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N.Y. Lien Law § 1 Short title
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§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "lien law."
N.Y. Lien Law § 10 Filing of notice of lien
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§ 10. Filing of notice of lien. 1. Notice of lien may be filed at any time during the progress of the work and the furnishing of the materials, or, within eight months after the completion of the contract, or the final performance of the work, or the final furnishing of the mate…
N.Y. Lien Law § 100 Distribution of surplus
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§ 100. Distribution of surplus. If upon payment of all claims established as liens against the vessel from the proceeds of its sale, a surplus remains, it may be distributed by the court to the persons entitled thereto, after a hearing and the publication of a notice by the appl…
N.Y. Lien Law § 101 Application for a discharge of warrant
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§ 101. Application for a discharge of warrant. The owner, consignee, agent or master of any vessel so seized, or any person interested therein, may at any time before the sale of the vessel under this article, apply in person or by attorney to the justice issuing the warrant, on…
N.Y. Lien Law § 102 Undertaking to accompany application for discharge
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§ 102. Undertaking to accompany application for discharge. The application shall be accompanied by an undertaking to the lienor executed by at least two sureties in a sum at least twice the amount specified in the warrant, to the effect that the person making the application for…
N.Y. Lien Law § 103 Discharge of warrant
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§ 103. Discharge of warrant. When such undertaking shall have been executed, approved and delivered to the lienor and the taxed fees of the sheriff upon the seizure and detention of the vessel have been paid, the justice shall make an order discharging the warrant, and no furthe…
N.Y. Lien Law § 104 Action on undertaking
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§ 104. Action on undertaking. The undertaking may be prosecuted by action in any court having jurisdiction thereof, at any time within three months after its delivery, but not afterward. If, in such action it is found that any sum is due the plaintiff which was a subsisting lien…
N.Y. Lien Law § 105 Costs of proceedings
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§ 105. Costs of proceedings. The costs of the proceedings in addition to the disbursements shall be: For filing notice of lien, two dollars. For applying for and procuring a warrant if the lien is fifty dollars or under, ten dollars; if the lien exceeds fifty dollars and is not …
N.Y. Lien Law § 106 Sheriff must return warrant
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§ 106. Sheriff must return warrant. A sheriff to whom a warrant may have been delivered pursuant to the provisions of this article, may be compelled by an order made by the justice issuing it, to return such warrant with his proceedings thereon and pay over moneys in his hands, …
N.Y. Lien Law § 107 Discharge of lien before issue of warrant
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§ 107. Discharge of lien before issue of warrant. When any notice of lien shall have been filed under this article and no warrant has been issued to enforce the same, any person interested in the vessel, may apply to any justice of the supreme court for leave to discharge the li…
N.Y. Lien Law § 11 Service of copy of notice of lien
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§ 11. Service of copy of notice of lien. Within five days before or thirty days after filing the notice of lien, the lienor shall serve a copy of such notice upon the owner, if a natural person, (a) by delivering the same to him personally, or if the owner cannot be found, to hi…
N.Y. Lien Law § 11-A Notice of completion and acceptance may be demanded
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§ 11-a. Notice of completion and acceptance may be demanded. 1. At any time before the construction or demolition of a public improvement is completed and accepted by the state or any political subdivision thereof, or by a public corporation or within thirty days thereof a perso…
N.Y. Lien Law § 11-B Copy of notice of lien to a contractor or subcontractor
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§ 11-b. Copy of notice of lien to a contractor or subcontractor. Within five days before or thirty days after filing a notice of lien in accordance with section ten of this chapter or the filing of an amendment of notice of lien in accordance with section twelve-a of this chapte…
N.Y. Lien Law § 11-C Copy of notice of lien to a contractor or subcontractor with respect to public improvements liens
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§ 11-c. Copy of notice of lien to a contractor or subcontractor with respect to public improvements liens. Within five days before or simultaneously with filing a notice of lien in accordance with section twelve of this chapter or the filing of an amendment of a notice of lien i…
N.Y. Lien Law § 12 Notice of lien on account of public improvements
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§ 12. Notice of lien on account of public improvements. At any time before the construction or demolition of a public improvement is completed and accepted by the state or by the public corporation, and within thirty days after such completion and acceptance, a person performing…
N.Y. Lien Law § 12-A Amendment
