Title CNT, County

§ 408. Supplies and equipment. 1. Except as otherwise provided by law\nand when the office of county purchasing agent has not been created,\neach officer paid compensation from county funds shall have power,\nsubject to rules of the board, to purchase necessary supplies and\nequ…

§ 408-a. Advertising for bids; letting of contracts. 1. Every officer,\nboard or agency of the county shall let all contracts for public work\nand all purchase contracts to the lowest responsible bidder after\nadvertisement for bids where so required by section one hundred three…

§ 409. Actions and proceedings in official capacity. 1. No officer\nwhose compensation is paid from county funds shall employ an\nattorney-at-law to appear and prosecute or defend any civil action or\nproceeding brought by or against him in an official capacity whenever\nunder t…

§ 410. Cost of removal proceedings before the governor. The reasonable\ncosts and expenses in proceedings before the governor for the removal of\nany county judge, surrogate, family court judge, district attorney,\nsheriff, county clerk or any elective county officer removable b…

§ 411. Holding more than one elective office. No county judge, family\ncourt judge, surrogate, district attorney, sheriff, county clerk or any\nelective county officer shall be eligible to hold at the same time any\nother elective county or town office, or that of city superviso…

§ 450. Chairman of the board; powers and duties. 1. The chairman of\nthe board of supervisors shall, at the time of his selection and\nthroughout the term of his office, be a member of the board of\nsupervisors and shall within twenty days after his selection take and\nfile in t…

§ 475. Clerk of the board; term; duties. 1. The board of supervisors\nshall appoint a clerk who shall serve during the pleasure of the board\nand until his successor is appointed and has qualified.\n 2. The clerk shall keep a record of all acts and proceedings of the\nboard and …

§ 50. When county divided or boundaries altered. Whenever the\nlegislature divides a county or alters its boundaries, the act shall\nprovide the method and manner of the disposition of assets and\napportionment of liabilities of such county or counties.\n

§ 500. County attorney; term. 1. The board of supervisors of each\ncounty shall appoint a resident attorney-at-law as county attorney for\nthe term of office for which the then members of such board were\nelected. In any county having no resident attorney-at-law available, the\n…

§ 501. Duties. 1. The county attorney shall be the legal advisor to\nthe board of supervisors and every officer whose compensation is paid\nfrom county funds in all matters involving an official act of a civil\nnature. The county attorney shall prosecute and defend all civil act…

§ 502. Assistant county attorneys. 1. The board of supervisors shall\nhave power to authorize the county attorney to appoint one or more\nassistant county attorneys. Every appointment of an assistant county\nattorney shall be in a writing filed and recorded in the office of the\…

§ 51. Actions by or against a county. Actions or proceedings by or\nagainst a county shall be in the name of the county.\n

§ 52. Presentation of claims for torts; commencement of actions. 1.\nAny claim or notice of claim against a county for damage, injury or\ndeath, or for invasion of personal or property rights, of every name and\nnature, and whether casual or continuing trespass or nuisance and a…

§ 525. County clerk; duties. 1. The county clerk shall perform the\nduties prescribed by law as register, and be the clerk of the supreme\ncourt and clerk of the county court within his county. He shall perform\nsuch additional and related duties as may be prescribed by law and\…

§ 526. Deputy county clerk. 1. Within ten days after assuming the\nduties of the office, each county clerk shall appoint a deputy county\nclerk by an instrument in writing filed and recorded in his office. The\ndeputy county clerk shall perform such duties as may be assigned by …

§ 527. Special court clerks. The board of supervisors shall authorize\nthe appointment by the county clerk of such special court clerks\nincluding naturalization clerks as may be necessary for the courts of\nrecord sitting in the county to function properly. Special court clerks…

§ 528. Photo recording. In any county in which documents to be\nrecorded in the county clerk's office are copies by use of a photo\ncopying process, such county clerk may cause the parts of such a\ndocument to be separated temporarily to facilitate such process,\nprovided the do…

§ 529. Consolidated lien index. 1. In counties having a population of\nless than five hundred thousand, the county clerk may install and\nmaintain a single consolidated index, in lieu of all other indices\nrequired by law, for the purpose of indexing alphabetically all liens or\…

§ 53. Liability of county for torts. 1. Upon compliance with section\nfifty-two each county shall be liable under the same rules of law\napplicable to the state, for damage or injury, or death, to person or\nproperty sustained by reason of the torts of its officers, agents,\nser…

§ 530. Court and trust fund register. Each county clerk shall keep a\nbook to be known as a court and trust fund register to be used solely as\na record of moneys and securities paid, transferred, or deposited, or\nordered to be so paid, transferred, or deposited into the courts…

§ 532. Retention and destruction of certain recorded instruments.\nAfter twenty years have elapsed from the date of recording a deed,\nlease, contract, agreement, mortgage or a release of part of mortgaged\npremises any such instrument so recorded which has not been returned to\…

§ 533. Liability of county for negligence of county clerk and\nemployees of county clerk's office. Notwithstanding any inconsistent\nprovision of law, general, special or local, a county may by local law\nassume the liability to save harmless and protect its county clerk and\nem…

§ 534. County clerk; appointment of notaries public. Each county clerk\nshall designate from among the members of his or her staff at least one\nnotary public to be available to notarize documents for the public in\neach county clerk's office during normal business hours free of…

§ 54. Personal liability of heads of agencies. No head of any agency,\ndepartment, bureau, or office of a county shall be liable to respond in\ndamages to the county or to any other person for any act or omission of\nany employee of the county employed within the agency, departm…

§ 55. County websites. Any county which maintains a website shall use\na ".gov" domain name for such website.\n

