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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\nLands Law."\n
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\nany interest therein, including lands under water, the commissioner of\ngeneral services may summarily inquire into the rights of the person\napplying for such grant, on such proof as, by regulation, the\ncom…
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\nmade, or directed to be made by the commissioner of general services, or\nhas been made by his predecessor, the board of commissioners of the land\noffice, including a sale of land under water, if, at the time …
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\nissued before July eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, pursuant\nto resolutions of the commissioners of the land office, and sold by them\nat private sale to purchasers in good faith, purporting to convey th…
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\nproperty escheated to the state, granted before the sixteenth day of\nMay, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, pursuant to resolutions of the\ncommissioners of the land office, adopted under or in pursuance of\nchapte…
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\napplication for a grant of land, including land under water, is made by\nany person who dies before a grant is ordered or issued, the heirs or\ndevisees of such person shall be entitled to such grant as if the\…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 138 When attorney-general may maintain action
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§ 138. When attorney-general may maintain action. The\nattorney-general may maintain an action to vacate or annul\nletters-patent, granted by the people of the state, in either of the\nfollowing cases:\n 1. Where they were obtained by means of a fraudulent suggestion, or\nconcea…
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\nthis article are triable of right by a jury.\n
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,\nvacating or annulling letters-patent, is rendered in an action, brought\nas prescribed in the last section, the attorney-general must cause a\ncopy of the judgment-roll to be forthwith filed in the office of t…
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\nsituated. Immediately after making the entry prescribed in the last\nsection, the commissioner of general services must transmit a certified\ntranscript thereof to the clerk, or the register, as the case requ…
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\ngeneral services may, unless otherwise provided, fix a reasonable time,\nnot less than one year, for the performance of conditions by the\ngrantees of lands, including lands under water, directed to be granted…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 141 Laws repealed
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§ 141. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto\nannexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed.\n
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 142 When to take effect
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§ 142. When to take effect. This chapter shall take effect\nimmediately.\n
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\nof any of the islands in Lake George, or of any land upon any of such\nislands, shall be made by the commissioner of general services.\n 2. No grant or lease of any lands under water in Lake George shall be\nm…
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.\nNo person or corporation shall fill in or cause to be filled in any land\nof the state of New York lying below the mean low water line of Lake\nGeorge by dumping or placing rock, stone, concrete, dirt or other…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 16 Reservation of Esopus island
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§ 16. Reservation of Esopus island. Esopus island, in Dutchess\ncounty, is reserved from settlement, occupancy, lease or sale, and\ndedicated and set apart as a public park. The commissioner of general\nservices shall have the same powers to protect such island from trespass\nas…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 160 Construction
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§ 160. Construction. This chapter shall not limit or modify the\nprovisions of the railroad law relating to the grant or acquisition, for\nrailroad purposes, of any lands belonging to the people of the state,\nexcept that no railroad corporation may condemn any canal lands\naban…
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.\nThe commissioner of general services, whenever he deems it for the best\ninterest of the state may cause to be paid off and canceled any charges,\nassessments, or incumbrances, other than the lien of a tax un…
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\ntaxes paid thereon by state. Where the claim of title of the state to\nany land is based on a tax sale, which title in the opinion of the\nattorney-general would be declared void by the courts, the commissione…
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,\nappraisements or other expenses attendant on the sale of any lands\nbelonging to any of the special funds of the state, shall be chargeable\non and paid out of the funds, respectively, to which such lands belo…
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\nperson, body or board authorized to assess lands for local improvements\nor purposes, shall submit to the comptroller of the state an invoice of\nassessment on state lands, showing the purpose for which the as…
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\naid shall be payable to any city having a population of seventy-five\nthousand or more inhabitants, according to the most recent federal\ndecennial census, when on any assessment roll the taxable assessed\nv…
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\naid shall be payable to any municipal corporation or special district as\nsuch terms are defined by section one hundred two of the real property\ntax law and hereinafter collectively referred to in this sectio…
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.\nDefinitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise\nrequires:\n a. "State agency" shall mean any department, division, board,\ncommission, bureau, office or other agency of the state other than …
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\ndeclarations of abandonment by the commissioner of general services. 1.\nWhen the commissioner of general services proposes to transfer\njurisdiction over state lands pursuant to subdivision four of section\nth…
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\ndirector of the budget, any funds which have been appropriated and/or\nallocated for the operation or maintenance of state-owned real property\nabandoned under section thirty-a shall be transferred to the office …
