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N.Y. Public Lands Law § 1 Short title
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Section 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Public Lands Law."
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 10 Power to investigate before grant
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§ 10. Power to investigate before grant. Before granting any lands or any interest therein, including lands under water, the commissioner of general services may summarily inquire into the rights of the person applying for such grant, on such proof as, by regulation, the commiss…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 11 Power to confirm defective grant
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§ 11. Power to confirm defective grant. Whenever a sale is lawfully made, or directed to be made by the commissioner of general services, or has been made by his predecessor, the board of commissioners of the land office, including a sale of land under water, if, at the time of …
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 12 Certain patents and grants ratified
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§ 12. Certain patents and grants ratified. All patents of lands issued before July eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, pursuant to resolutions of the commissioners of the land office, and sold by them at private sale to purchasers in good faith, purporting to convey the r…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 12-A Certain patents ratified and confirmed
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§ 12-a. Certain patents ratified and confirmed. Patents of real property escheated to the state, granted before the sixteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, pursuant to resolutions of the commissioners of the land office, adopted under or in pursuance of chapter tw…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 13 Grants to heirs, devisees or successors in interest
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§ 13. Grants to heirs, devisees or successors in interest. Where an application for a grant of land, including land under water, is made by any person who dies before a grant is ordered or issued, the heirs or devisees of such person shall be entitled to such grant as if the app…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 138 When attorney-general may maintain action
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§ 138. When attorney-general may maintain action. The attorney-general may maintain an action to vacate or annul letters-patent, granted by the people of the state, in either of the following cases: 1. Where they were obtained by means of a fraudulent suggestion, or concealment …
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 139 Jury trial
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§ 139. Jury trial. All the issues of fact in an action brought under this article are triable of right by a jury.
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 139-A Judgment-roll and effect of judgment
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§ 139-a. Judgment-roll and effect of judgment. Where final judgment, vacating or annulling letters-patent, is rendered in an action, brought as prescribed in the last section, the attorney-general must cause a copy of the judgment-roll to be forthwith filed in the office of the …
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 139-B Transcript to be filed in each county where real property is situated
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§ 139-b. Transcript to be filed in each county where real property is situated. Immediately after making the entry prescribed in the last section, the commissioner of general services must transmit a certified transcript thereof to the clerk, or the register, as the case require…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 14 Time of performing conditions of grant
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§ 14. Time of performing conditions of grant. 1. The commissioner of general services may, unless otherwise provided, fix a reasonable time, not less than one year, for the performance of conditions by the grantees of lands, including lands under water, directed to be granted on…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 141 Laws repealed
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§ 141. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto annexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed.
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 142 When to take effect
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§ 142. When to take effect. This chapter shall take effect immediately.
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 15 Prohibitions as to grants in Lake George
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§ 15. Prohibitions as to grants in Lake George. 1. No grant or lease of any of the islands in Lake George, or of any land upon any of such islands, shall be made by the commissioner of general services. 2. No grant or lease of any lands under water in Lake George shall be made b…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 15-A Filling in the state owned bed of Lake George prohibited
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§ 15-a. Filling in the state owned bed of Lake George prohibited. 1. No person or corporation shall fill in or cause to be filled in any land of the state of New York lying below the mean low water line of Lake George by dumping or placing rock, stone, concrete, dirt or other si…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 16 Reservation of Esopus island
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§ 16. Reservation of Esopus island. Esopus island, in Dutchess county, is reserved from settlement, occupancy, lease or sale, and dedicated and set apart as a public park. The commissioner of general services shall have the same powers to protect such island from trespass as he …
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 160 Construction
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§ 160. Construction. This chapter shall not limit or modify the provisions of the railroad law relating to the grant or acquisition, for railroad purposes, of any lands belonging to the people of the state, except that no railroad corporation may condemn any canal lands abandone…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 17 Payment of incumbrances on public lands; adverse claims; costs
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§ 17. Payment of incumbrances on public lands; adverse claims; costs. The commissioner of general services, whenever he deems it for the best interest of the state may cause to be paid off and canceled any charges, assessments, or incumbrances, other than the lien of a tax under…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 17-A Abandonment of claims under defective tax sales; recovery of taxes paid thereon by state