§ 550. County treasurer; duties. 1. The county treasurer shall perform\nthe duties prescribed by law as the chief fiscal officer of the county.\nSuch county treasurer shall perform such additional and related duties\nas may be prescribed by law and directed by the board of super…

§ 551. Court and trust funds. 1. Upon demand being made in writing by\nany person interested therein either as beneficiary or as guardian,\ncommittee, conservator, next of kin or personal representative of any\nbeneficiary, the county treasurer shall within ten days after the fi…

§ 552. Liability of county for loss of court and trust funds. Each\ncounty shall be responsible for all property or moneys deposited with\nthe county treasurer of the county by virtue of any judgment, decree or\norder of a court of record in this state provided, however, that no…

§ 553. Trustee of cemetery lots. Any person, persons or corporation\nowning or interested in a lot or lots in any cemetery in this state may\ncreate a trust in perpetuity for the maintenance of such cemetery lot or\nlots, the preservation of a building, structure, fence or walk …

§ 575. County comptroller; term; vacancy. The office of county\ncomptroller may be created in any county upon the adoption of a\nproposition submitted at a general election. The board of supervisors of\nits own motion by local law adopted prior to September first in any\nyear, m…

§ 576. Deputy county comptroller. The county comptroller within ten\ndays after entering upon the duties of his office shall appoint a deputy\ncomptroller. Such appointment shall be in writing under his hand and\nseal and be filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk. …

§ 577. Powers and duties. 1. The county comptroller shall: (a) have\ngeneral superintendence over the fiscal affairs of the county; (b) audit\nall claims, accounts and demands that are lawful county charges with the\nsame effect as if audited and directed to be paid by the board…

§ 600. County auditor; term; duties. 1. The board of supervisors shall\nhave power to create the office of county auditor, who shall be\nappointed for the term for which the membership of such board appointing\nhim was elected. Except as hereinafter provided, he shall audit all\…

§ 625. County purchasing agent; terms; duties. The board of\nsupervisors shall have power to create the office of county purchasing\nagent, who shall be appointed for the term for which the membership of\nsuch board appointing him was elected. Except as otherwise provided by\nla…

§ 626. Purchasing of products for county use. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of section one hundred three of the general municipal law,\nwhen purchasing products, the county purchasing agent may, wherever\nrecycled products meet contract specifications and the price of such\npr…

§ 650. General duties of sheriff. 1. The sheriff shall perform the\nduties prescribed by law as an officer of the court and conservator of\nthe peace within the county. He shall perform such additional and\nrelated duties as may be prescribed by law and directed by the board of\…

§ 651. Appointment of person to act as sheriff in certain cases. When\na vacancy shall occur in the office of sheriff, and there be no\nundersheriff to perform the duties, the county judge shall designate and\nappoint some suitable and proper resident of the county to perform th…

§ 652. Undersheriff and staff of sheriff. 1. Within ten days after\nentering upon the duties of the office, the sheriff shall appoint an\nundersheriff to serve during his pleasure. During the absence or\ninability of the sheriff to act or when a vacancy shall occur in the\noffic…

§ 652-a. Appointment and promotion of deputy sheriffs. 1. In any\ncounty outside the city of New York where heretofore there has been\nestablished a procedure for the appointment and promotion of personnel\nwithin the office of the sheriff, the appointment and promotion of\npers…

§ 653. Part time deputy sheriffs. Within the limits of the\nappropriation, the sheriff may employ such number of part time deputies,\nas he may deem necessary, who shall be paid a salary or on a per diem\nbasis as the board of supervisors may determine. Such deputies shall be\na…

§ 654. Deputizing local police officers or peace officers. The sheriff\nmay in his discretion deputize the police officers or peace officers of\ncities, towns, villages and special districts and agents of societies\nincorporated for the purpose of prevention of cruelty to animal…

§ 655. Emergency special deputies. For the protection of human life\nand property during an emergency, the sheriff may deputize orally or in\nwriting such number of additional special deputies as he deems\nnecessary. If he is unable to continue the services of such special\ndepu…

§ 656. Emergency equipment and apparatus. If, in the protection of\nhuman life and property, the sheriff shall deem it necessary to hire any\nequipment or apparatus together with the operator thereof, he may hire\nthe same during the period of an emergency or catastrophe at a\nr…

§ 657. Emergency fund. The board of supervisors shall have power to\nappropriate and set aside a fund for the purpose of paying in advance of\naudit expenditures of a sheriff in an emergency or catastrophe for\nservices and expenses of special deputies and for the hiring of\nequ…

§ 657-a. Fund for expenses of sheriff in transporting prisoners. The\nboard of supervisors shall have power to, and may, provide a fund for\nthe payment in advance of audit of properly itemized and verified bills\nfor the expenses of the sheriff lawfully and necessarily incurred…

§ 658. Verification of informations. Where a summons has been served\nby a sheriff or one of his staff, in lieu of arrest, in cases of\nviolations of the vehicle and traffic law or of ordinances and orders\nenacted pursuant to that law, any sheriff or undersheriff may administer…

§ 659. Jail records. The sheriff shall cause such records to be kept\nat the jail as may be required by law.\n

§ 660. Services on behalf of the state. All fees or other form of\ncompensation audited and paid by the state comptroller for services\nrendered to the people of the state including a reasonable allowance for\nremoving persons from state and Indian lands, shall be the property o…

§ 661. When sheriff party to an action or proceeding. 1. In an action\nor special proceeding to which the sheriff is a party, all mandates\nshall be directed to the county clerk of the county, who shall execute\nthe same with all the powers and duties of a sheriff including the …

§ 662. Appointment of private college campus security officers at\nindependent non-profit colleges. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law to the contrary, the sheriff of any county, any part or all of\nwhich falls outside the limits of a city having a population of one\…