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\non certain map. All grants of lands made by the people of this state of\nany lands in the Onondaga salt springs reservation prior to March\ntwenty-eight, in the year eighteen hundred forty-three, shall be dee…
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\nsprings reservation land. a. The commissioner of general services is\nauthorized, in his discretion, to sell and convey at public or private\nsale, upon such terms and conditions as he may deem proper, all th…
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\ngeneral services is authorized to manage, license and regulate the\nremoval of sand, gravel or other material by dredging or otherwise from\nstate owned land now or formerly under water, except such lands\nsp…
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\nand sand and gravel thereon. All moneys received by the commissioner of\ngeneral services from the sale of sand and gravel on, or from the sale\nof, any land of the state, or from the grant of rights or easem…
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\nlands. Any state department or agency, at the time having jurisdiction\nover any of the lands hereinafter specified, may consent to a sale or\nexchange by the commissioner of general services of any lands of …
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\nto the use of the organized militia. Upon the filing with the\ncommissioner of general services by the adjutant general of his\ncertificate in writing of his determination that certain real property\nowned b…
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\nafter the receipt thereof, moneys heretofore received by the division of\nthe land office in the department of state and transferred to the office\nof general services or heretofore or hereafter received by the of…
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.\nThe commissioner of general services when moneys therefor have been\nappropriated by the legislature or are otherwise available, may acquire\nany real property which he deems necessary for the implementation or…
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\nthe city of New York for water supply protection purposes. The\ncommissioner of general services may, with the concurrence of the mayor\nof the city of New York, transfer and convey to the city of New York, in…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 29 Watershed conservation easements and watershed agricultural easements
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§ 29. Watershed conservation easements and watershed agricultural\neasements. Restriction on alienation. A watershed conservation easement\nor watershed agricultural easement held by the city of New York shall\nnot be transferred or conveyed by the city of New York unless the\nw…
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\nshall have the general care and superintendence of all state lands, the\nsuperintendence whereof is not vested in some officer or in a state\ndepartment or a division, bureau or agency thereof.\n 2. The commissio…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 30 Unappropriated state lands defined
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§ 30. Unappropriated state lands defined. The term "unappropriated\nstate lands," as used in this chapter, includes all escheated lands; all\nlands conveyed to the state for the benefit of the canal fund and not\ndevoted in pursuance of law to any public use; all lands purchased…
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\nunder water, salt springs lands and abandoned canal lands, the head of\nany state agency having custody or jurisdiction over any state-owned\nlands may determine that such lands are no longer necessary or useful …
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\nof general services may, whenever he deems it necessary, cause actual\nsurveys to be made of any state lands.\n
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 32 Maps
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§ 32. Maps. The commissioner of general services shall make or cause\nto be made a map of each tract so surveyed, distinguishing upon such\nmaps the towns and county in which the lots are situated, and deposit\nthe same in his office. Such maps shall be open to the inspection of…
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\nsales. 1. The commissioner of general services may, from time to time,\nsell unappropriated state lands at public auction or by sealed bids in\nsuch parcels as he deems for the best interests of the state. Pre…
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,\ndevelopmental disabilities, park, recreation, playground, reforestation,\nstreet or highway purposes. 1. Such commissioner of general services\nmay, from time to time, transfer and convey to a city, incorporated\nv…
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\nUnited States or any instrumentality thereof. The commissioner of\ngeneral services may grant and convey in fee title or such lesser\ninterest than fee title or, notwithstanding any other provision of law\nto the…
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.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the\ngoverning board of a municipal corporation as defined in the general\nmunicipal law in which land or real property had previously been\nacquired b…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 35 Terms of sale
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§ 35. Terms of sale. The commissioner of general services shall\nprescribe the terms and conditions of all sales.\n
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 36 Issue of patents
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§ 36. Issue of patents. On the production to the commissioner of\ngeneral services by the purchaser, his representative or assignee of any\ncertificate heretofore issued by the state engineer and a receipt\nshowing payment to the state of the whole of the purchase-money, the\npu…
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.\nThe commissioner of general services may direct the comptroller to sue\nupon any bond heretofore received by the office of general services or\nits predecessors including the state engineer, the commissioner…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 37-A Resale of lands
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§ 37-a. Resale of lands. The commissioner of general services,\nwhenever he resells any such lot, shall include in the amount for which\nsuch lot is offered for sale, the sum unpaid at the time of such sale\nfor principal and interest on the purchase-moneys thereof, the amount\n…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 38 Payment on resale
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§ 38. Payment on resale. The purchaser shall complete the sale,\nimmediately, by paying into the treasury the amount due on the land and\nreceiving a patent, or by executing a proper bond and receiving a new\ncertificate of the sale.\n