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NY Pers Prop L § 47-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEP - Personal Property Article 3-A - Assignment of Earnings 47-A - Place of Filing.

§  47-a.  Place  of filing. An assignment of future earnings or a true   copy thereof authenticated by a notary public or commissioner of  deeds,   together  with  an  itemized statement setting forth the amount then due   the assignee and the date and amount of payments theretofore  made  upon   the  indebtedness, may be filed in the office of the county clerk of the   county in which the assignor resides at the time of the filing  thereof,   if  he  resides within the state, and if he resides without the state or   his residence is unknown, in the county where the assignor  is  employed   at  the time of the filing thereof.  If the assignor is employed without   the state and his residence is without the  state  or  is  unknown,  the   assignment or authenticated true copy thereof and accompanying statement   may be filed in the county where the assignor resided at the time of the   execution thereof.
NY Pers Prop L § 47-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEP - Personal Property Article 3-A - Assignment of Earnings 47-B - Filing, Entering and Indexing.

§  47-b.  Filing,  entering  and indexing. 1. The filing officer shall   mark upon the assignment or true copy thereof filed with him the date of   its filing and shall file such assignment or true copy  thereof  in  his   office  for public inspection. He shall keep a separate book in which he   shall enter the names of the assignor and  assignee,  the  date  of  its   filing,  its  filing  number and the date of cancellation thereof, or of   its vacation  by  order  of  the  court.  Such  book  shall  be  indexed   alphabetically  under  the  names  and  changed  names,  if any, of both   assignor and assignee.2.  A  county  clerk  may  adopt  a  new  indexing  system   utilizing   electro-mechanical, electronic or any other method he deems suitable for   maintaining the indexes.
NY Pers Prop L § 47-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEP - Personal Property Article 3-A - Assignment of Earnings 47-C - Refiling.

§  47-c.  Refiling.  The  filing  of  assignments shall be valid for a   period of two years only.  The validity of the filing may in  each  case   be  extended for successive additional periods of one year from the date   of refiling by filing in the office of the county clerk of the county in   which the original assignment or duly  authenticated  copy  thereof  was   filed  a  true  copy  of the original assignment within thirty days next   preceding the expiration of  each  period,  with  a  statement  attached   signed  and verified by or on behalf of the assignee, setting forth that   the assignment is in force and stating the amount remaining unpaid. Such   copy, with statement attached, shall be filed and entered  in  the  same   manner  as an assignment or copy thereof filed and entered for the first   time, and the filing officer shall be entitled to a like fee as upon the   original filing.
NY Pers Prop L § 47-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEP - Personal Property Article 3-A - Assignment of Earnings 47-D - Cancellation of Assignment.

§  47-d.  Cancellation of assignment. Upon the payment or satisfaction   of the indebtedness, and upon written demand delivered personally or  by   registered  mail  by  the  assignor,  the  assignee  shall  execute  and   acknowledge or prove, and deliver to the assignor a certificate  setting   forth  that  the  indebtedness  has been paid or otherwise satisfied and   discharged. Such certificate must recite the date of the assignment, the   names of the parties thereto, the amount of the  original  indebtedness,   the   filing  number,  the  date  of  filing  thereof,  including  every   assignment of said assignment, if any, specifying in the recital of each   assignment the date thereof, the  names  of  the  parties  thereto,  the   filing date and the serial number thereof.If  for  ten  days  after  such  demand  the assignee fails to mail or   deliver such a statement  of  satisfaction,  he  shall  forfeit  to  the   assignor  five  dollars,  and  be  liable for all damages suffered. Upon   presentation of such statement of satisfaction the filing officer  shall   file  the  same and note the cancellation of the assignment and the date   thereof on the margin of the page where the assignment has been entered.
NY Pers Prop L § 48-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEP - Personal Property Article 3-A - Assignment of Earnings 48-A - Manner of Collection; Percentage of Earnings Deductible; Restriction Against Multiple Deductions.

