NY State — NY Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law

§ 201 — SECTION 201 State tax commission, state or industrial commissioner as defendant in certain real property actions

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What is NY RPAPL § 201?

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This section allows the state tax commission and the industrial commissioner to be named as defendants in real property actions where the state has a lien. This includes liens under the tax law and the unemployment insurance law. Applies to property owners involved in legal actions concerning real property with state liens.

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§ 201 SECTION 201 State tax commission, state or industrial commissioner as defendant in certain real property actions

RPAPL § 201

In any action affecting real property upon which the state tax commission has a lien under the tax law or under a law enacted pursuant to the authority of the tax law or article two-E of the general city law, whether or not such lien exists by reason of the filing or docketing of a warrant under such laws, the state tax commission may be made a party defendant in the same manner as a private person. In any action affecting real property upon which the state has a lien under sections two hundred forty-six-a and two hundred forty-six-b of the lien law, the state may be made a party defendant in the same manner as a private person. In any action affecting real property upon which a lien exists by reason of the docketing of a warrant pursuant to the unemployment insurance law, the industrial commissioner may be made a party defendant in the same manner as a private person.

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