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§ 17-a. Abandonment of claims under defective tax sales; recovery of taxes paid thereon by state. Where the claim of title of the state to any land is based on a tax sale, which title in the opinion of the attorney-general would be declared void by the courts, the commissioner o…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 18 Expenses chargeable to special funds
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§ 18. Expenses chargeable to special funds. All expenses of surveys, appraisements or other expenses attendant on the sale of any lands belonging to any of the special funds of the state, shall be chargeable on and paid out of the funds, respectively, to which such lands belong.…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 19 Taxes and assessments for local improvements on state lands
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§ 19. Taxes and assessments for local improvements on state lands. A person, body or board authorized to assess lands for local improvements or purposes, shall submit to the comptroller of the state an invoice of assessment on state lands, showing the purpose for which the asses…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 19-A State aid; certain state-leased or state-owned lands
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§ 19-a. State aid; certain state-leased or state-owned lands. 1. State aid shall be payable to any city having a population of seventy-five thousand or more inhabitants, according to the most recent federal decennial census, when on any assessment roll the taxable assessed valua…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 19-B State aid; certain state-owned or reacquired lands
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§ 19-b. State aid; certain state-owned or reacquired lands. 1. State aid shall be payable to any municipal corporation or special district as such terms are defined by section one hundred two of the real property tax law and hereinafter collectively referred to in this section a…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 2 State-owned real property inventory and management program
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§ 2. State-owned real property inventory and management program. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: a. "State agency" shall mean any department, division, board, commission, bureau, office or other agency of the state other than a pub…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 2-A Certain transfers of jurisdiction over state-owned lands and declarations of abandonment by the commissioner of general services
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§ 2-a. Certain transfers of jurisdiction over state-owned lands and declarations of abandonment by the commissioner of general services. 1. When the commissioner of general services proposes to transfer jurisdiction over state lands pursuant to subdivision four of section three …
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 2-B Transfers of certain funds
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§ 2-b. Transfers of certain funds. Subject to the approval of the director of the budget, any funds which have been appropriated and/or allocated for the operation or maintenance of state-owned real property abandoned under section thirty-a shall be transferred to the office of …
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 20 Grants of lands in Onondaga salt springs reservation designated on certain map
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§ 20. Grants of lands in Onondaga salt springs reservation designated on certain map. All grants of lands made by the people of this state of any lands in the Onondaga salt springs reservation prior to March twenty-eight, in the year eighteen hundred forty-three, shall be deemed…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 21 Conveyance of strips of abandoned canal lands and Onondaga salt springs reservation land
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§ 21. Conveyance of strips of abandoned canal lands and Onondaga salt springs reservation land. a. The commissioner of general services is authorized, in his discretion, to sell and convey at public or private sale, upon such terms and conditions as he may deem proper, all the r…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 22 Management of sand and gravel resources
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§ 22. Management of sand and gravel resources. 1. The commissioner of general services is authorized to manage, license and regulate the removal of sand, gravel or other material by dredging or otherwise from state owned land now or formerly under water, except such lands specif…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 23 Disposition of moneys received from sale of certain state lands and sand and gravel thereon
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§ 23. Disposition of moneys received from sale of certain state lands and sand and gravel thereon. All moneys received by the commissioner of general services from the sale of sand and gravel on, or from the sale of, any land of the state, or from the grant of rights or easement…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 24 Sale or exchange of certain detached parcels of forest preserve lands
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§ 24. Sale or exchange of certain detached parcels of forest preserve lands. Any state department or agency, at the time having jurisdiction over any of the lands hereinafter specified, may consent to a sale or exchange by the commissioner of general services of any lands of the…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 25 Sale or exchange of real property owned by the state and devoted to the use of the organized militia
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§ 25. Sale or exchange of real property owned by the state and devoted to the use of the organized militia. Upon the filing with the commissioner of general services by the adjutant general of his certificate in writing of his determination that certain real property owned by th…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 26 Refunds when sales cannot be completed
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§ 26. Refunds when sales cannot be completed. Within three years after the receipt thereof, moneys heretofore received by the division of the land office in the department of state and transferred to the office of general services or heretofore or hereafter received by the offic…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 27 Acquisition of real property by purchase or appropriation