§  48-a.  Manner  of  collection;  percentage  of earnings deductible; restriction against multiple deductions.  Subject to subdivision two  of this  section,  any  assignment  of future earnings shall be collectible from the assignor's employer  at  the  time  of  each  payment  of  such earnings  commencing  with  the  first  payment  thereof  made after the expiration of ten days from the date of filing with the  employer  of  a true  copy  of  such  assignment,  authenticated by a notary public or a commissioner of deeds, together with an itemized statement of the amount then due the assignee, which statement shall  set  forth  the  following information  (1)  the  date  and amount of each payment theretofore made upon the indebtedness and (2) in case public  filing  is  required,  the date  upon which such assignment or true copy thereof was filed with the filing officer as described in section forty-seven-a, of this chapter.   2. The following limitations set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and  (c) of  this  subdivision  shall  apply  to the collection of assignments of future earnings securing or relating  to  any  indebtedness  aggregating less than one thousand dollars;  (a)  the  amount  collectible  in  any  month shall not exceed ten per centum of the assignor's future earnings payable in such month;  (b) if at the time of the filing  with  the  employer  (1)  any  other assignment  of  future  earnings  is  subject  to  payment,  or  (2) any garnishment against such earnings or  order  against  the  assignor  for installment  payments  to  a  judgment  creditor, is in force, no amount shall be collectible while such other assignment is subject  to  payment or such garnishment or order is in force;  (c)  no portion of future earnings shall be withheld from the assignor or paid to satisfy such assignment in whole or in part while any portion of the indebtedness secured by any valid assignment securing or relating to  an  indebtedness  aggregating  less  than  one   thousand   dollars, previously  filed  with  the  employer  in accordance with this section, shall remain unpaid.   3. No portion of future earnings shall be withheld from  the  assignor or  paid to satisfy in whole or in part any subsequent garnishment while any portion of the indebtedness secured by any valid assignment securing or relating to  an  indebtedness  aggregating  less  than  one  thousand dollars  filed  with  the employer in accordance with this section shall remain unpaid, but nothing contained herein shall exempt the earnings of a judgment debtor from the  application  of  an  order  for  installment payments to a judgment creditor.
NY Pers Prop L § 48-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEP - Personal Property Article 3-A - Assignment of Earnings 48-B - Amount of Exempt Earnings.

§  48-b. Amount of exempt earnings. Notwithstanding anything contained   in this article, no portion of the assignor's future earnings  shall  be   withheld  by  reason  of any assignment, unless such earnings exceed the   sum of eighty-five dollars per week.
NY Pers Prop L § 48-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEP - Personal Property Article 3-A - Assignment of Earnings 48-C - Assignment of Future Earnings by Person Unemployed; Effect of Loss of Employment.

§  48-c. Assignment of future earnings by person unemployed; effect of   loss of employment. If the assignor is not employed at the time he makes   an assignment of future earnings, but is thereafter employed, his future   earnings shall  nevertheless  become  collectible  by  the  assignee  as   provided  in  this  article  upon the filing of the prescribed documents   with the employer. No assignment of future earnings shall become invalid   by reason of the cessation of employment, or  cessation  of  payment  of   earnings,  but  shall  continue  in  effect,  and  may be applied to the   payment of any future earnings from the same  or  other  employment,  in   accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  article,  so  long  as  the   indebtedness secured by the assignment shall remain unpaid in  whole  or   in  part. If the assignor is re-employed by the same employer before the   expiration of ninety  days  from  the  termination  of  employment,  the   assignment  shall  continue  to be collectible without further filing of   papers. If the employee is re-employed on or  after  the  expiration  of   such ninety days, the assignment shall again become collectible from the   employer  as  provided in section forty-eight-a only after copies of the   assignment and the other documents specified in such section  have  been   filed with the employer following the re-employment.
NY Pers Prop L § 48-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEP - Personal Property Article 3-A - Assignment of Earnings 48-D - Payroll Deductions Not Included.

