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NY Real Prop L § 430 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12 - Registering Title to Real Property 430 - Penalties for Fraudulent Acts or False Certificates.

§  430.  Penalties  for fraudulent acts or false certificates. Whoever   fraudulently procures  or  assists  in  fraudulently  procuring,  or  is   intentionally  privy to the fraudulent procurement of any certificate of   title or other instrument, or of any entry in the registration or  other   book  kept in the registrar's office, or of any erasure or alteration in   any entry in said book, or in any instrument authorized by this act,  or   knowingly  defrauds,  or is intentionally privy to defrauding any person   by means of a false or fraudulent instrument, certificate, statement  or   affidavit, affecting registered land, shall be guilty of a felony.
NY Real Prop L § 431 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12 - Registering Title to Real Property 431 - Forgery and Fraudulent Stamping; Penalty.

§  431.  Forgery  and fraudulent stamping; penalty. Whoever forges, or   procures to be forged, or assists in forging, the seal of the registrar,   or the name, signature, handwriting of any officer  of  the  registrar's   office;  or fraudulently stamps or procures to be stamped, or assists in   stamping, any document with any forged seal of said registrar, or forges   or procures to be forged, or assists in forging, the name, signature  or   handwriting  of  any  person  whomsoever,  to  any  instrument  which is   expressly or impliedly authorized to be signed by such person,  or  uses   any  document upon which any impression or part of the impression of any   seal of said registrar has been forged, knowing the same  to  have  been   forged,  or any document the signature to which has been forged, knowing   the same to have been forged, or swears falsely concerning any matter or   proceeding made or done in pursuance of this article, shall be guilty of   a felony.
NY Real Prop L § 433 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12 - Registering Title to Real Property 433 - Construction of Article.

§  433.  Construction  of  article.  This  article  shall be construed   liberally, so far as may be necessary for the purpose of  effecting  its   general intent.
NY Real Prop L § 434 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12 - Registering Title to Real Property 434 - Form for Official Examiner's Report of Title.

§  434.  Form  for official examiner's report of title. The examiner's   report of title shall be in appropriate form to set  forth  the  matters   required  by  this article. The registrar of any county is authorized to   have forms prepared and printed for the examiner's report of  title  and   for any other papers required by this article and shall furnish the same   to  applicants  without  charge  or for such reasonable charge as may be   fixed by the registrar. Such forms and the charge to  be  made  therefor   shall be subject to the revision of the court.
NY Real Prop L § 435 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12 - Registering Title to Real Property 435 - Form for Certificate of Title.

§  435.  Form  for  certificate  of title. The registrar's certificate title shall be in the following form: No. .......                                 First registered ...........                           CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.First Certificate) or (Transfer from No. ............) .............. ........................................................................ State of New York,}                   }ss.: County ..........,} ........................................................................ of (residence, and if a minor give his age; if under  other  disability, state  the  nature  of the disability); is the owner of an estate in fee simple (or as the case may be) in the following land (here describe  the premises)  subject  to  the estates, easements, incumbrances and charges hereunder noted. (In case of trust, condition  or  limitation,  say  "in trust" or "upon condition" or "with limitation," as the case may be.)   Witness my hand and official seal this (date).    (Seal)                                        ......................,                                                               Registrar.                                 MEMORIALS of  estates,  easements  and  charges on the land described in the above certificate of title. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Document           Running in            Date of       Signature  number    Kind     favor of    Terms  registration   of registrar _________ _______ ____________ ______ ______________ ___________________                                                                                                                                                                                                                         _________ _______ ____________ ______ ______________ ___________________ ________________________________________________________________________
NY Real Prop L § 440-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-A - Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Salesmen 440-A - License Required for Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen.

