified;  (iv) in cash, or as credit or store credit only; or  (v) subject to any fees, including a restocking fee, and the dollar or percentage amount of each fee; and  (b) advise consumers that they are entitled to a written copy  of  the store's refund policy upon request.   3. Enforcement. Any retail mercantile establishment which violates any provision  of this section shall be liable, for a period of up to thirty days from the date of purchase, to the buyer for  a  cash  refund  or  a credit,  at  the  buyer's  option, provided that the merchandise has not been used or damaged by the buyer and the buyer can verify the  date  of the  purchase  with  a receipt or any other purchase verification method utilized by the retail merchant.   4. Preemption.  This  section  does  not  relieve  any  person,  firm, corporation  or  association  subject  to the provisions of this section from complying with any  law,  ordinance,  rule  or  regulation  of  any locality  relating  to  the posting of refund policies which affords the buyer greater protection than do the provisions of this section.
NY Gen Bus L § 220 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 12-C - Trampoline Park Safety 220 - Definitions.

§  220.  Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:   1. "commercial trampoline" shall mean a device that:  (a) incorporates a trampoline bed; and  (b) is used for  entertainment  or  recreational  jumping,  springing, bouncing, acrobatics, or gymnastics in a trampoline park.   2.  "emergency  response plan" shall mean a written plan of action for the reasonable and appropriate contact, deployment, and coordination  of services,  agencies,  and  personnel  to  provide  the earliest possible response to an injury or emergency.   3. "inspection" shall mean a procedure that an inspector conducts to:  (a) determine whether a trampoline park facility, including any device or material, is constructed, assembled, maintained, tested, and operated in accordance with this article and the manufacturer's recommendations;  (b) determine the operational safety of a  trampoline  park  facility, including any device or material;  (c)  determine  whether  the  trampoline  park  complies  with  safety standards; and  (d) determine whether the trampoline park's policies, safeguards,  and procedures comply with this article.   4. "inspector" shall mean an individual who:  (a)  conducts an inspection of a trampoline park to certify compliance with this article and industry safety standards; and  (b) (i) is certified by:  (A) a nationally accredited organization that develops  and  publishes consensus  standards  for  a wide range of materials, products, systems, and services that are used for trampolines; or  (B) a nationally accredited organization that promotes trampoline park safety;  (ii) represents the insurer of the trampoline park;  (iii) represents a nationally accredited organization that:  (A) inspects amusement and recreational facilities and equipment; and  (B) certifies and  trains  professional  private  industry  inspectors through written testing and continuing education requirements; or  (iv)  represents  an  organization  that  the  United  States  Olympic Committee designates as the national governing body for gymnastics.   5. "operator" shall mean a person who manages, or controls or who  has the duty to manage or control the operation of a trampoline park.   6.  "owner"  shall  mean  a  person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or association who owns a commercial trampoline park.   7. "participant" shall mean an individual that  uses  trampoline  park equipment.   8. "trampoline bed" shall mean the flexible surface of a trampoline on which a user jumps or bounces.   9.  "trampoline  court"  shall  mean  an  area  of  a  trampoline park comprising:  (a) multiple commercial trampolines; or  (b) at least one commercial trampoline and  at  least  one  associated foam or inflatable bag pit.   10.  "trampoline  park" shall mean a place of business that offers the recreational use of a trampoline court for a fee or charge for admission to the trampoline park for entertainment or recreational purposes.
NY Gen Bus L § 221 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 12-C - Trampoline Park Safety 221 - Exemptions.

§ 221. Exemptions. This article shall not apply to:   1. a playground that a school or local government operates, if:  (a) the playground is an incidental amenity; and  (b)  the  operating  entity  does  not  primarily  derive revenue from operating the playground for a fee;   2. a gymnastics, dance, cheer, or tumbling facility where:  (a) the majority of activities are based in training or rehearsal  and not recreation; and  (b)   the  facility  derives  revenues  primarily  through  supervised instruction or classes; or   3. equipment used exclusively for exercise, an inflatable ride, or  an inflatable bounce house.