§  48-d.  Payroll  deductions  not included. Payroll deductions may be   made by the employer notwithstanding any restriction  in  this  article,   and  shall  be  deductible  in  addition  to the payments under any wage   assignment permitted by this article; provided however that in any  case   where payroll deductions and a payment due under an assignment will more   than  equal  an  installment  of earnings due, the assignment shall have   priority over any payroll deductions.
NY Pers Prop L § 49 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEP - Personal Property Article 3-A - Assignment of Earnings 49 - Certain Provisions Not Applicable to Banks, Trust Companies or Credit Unions.

§  49.  Certain provisions not applicable to banks, trust companies or   credit unions. 1. The provisions of section forty-seven of this  article   shall not be applicable to any bank, trust company or credit union doing   business in the state of New York.2.  The provisions of section forty-eight of this article in so far as   they require any delay by an assignee, before filing with the  employer,   shall  not  apply  to  assignments  given either as security for or as a   manner or method of the repayment of money actually advanced  to  or  at   the  request  of the assignor by any bank, trust company or credit union   doing business in the state of New York; provided, however,  that  every   such  assignment  must  have  printed  on the face thereof the following   words: "This assignment is executed as security for, or as a  manner  or   method  of  the repayment of, money advanced by a bank, trust company or   credit union doing  business  in  New  York."  No  assignment,  however,   received  by  any  bank,  trust  company or credit union pursuant to any   agreement between it and a person who has sold merchandise or  furnished   services to, or at the request of, the assignor, shall be deemed to have   been  given  as  security for, or as a manner or method of repayment of,   money actually advanced to, or at the request of,  the  assignor  within   the meaning of this section.
NY Pers Prop L § 49-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEP - Personal Property Article 3-A - Assignment of Earnings 49-A - Statement to Be Filed by Lenders Upon Assignment.

§  49-a.  Statement  to be filed by lenders upon assignment. 1.  Every   person, firm or corporation engaged in  or  seeking  to  engage  in  the   business  of  lending  money  upon  security  of an assignment of, or of   purchasing upon discount future or accrued earnings, shall file with the   clerk of the county in which said person, firm or  corporation  has  its   place   of  business  or  transacts  business  a  statement  under  oath   containing the name and residence of the individual; or  in  case  of  a   firm,  the  names  and  residences  of the partners; or in the case of a   corporation, the names and residences of  the  officers  and  directors,   managers  or trustees of such corporation; and the place or places where   said business is transacted by such an individual, firm or  corporation.   It  shall  be unlawful to engage in the business of lending money in the   manner set forth in this section without,  prior  to  engaging  in  such   business, filing a statement as provided in this section.2.  The  several county clerks of the state shall keep an alphabetical   index of all persons, firms or corporations filing certificates provided   for  in  this  section;  and  for  the  indexing  and  filing  of   such   certificates, the fee shall be as provided in the civil practice law and   rules. A copy of such certificate, duly certified to by the county clerk   in whose office the same was filed, shall be presumptive evidence of the   facts contained therein in all courts of the state.
NY Pers Prop L § 250 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEP - Personal Property Article 7-A 250 - Exemption of Exhibits at International Exhibitions.

§  250. Exemption of exhibits at international exhibitions. No process   of attachment, execution, sequestration, replevin, distress or any  kind   of  seizure  shall  be  served  or  levied  upon articles, goods, wares,   merchandise or property of any description while the same is enroute  to   or  from,  or  while  on  exhibition  or  deposited by exhibitors at any   international exhibition held under the auspices or supervision  of  the   United  States,  within any city or county of this state, nor shall such   property be subject to attachment, seizure, levy or sale, for any  cause   whatever,  in  the  hands  of  the  authorities  of  such  exhibition or   otherwise.
NY Pers Prop L § 251 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEP - Personal Property Article 7-B - Lost and Found Property 251 - Definitions.