§  440-a.  License  required  for real estate brokers and salesmen. No   person, co-partnership, limited liability company or  corporation  shall   engage  in  or  follow the business or occupation of, or hold himself or   itself out or act temporarily or otherwise as a real  estate  broker  or   real  estate  salesman  in  this state without first procuring a license   therefor as provided in this article. No person shall be entitled  to  a   license  as  a  real  estate  broker  under  this  article, either as an   individual or as a member of a co-partnership, or as a member or manager   of a limited liability company or as an officer of a corporation, unless   he or she is twenty years of age or over. No person shall be entitled to   a license as a real estate salesman under this article unless he or  she   is  over  the  age  of  eighteen years. No person shall be entitled to a   license as a real estate broker  or  real  estate  salesman  under  this   article  who  has  been convicted in this state or elsewhere of a crime,   unless the secretary makes a finding in conformance with all  applicable   statutory   requirements,   including   those   contained   in   article   twenty-three-A of the correction  law,  that  such  convictions  do  not   constitute  a bar to licensure. No person shall be entitled to a license   as a real estate broker or real estate salesman under this  article  who   does  not  meet  the  requirements  of  section  3-503  of  the  general   obligations law.Notwithstanding anything to  the  contrary  in  this  section,  tenant   associations  and  not-for-profit  corporations 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 property owned by such city  or  appointed  by  a  court  of   competent jurisdiction to manage residential property owned by such city   shall  be  exempt  from  the  licensing  provisions of this section with   respect to the properties so managed.
NY Real Prop L § 440-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-A - Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Salesmen 440-B - Licenses in Putnam County.

§  440-b.  Licenses  in  Putnam  county. On and after the first day of   July,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four,  no  person,   copartnership   or   corporation  shall engage in or follow the business or occupation of, or   hold himself or itself out temporarily or otherwise  as  a  real  estate   broker  or  real  estate salesman in the county of Putnam, without first   procuring a license therefor as provided in this  article,  except  that   such  license  in  such  county shall be granted and issued, without the   written examination provided in this article, to a person, copartnership   or corporation who was engaged in business as a real  estate  broker  or   real  estate  salesman in such county prior to the first day of January,   nineteen hundred thirty-four.
NY Real Prop L § 441-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-A - Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Salesmen 441-D - Salesman's License Suspended by Revocation or Suspension of Employer's License.

§  441-d.  Salesman's license suspended by revocation or suspension of   employer's license. The revocation or suspension of a  broker's  license   shall  operate  to  suspend  the  license  of  each real estate salesman   associated with such broker, pending a  change  of  association  of  the   salesman  or  the expiration of the period of suspension of the broker's   license. Such suspension of the salesman's license shall be deemed to be   a discontinuance of association with the broker being suspended.
NY Real Prop L § 441-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-A - Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Salesmen 441-F - Judicial Review.

§  441-f.  Judicial  review.  The action of the department of state in   granting or refusing to grant or to renew a license under  this  article   or  in  revoking  or  suspending  such a license or imposing any fine or   reprimand on the holder thereof or refusing to revoke or suspend such  a   license  or impose any fine or reprimand shall be subject to review by a   proceeding brought under and pursuant to article  seventy-eight  of  the   civil  practice  law and rules at the instance of the applicant for such   license, the holder  of  a  license  so  revoked,  suspended,  fined  or   reprimanded or the person aggrieved.
NY Real Prop L § 442-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-A - Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Salesmen 442-A - Compensation of Salesmen; Restrictions.

§  442-a.  Compensation  of  salesmen;  restrictions.   No real estate   salesman in any place in which this article is applicable shall  receive   or  demand  compensation  of any kind from any person, other than a duly   licensed real estate broker with whom he  associated,  for  any  service   rendered  or  work  done  by  such  salesman  in the appraising, buying,   selling, exchanging, leasing, renting or negotiating of a loan upon  any   real estate.
NY Real Prop L § 442-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-A - Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Salesmen 442-B - Discontinuance or Change of Salesman's Association; Report.

§  442-b.  Discontinuance or change of salesman's association; report.   When the association  of  any  real  estate  salesman  shall  have  been   terminated  for any reason whatsoever, his broker shall forthwith notify   the department of state thereof in such manner as the  department  shall   prescribe.  Where change of such salesman's association is the basis for   such termination, the salesman's successor broker shall forthwith notify   the  department  of  such  change in such manner as the department shall   prescribe, such notice to be accompanied by a fee of one dollar. No real   estate salesman shall perform any act within any of the prohibitions  of   this  article  from  and  after  the  termination  for  any cause of his   association until he thereafter shall  have  become  associated  with  a   licensed real estate broker.
NY Real Prop L § 442-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-A - Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Salesmen 442-C - Violations by Salesmen; Broker's Responsibility.

§ 442-c. Violations by salesmen; broker's responsibility. No violation   of  a provision of this article by a real estate salesman or employee of   a real estate broker shall be deemed to be cause for the  revocation  or   suspension of the license of the broker, unless it shall appear that the   broker  had  actual knowledge of such violation or retains the benefits,   profits or proceeds  of  a  transaction  wrongfully  negotiated  by  his   salesman  or  employee  after  notice  of  the  salesman's or employee's   misconduct. A broker shall be guilty of a  misdemeanor  for  having  any   salesman  associated  with  his  firm  who  has not secured the required   license authorizing such employment.
NY Real Prop L § 442-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-A - Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Salesmen 442-D - Actions for Commissions; License Prerequisite.