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§ 12-a. Amendment. 1. Within sixty days after the original filing, a lienor may amend his lien upon twenty days notice to existing lienors, mortgagees and the owner, provided that no action or proceeding to enforce or cancel the mechanics' lien has been brought in the interim, w…
N.Y. Lien Law § 120 Liens on monuments, gravestones and cemetery structures
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§ 120. Liens on monuments, gravestones and cemetery structures. A person furnishing or placing in a cemetery or burial ground, a monument, gravestone, inclosure or other structure, has a lien thereon for the agreed price thereof or the part remaining unpaid, with interest from t…
N.Y. Lien Law § 121 Notice of lien
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§ 121. Notice of lien. Such notice may be filed at any time after the completion of the work, but must be filed within one year after the agreed price for furnishing or placing such monument, gravestone, inclosure or other structure becomes due, and shall state that the lienor h…
N.Y. Lien Law § 122 Proceedings to enforce lien
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§ 122. Proceedings to enforce lien. After the service of such notice, an action to recover the amount of the debt and to enforce a lien therefor may be maintained by the lienor against the person with whom the agreement was made, for the purchase and erection of such monument, g…
N.Y. Lien Law § 123 Disposition of proceeds of sale
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§ 123. Disposition of proceeds of sale. The lienor shall, out of the proceeds of the sale, pay the expenses thereof, and the expenses of the removal of such monument, gravestone, inclosure or other structure from the cemetery or burial ground, not exceeding fifty dollars, if a m…
N.Y. Lien Law § 124 Duties of officers of cemetery associations
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§ 124. Duties of officers of cemetery associations. The superintendent or other person in charge of a cemetery or burial ground shall not permit the removal, alteration or inscription of a monument, gravestone, inclosure or other structure, against which a lien exists, after the…
N.Y. Lien Law § 13 Priority of liens
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13. Priority of liens. (1) A lien for materials furnished or labor\nperformed in the improvement of real property shall have priority over a\nconveyance, mortgage, judgment or other claim against such property not\nrecorded, docketed or filed at the time of the filing of the not…
N.Y. Lien Law § 14 Assignment of lien
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§ 14. Assignment of lien. A lien, filed as prescribed in this article, may be assigned by a written instrument signed and acknowledged by the lienor, at any time before the discharge thereof. Such assignment shall contain the names and places of residence of the assignor and ass…
N.Y. Lien Law § 140 Lien for labor performed in quarrying, mining, dressing and cutting stone
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§ 140. Lien for labor performed in quarrying, mining, dressing and cutting stone. A person employed in a quarry, mine, yard or dock at excavating, quarrying, mining, dressing or cutting sandstone, granite, cement stone, limestone, bluestone or marble, may have a lien on such san…
N.Y. Lien Law § 141 Duration and effect of lien
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§ 141. Duration and effect of lien. Such lien shall terminate unless an action is brought to enforce the same within three months after the date of filing such notice, as provided in article nine for the enforcement of a lien upon a chattel. If the labor upon such sandstone, cem…
N.Y. Lien Law § 142 Discharge of lien
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§ 142. Discharge of lien. Such lien may be discharged by a payment of the amount due thereon, by a failure to bring an action to enforce the same within the time prescribed in the preceding section, by the written consent of the lienor, duly acknowledged and filed with the prope…
N.Y. Lien Law § 15 Assignments of contracts and orders to be filed
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§ 15. Assignments of contracts and orders to be filed. 1. No assignment of one or more contracts for the performance of labor or the furnishing of materials for the improvement of real property or of the money or any part thereof due or to become due therefor, nor an order drawn…
N.Y. Lien Law § 150 Definitions
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§ 150. Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Customer" means any individual or entity who causes a molder to fabricate, cast or otherwise make a die, mold, form, or pattern or who provides a molder with a die, mo…
N.Y. Lien Law § 151 Creation of a lien
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§ 151. Creation of a lien. Molders shall have a lien, dependent on possession, on all dies, molds, forms or patterns in their hands belonging to a customer, for the balance due them from such customer for any manufacturing or fabrication work, and in the value of all material re…
N.Y. Lien Law § 152 Enforcement
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§ 152. Enforcement. Before enforcing such lien, notice in writing shall be given to the customer, and to the holder of a perfected security interest either delivered personally or sent by registered mail to the last-known address of the customer or holder of a perfected security…
N.Y. Lien Law § 153 Period of cure
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§ 153. Period of cure. If the molder has not been paid the amount due within sixty days after the notice has been received by the customer as provided in section one hundred fifty-two of this article, the molder may sell the die, mold, form or pattern at a public auction.