§  251.  Definitions.  1.  The term "property" as used in this article   means money, instruments payable, drawn or issued to bearer or to  cash,   goods,   chattels   and   tangible  personal  property  other  than  (a)   "instruments" as  defined  in  subdivision  two  of  this  section,  (b)   animals,  (c)  wrecks  governed by the provisions of the navigation law,   (d)  logs  and  other  property  governed  by  section   three   hundred   twenty-three  of  the  town law and (e) vehicles governed by the vehicle   and traffic law.2. The term "instrument" as used in this article means a check, draft,   promissory  note,  bond,  bill  of  lading,  warehouse  receipt,   stock   certificate  or other paper or document, other than those payable, drawn   or issued to bearer  or  to  cash  and  other  than  money,  evidencing,   representing  or  embodying a chose in action or a right with respect to   property or a share, participation or other interest in property  or  in   an enterprise.3.  The  term "lost property" as used in this article includes lost or   mislaid property. Abandoned property,  waifs  and  treasure  trove,  and   other property which is found, shall be presumed to be lost property and   such  presumption  shall  be  conclusive  unless it is established in an   action or proceeding commenced within six months after the date  of  the   finding that the property is not lost property.4.  The term "owner" as used in this article means any person entitled   to possession of the lost property as against the finder and against any   other person who has made a claim.5. The term "finder" as used in this  article  means  the  person  who   first takes possession of lost property.6.  "Transportation facility" as used in this article means a railroad   car or coach, Pullman car, street  surface  railroad  car,  subway  car,   motor  bus,  motor  coach, taxicab, aircraft or steamship, and any other   vehicle or conveyance used for carriage of persons whether or  not  such   use   is   in   the  course  of  a  business  of  transporting  persons.   "Transportation company" as  used  in  this  article  means  the  person   carrying  on  a  business of operating a transportation facility. A taxi   driver is a "transportation company" with respect to a taxicab which  he   owns and operates as owner.
NY Pers Prop L § 254 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEP - Personal Property Article 7-B - Lost and Found Property 254 - Disposition of Lost Property.

§ 254. Disposition of lost property. Except as provided in section two   hundred  fifty-six  of  this  chapter,  lost property deposited with the   police, and the money constituting proceeds of  lost  property  sold  as   provided   in  subdivision  five  of  section  two  hundred  fifty-three   remaining after deduction of expenses  as  therein  provided,  shall  be   disposed of as follows:1.  It  shall  be  delivered  to  the  owner, upon his demand and upon   payment of all reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith,  if   no  written  notice  of  any other claim to the property has been served   upon the police having custody, and the time  specified  in  subdivision   seven of section two hundred fifty-three of this chapter has not expired   or, if such period has expired, no demand has been made by the finder or   a  person  entitled  to  assert  the  right of the finder as provided in   section two hundred fifty-six of this chapter.2. If at the end of the  period  specified  in  subdivision  seven  of   section  two  hundred  fifty-three  of  this  chapter  the owner has not   claimed the property, it shall be delivered to  the  finder,  or  person   entitled  to  assert the rights of the finder as provided in section two   hundred fifty-six of this chapter, upon his demand  therefor,  and  upon   payment of all reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith.3.  If at the end of ten days after expiration of the period specified   in subdivision seven of section two hundred fifty-three, the  owner  has   not  claimed  it,  and no demand has been made by the finder or a person   entitled to assert the right of the finder as provided  in  section  two   hundred fifty-six of this chapter, property consisting of money shall be   paid  as provided in section two hundred fifty-eight of this chapter and   other property shall be sold at public auction and the proceeds shall be   paid as provided in such section two hundred  fifty-eight.    Where  the   property was deposited with the state police, such sale shall be held in   accordance with rules of the comptroller.
NY Pers Prop L § 255 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEP - Personal Property Article 7-B - Lost and Found Property 255 - Disposition of Instruments.