§  442-d.  Actions  for  commissions; license prerequisite. No person,   copartnership, limited liability company or corporation shall  bring  or   maintain  an  action  in  any  court  of  this state for the recovery of   compensation for services rendered, in any place in which  this  article   is  applicable,  in the buying, selling, exchanging, leasing, renting or   negotiating a loan upon any real estate  without  alleging  and  proving   that  such  person was a duly licensed real estate broker or real estate   salesman on the date when the alleged cause of action arose.
NY Real Prop L § 442-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-A - Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Salesmen 442-F - Saving Clause.

§ 442-f. Saving clause. The provisions of this article shall not apply   to  receivers,  referees,  administrators, executors, guardians or other   persons appointed by or acting under the judgment or order of any court;   or public officers while performing their official duties, or  attorneys   at law.
NY Real Prop L § 442-J (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-A - Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Salesmen 442-J - Effect of Invalid Provision.

§  442-j. Effect of invalid provision. Should the courts of this state   declare any provision of this article unconstitutional, or unauthorized,   or in conflict with any other section or provision of this article, then   such decision shall affect only the section or provision so declared  to   be  unconstitutional  or  unauthorized  and  shall  not affect any other   section or part of this article.
NY Real Prop L § 442-L (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-A - Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Salesmen 442-L - After-the-Fact Referral Fees.

§  442-l.  After-the-fact  referral  fees. 1. No real estate broker or   salesperson, in any place in which this  article  is  applicable,  shall   demand  or  receive a referral fee or compensation of any kind for (i) a   referral from any person or other entity relative to  finding  a  seller   after  a  bona  fide  listing agreement has been signed, (ii) a referral   from any person or other entity relative to finding a buyer after a bona   fide offer to purchase is accepted, or (iii) a referral from any  person   or other entity relative to finding a property after a bona fide buyer's   agency agreement has been signed, unless reasonable cause for payment of   such compensation exists.2.  A  violation  of this section shall be a violation of this article   and shall constitute a deceptive act or practice within the  meaning  of   section three hundred forty-nine of the general business law.
NY Real Prop L § 443-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-A - Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Salesmen 443-A - Disclosure Obligations.

§   443-a.   Disclosure  obligations.  1.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law, it is not  a  material  defect  or  fact  relating  to property  offered  for  sale  or  lease,  including residential property regardless of the number of units contained therein, that:  (a) an owner or occupant of the  property  is,  or  was  at  any  time suspected to be, infected with human immunodeficiency virus or diagnosed with  acquired immune deficiency syndrome or any other disease which has been determined  by  medical  evidence  to  be  highly  unlikely  to  be transmitted through occupancy of a dwelling place; or  (b)  the  property  is,  or  is  suspected to have been, the site of a homicide, suicide or other death by accidental or natural causes, or any crime punishable as a felony.   2. (a) No cause of action shall arise against an owner or occupant  of real property, or the agent of such owner or occupant, or the agent of a seller  or  buyer  of real property, for failure to disclose in any real estate transaction a fact or suspicion contained in subdivision  one  of this section.  (b)  Failure  to  disclose a fact contained in subdivision one of this section to a transferee shall not be grounds for a  disciplinary  action against a real estate agent or broker licensed pursuant to this article.  (c)  As  used in this section, the terms "agent", "buyer" and "seller" shall have the same meanings as such terms are defined in  section  four hundred forty-three of this article.   3.  Notwithstanding  the  fact that this information is not a material defect or fact, if such information is important to the decision of  the buyer to purchase or lease the property, the buyer may, when negotiating or  making  a  bona  fide  offer,  submit  a  written  inquiry  for such information. The buyer or the agent  of  the  buyer  shall  provide  the written  request  to  the seller's agent or to the seller if there is no seller's agent. The seller may choose whether or not to respond  to  the inquiry.  The seller's agent, with the consent of the seller and subject to applicable laws regarding privacy,  shall  report  any  response  and information  to the buyer's agent or to the buyer if there is no buyer's agent. If there is no  seller's  agent,  the  seller  shall  inform  the buyer's agent, or the buyer if there is no buyer's agent, whether or not the seller chooses to provide a response.   4.  This  section  shall  preempt  any local law inconsistent with the provisions of this section.
NY Real Prop L § 444-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-B - Home Inspection Professional Licensing 444-A - Short Title.