N.Y. Lien Law § 154 Sale procedure for mold lien property
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§ 154. Sale procedure for mold lien property. 1. Before a molder may sell the die, mold, form or pattern the molder shall notify the customer and the holder of a perfected security interest by registered mail, return receipt requested. This notice shall include the following inf…
N.Y. Lien Law § 16 Assignment of contracts and orders for public improvement to be filed
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§ 16. Assignment of contracts and orders for public improvement to be filed. No assignment of a contract for the performance of labor or the furnishing of materials for a public improvement, or of the money, or any part thereof, due, or to become due, therefor, nor an order draw…
N.Y. Lien Law § 160 Lien on mare and foal, or on cow and calf
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§ 160. Lien on mare and foal, or on cow and calf. On complying with the provisions of this article, the owner of a stallion or bull shall have a lien on each mare or cow served together with the foal or calf of such mare or cow from such service, for the amount agreed on at the …
N.Y. Lien Law § 162 Copy of statement and certificate to be posted
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§ 162. Copy of statement and certificate to be posted. The person having the custody and control of such stallion or bull, shall post a written or printed copy of such statement and certificate in a conspicuous place in each locality in which said stallion or bull is kept for se…
N.Y. Lien Law § 163 Penalty
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§ 163. Penalty. A person who neglects or refuses to file and post such statement as required in this article, or falsely states the pedigree of such stallion or bull in such statement, forfeits all fees for the services of such stallion or bull and is liable to a person deceived…
N.Y. Lien Law § 17 Duration of lien
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§ 17. Duration of lien. No lien specified in this article shall be a\nlien for a longer period than one year after the notice of lien has been\nfiled, unless within that time an action is commenced to foreclose the\nlien, and a notice of the pendency of such action, whether in a…
N.Y. Lien Law § 18 Duration of lien under contract for a public improvement
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§ 18. Duration of lien under contract for a public improvement. If the lien is for labor done or materials furnished for a public improvement, it shall not continue for a longer period than one year from the time of filing the notice of such lien, unless an action is commenced t…
N.Y. Lien Law § 180 Artisans' lien on personal property
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§ 180. Artisans' lien on personal property. A person who makes, alters, repairs or performs work or services of any nature and description upon, or in any way enhances the value of an article of personal property, at the request or with the consent of the owner, has a lien on su…
N.Y. Lien Law § 182 Self-storage facilities; lien
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§ 182. Self-storage facilities; lien. 1. Definitions. As used in this\narticle:\n (a) "Self-storage facility" means any real property or a portion\nthereof that is designed and used for the purpose of occupying storage\nspace by occupants who are to have access thereto for the p…
N.Y. Lien Law § 183 Lien of bailee of animals
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§ 183. Lien of bailee of animals. Any veterinarian, duly licensed to practice under the laws of this state, who in connection with such practice renders professional services in the treatment of any dog, cat, or other domestic animal or boards any such animal on his premises, or…
N.Y. Lien Law § 184 Lien of bailee of motor vehicles, motor boats or aircraft
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§ 184. Lien of bailee of motor vehicles, motor boats or aircraft. 1. A person keeping a garage, hangar or place for the storage, maintenance, keeping or repair of motor vehicles as defined by the vehicle and traffic law, or of motor boats as defined by article seven of the navig…
N.Y. Lien Law § 185 Lien of manufacturers and throwsters of silk goods
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§ 185. Lien of manufacturers and throwsters of silk goods. All persons or corporations engaged in the business of manufacturing, spinning or throwing silk into yarn or other goods, shall be entitled to a lien upon the goods and property of others in their possession for the amou…
N.Y. Lien Law § 186 Lien of bailees for hire
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§ 186. Lien of bailees for hire. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in performing work upon any watch, clock or jewelry for a price shall have a lien upon any such watch, clock or jewelry upon which such person, firm or corporation performs such work for the amount of any…
N.Y. Lien Law § 187 Liens of truckmen and draymen
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§ 187. Liens of truckmen and draymen. 1. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in carting or trucking property shall have a lien upon such property and may retain such portion of the property in his possession as will insure to the said truckman or drayman, at the sale of su…
N.Y. Lien Law § 188 Lien of motion picture film laboratories
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§ 188. Lien of motion picture film laboratories. All persons, firms or corporations engaged in the business of a motion picture film laboratory or in the business of developing, titling, storing, assembling or reproducing motion picture film shall have, in every case where such …
N.Y. Lien Law § 189 Liens of hospitals
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§ 189. Liens of hospitals. 1. Every corporation incorporated under\ngeneral law or special act as a charitable institution maintaining a\nhospital in the state supported in whole or in part by charity, the\nstate university of New York and every county, city, town or village\nop…
N.Y. Lien Law § 19 Discharge of lien for private improvement
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§ 19. Discharge of lien for private improvement. A lien other than a lien for labor performed or materials furnished for a public improvement specified in this article, may be discharged as follows: (1) By the certificate of the lienor, duly acknowledged or proved and filed in t…
N.Y. Lien Law § 190 Corporate mortgages against real and personal property
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§ 190. Corporate mortgages against real and personal property. 1. A mortgage creating a lien upon real and personal property, executed by a corporation as security for the payment of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, issued by such corporation or any other corpora…
N.Y. Lien Law § 2 Definitions
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§ 2. Definitions. 1. Lienor. The term "lienor," when used in this chapter, means any person having a lien upon property by virtue of its provisions, and includes his successor in interest. 2. Real property. The term "real property," when used in this chapter, includes real estat…