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§ 27. Acquisition of real property by purchase or appropriation. 1. The commissioner of general services when moneys therefor have been appropriated by the legislature or are otherwise available, may acquire any real property which he deems necessary for the implementation or ac…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 28 Transfer of state lands or watershed conservation easements to the city of New York for water supply protection purposes
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§ 28. Transfer of state lands or watershed conservation easements to the city of New York for water supply protection purposes. The commissioner of general services may, with the concurrence of the mayor of the city of New York, transfer and convey to the city of New York, in co…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 29 Watershed conservation easements and watershed agricultural easements
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§ 29. Watershed conservation easements and watershed agricultural easements. Restriction on alienation. A watershed conservation easement or watershed agricultural easement held by the city of New York shall not be transferred or conveyed by the city of New York unless the writt…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 3 Powers and duties; leases
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§ 3. Powers and duties; leases. 1. The office of general services shall have the general care and superintendence of all state lands, the superintendence whereof is not vested in some officer or in a state department or a division, bureau or agency thereof. 2. The commissioner o…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 30 Unappropriated state lands defined
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§ 30. Unappropriated state lands defined. The term "unappropriated state lands," as used in this chapter, includes all escheated lands; all lands conveyed to the state for the benefit of the canal fund and not devoted in pursuance of law to any public use; all lands purchased by…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 30-A Abandonment of state real property
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§ 30-a. Abandonment of state real property. 1. Except as to lands under water, salt springs lands and abandoned canal lands, the head of any state agency having custody or jurisdiction over any state-owned lands may determine that such lands are no longer necessary or useful to …
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 31 Surveys by commissioner of general services
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§ 31. Surveys by commissioner of general services. The commissioner of general services may, whenever he deems it necessary, cause actual surveys to be made of any state lands.
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 32 Maps
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§ 32. Maps. The commissioner of general services shall make or cause to be made a map of each tract so surveyed, distinguishing upon such maps the towns and county in which the lots are situated, and deposit the same in his office. Such maps shall be open to the inspection of ev…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 33 Sale of unappropriated state lands; notice and place of public sales
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§ 33. Sale of unappropriated state lands; notice and place of public sales. 1. The commissioner of general services may, from time to time, sell unappropriated state lands at public auction or by sealed bids in such parcels as he deems for the best interests of the state. Previo…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 34 Transfer of unappropriated state lands for mental health, developmental disabilities, park, recreation, playground, reforestation, street...
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§ 34. Transfer of unappropriated state lands for mental health, developmental disabilities, park, recreation, playground, reforestation, street or highway purposes. 1. Such commissioner of general services may, from time to time, transfer and convey to a city, incorporated villa…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 34-A Leasing and granting of unappropriated state lands to the United States or any instrumentality thereof
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§ 34-a. Leasing and granting of unappropriated state lands to the United States or any instrumentality thereof. The commissioner of general services may grant and convey in fee title or such lesser interest than fee title or, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the con…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 34-B Acquisition of air space and air and subsurface rights
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§ 34-b. Acquisition of air space and air and subsurface rights. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing board of a municipal corporation as defined in the general municipal law in which land or real property had previously been acquired by th…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 35 Terms of sale
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§ 35. Terms of sale. The commissioner of general services shall prescribe the terms and conditions of all sales.
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 36 Issue of patents
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§ 36. Issue of patents. On the production to the commissioner of general services by the purchaser, his representative or assignee of any certificate heretofore issued by the state engineer and a receipt showing payment to the state of the whole of the purchase-money, the purcha…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 37 Collection, forfeiture and cancellation of purchase-money bonds
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§ 37. Collection, forfeiture and cancellation of purchase-money bonds. The commissioner of general services may direct the comptroller to sue upon any bond heretofore received by the office of general services or its predecessors including the state engineer, the commissioner of…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 37-A Resale of lands
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§ 37-a. Resale of lands. The commissioner of general services, whenever he resells any such lot, shall include in the amount for which such lot is offered for sale, the sum unpaid at the time of such sale for principal and interest on the purchase-moneys thereof, the amount due …
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 38 Payment on resale
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§ 38. Payment on resale. The purchaser shall complete the sale, immediately, by paying into the treasury the amount due on the land and receiving a patent, or by executing a proper bond and receiving a new certificate of the sale.