§  444-a. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as   the "home inspection professional licensing act".
NY Real Prop L § 444-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-B - Home Inspection Professional Licensing 444-B - Definitions.

§  444-b.  Definitions.  As  used in this article, the following terms   shall have the following meanings:1. "Client" means any person  who  engages  or  seeks  to  engage  the   services  of a home inspector for the purpose of obtaining inspection of   and written report about the condition of a residential building.2. "Department" means the department of state.3. "Home inspector" means  a  person  licensed  as  a  home  inspector   pursuant to the provisions of this article.4.  "Home  inspection"  means  the  process  by which a home inspector   observes and provides a written report of the systems and components  of   a  residential  building  including  but  not limited to heating system,   cooling  system,  plumbing   system,   electrical   system,   structural   components,  foundation,  roof, masonry structure, exterior and interior   components or  any  other  related  residential  building  component  as   recommended  or required by the department through regulation to provide   a  client  with  objective  information  about  the  condition  of   the   residential  building.  The home inspector shall clearly identify in the   written report which systems and components of the residential  building   were  observed.  A  home  inspection shall not include an inspection for   radon or pests.5. "Person" means an individual, firm, company,  partnership,  limited   liability company, or corporation.6.  "Residential building" means a structure consisting of one to four   dwelling units and their garages and carport but shall not  include  any   such  structure  newly  constructed  or  not  previously  occupied  as a   dwelling unit.7. "Secretary" means the secretary of the department of state.
NY Real Prop L § 444-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-B - Home Inspection Professional Licensing 444-C - Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.

§  444-c.  Code  of ethics and standards of practice. 1. The secretary shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this article including but not limited to:  (a) standards for training including approval of the course  of  study and examination required for licensure of home inspectors;  (b)  requirements  and  standards  for  continuing  education  of home inspectors;  (c) a code of ethics and  standards  of  practice  for  licensed  home inspectors  consistent  with  the  provisions  of this article and sound ethical practices which code and standards shall be  subject  to  public notice  and  comment prior to adoption of the regulations. The standards of practice shall not require a reporting format  or  limit  information which  licensees  are  authorized  to  provide a client pursuant to this article; and  (d) development of information and educational  materials  about  home inspection for distribution to clients.   2.   Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  deemed  to  supersede  any established authority, duty and power established by  local  law,  state law or regulation or otherwise granted to any agency, body or entity.
NY Real Prop L § 444-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-B - Home Inspection Professional Licensing 444-D - License Requirements for Home Inspectors.

§  444-d.  License  requirements  for home inspectors. No person shall   conduct or represent that he or she has the ability to  conduct  a  home   inspection for compensation unless such person is:1. licensed as home inspector pursuant to this article; or2.  a person regulated by the state or a political subdivision thereof   as an architect who is acting within the scope of his or her profession;   or3. a person regulated by the state or a political subdivision  thereof   as  an engineer who is acting within the scope of his or her profession;   or4. a person who is employed as a  code  enforcement  official  by  the   state or a political subdivision thereof when acting within the scope of   that government employment; or5.  a  person  making  home inspections for the purpose of meeting the   requirements of section four hundred forty-four-e  of  this  article  to   qualify for licensure as a home inspector.
NY Real Prop L § 444-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPP - Real Property Article 12-B - Home Inspection Professional Licensing 444-F - License Periods, Renewals and Fees.

§  444-f.  License  periods,  renewals  and  fees.  1.  Home inspector   licenses and renewals thereof shall be issued for a period of two years,   except that the secretary may, in order to stagger the  expiration  date   thereof,  provide  that those licenses first issued or renewed after the   effective date of this section shall expire or become  void  on  a  date   fixed  by  the  secretary,  not  sooner  than  six months nor later than   twenty-nine months after the date of issue.  No  renewal  of  a  license   shall be issued unless the applicant has successfully completed a course   of continuing education approved by the secretary.2.  The secretary shall collect a fee of two hundred fifty dollars for   the first application for a license and the license as a home inspector.   The secretary shall collect a fee of one hundred dollars to renew a home   inspector license. The secretary shall collect  an  examination  fee  of   fifty  dollars. All fees and any fines imposed by the secretary pursuant   to this article  shall  be  deposited  in  the  business  and  licensing   services  account  established pursuant to section ninety-seven-y of the   state finance law.