§ 255. Disposition of instruments. 1. An instrument deposited with the   police shall be delivered to the person entitled thereto upon payment of   all reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith.2. No instrument deposited with the police shall be destroyed or sold.   Except   as  provided  in  subdivision  three  of  section  two  hundred   fifty-six, no such instrument shall be returned to the  finder,  or  his   employer,  or the person who deposited it with the police, or the person   upon whose premises it was found.
NY Pers Prop L § 257 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEP - Personal Property Article 7-B - Lost and Found Property 257 - Title to Lost Property.

§ 257. Title to lost property. 1. The title to lost property which has   been deposited with the police shall vest in the finder, or other person   entitled  to  assert the rights of the finder as provided in section two   hundred fifty-six of this chapter, when the property is delivered to him   in accordance with section two hundred fifty-four of  this  chapter  and   shall vest in the buyer when the property is sold as provided in section   two hundred fifty-three or two hundred fifty-four of this chapter.2.  If  the finder of lost property under the value of ten dollars has   made reasonable effort to find the owner and restore it to him, and  has   been  unable  to  do  so,  the  title to such property shall vest in the   finder at the end of one year after the finding.
NY Pers Prop L § 258 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEP - Personal Property Article 7-B - Lost and Found Property 258 - Proceeds to Be Paid Into Fund.

§  258.  Proceeds to be paid into fund. Proceeds from the sale of lost   property,  less  lawful  deductions,  or  the  money  constituting  lost   property,  shall  be paid into the treasury of the county, city, town or   village in the police department of which  the  property  was  deposited   unless  otherwise  provided pursuant to section two hundred fifty of the   general municipal law or other applicable statute, or into the abandoned   property fund of the state if the property was deposited with the  state   police,  the  capital buildings police or the regional state park police   or returned to a safe deposit company or bank pursuant  to  section  two   hundred  fifty-six  of this chapter, or into a fund established pursuant   to  subdivision  eight  of  section  three  hundred  fifty-five  of  the   education  law  if the property was deposited with a security officer or   police officer appointed by the state university.
NY Pers Prop L § 286 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEP - Personal Property Article 8-B - Proceeding for Discovery of Names and Addresses of Bondholders 286 - Grounds for Proceeding.

§ 286. Grounds for proceeding. Whenever there has been a default under   a  bond  or  a  trust  indenture  which  has not been cured, or whenever   proceedings have been instituted under any federal or state law for  the   modification  of  a bond or a trust indenture or for a reorganization of   the  obligor,  in  connection  with  which  such   a   modification   is   contemplated,  any  qualified bondholder owning such a bond, or owning a   bond to which such a trust indenture relates, may apply to  the  supreme   court  or the county court, by special proceeding for judgment directing   the trustee of the issue and every obligor of the bond, or any of  them,   to  furnish to the applicant a list of the names and addresses of all of   the  bondholders  of  the  issue  so  far  as  they  have  knowledge  or   information  with  respect  to such names and addresses, irrespective of   how such knowledge or information was acquired.
NY Pers Prop L § 287 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEP - Personal Property Article 8-B - Proceeding for Discovery of Names and Addresses of Bondholders 287 - Contents of Petition.

§  287.  Contents of petition. The petition shall briefly describe the   issue, stating the date, maturity and size thereof so far  as  known  to   the  petitioner;  shall  set forth the default or proceedings upon which   the application is based, and, if based on a default, the fact that such   default has not been  cured;  shall  show  the  purpose  for  which  the   application  is  made;  and shall contain an allegation that the list is   not intended for sale, and shall further show that  such  bond  was  not   purchased  for  the purpose of making such an application; that the list   of bondholders shall not  be  for  the  purpose  of  communicating  with   bondholders  in  the  interests  of  an object other than the particular   indenture securing the issue of bonds; and that such petitioner has  not   within  five  years sold or offered for sale any list of stockholders of   any corporation, or aided or abetted any person in procuring  any  stock   list  for  any  such  purpose  or  sold  or offered for sale any list of   bondholders of any obligor or aided or abetted any person  in  procuring   such a list for any such purpose.