NY Real Prop Actions L § 1515 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings Article 15 - Action to Compel the Determination of a Claim to Real Property 1515 - Complaint.

§  1515.  Complaint.  1.  The  complaint must state that the action is   brought pursuant to this article and must set forth facts showing:a. The plaintiff's estate  or  interest  in  the  real  property,  the   particular  nature  of  such  estate or interest, and the source from or   means by which the plaintiff's estate or interest immediately accrued to   him; and if his estate or interest therein is for a term of years,  that   the balance remaining of such term of years is not less than five.b.  That  the  defendant  claims,  or  that it appears from the public   records or from the allegations of the  complaint,  that  the  defendant   might  claim an estate or interest in the real property, adverse to that   of the plaintiff, and the particular nature of such estate or  interest.   Where the people of the state of New York are made a party defendant, as   provided  in this article, the summons and complaint must be served upon   the attorney-general who must appear in behalf of the  people,  and  the   complaint  shall  set forth detailed facts showing the particular nature   of the estate or interest and the reason for making the people  a  party   defendant.  Upon  failure  to  state  such facts, the complaint shall be   dismissed as to the people of the state of New York.c. Whether  any  defendant  is  known  or  unknown,  and  whether  any   defendant  is  or might be an infant, mentally retarded, mentally ill or   an alcohol abuser.d. Whether the judgment will or might affect a person or  persons  not   in  being  or  ascertained at the commencement of the action, who by any   contingency contained in a devise or grant or otherwise, could afterward   become entitled to a beneficial  estate  or  interest  in  the  property   involved; and whether every person in being who would have been entitled   to such estate or interest if such event had happened immediately before   the commencement of the action is named as a party thereto.2.  The  complaint  must  describe  the  property  claimed with common   certainty, by setting forth the name of the township or  tract  and  the   number of the lot, if there is any, or in some other appropriate manner,   so  that  from the description possession of the property claimed may be   delivered where the plaintiff is entitled thereto, and  may  contain  an   allegation  that  no  personal claim is made against any defendant other   than a defendant who shall assert a claim adverse to the  claim  of  the   plaintiff  set forth in the complaint. The demand for judgment may be to   the effect that the defendant and every person  claiming  under  him  be   barred from all claim to an estate or interest in the property described   in the complaint, or that possession be awarded the plaintiff, or it may   combine  two  or  more of said demands with other demand for appropriate   relief.3. In an action brought as specified in subdivision 3 of section 1501,   if the complaint admits the defendant's right of dower in  the  property   described  therein, or in any part thereof, it must demand judgment that   her dower be admeasured.