NY State — NY Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law

§ 928 — SECTION 928 Effect of judgment after actual partition

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What is NY RPAPL § 928?

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This section establishes that a final judgment following an actual partition is binding on specified parties, including the plaintiff and defendants served in the action, as well as individuals claiming through them. It clarifies the effects of such judgments on future claims to the property. Applies to parties involved in property partition actions.

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§ 928 SECTION 928 Effect of judgment after actual partition

RPAPL § 928

A final judgment after actual partition is binding and conclusive upon the following persons, except parties and persons claiming under them whose rights and interests are expressly left unaffected:

1.The plaintiff; each defendant upon whom the summons was served, either personally or without the state or by publication; and his legal representatives.

2.Each person claiming from, through or under such a party, by title accruing after the filing of the judgment-roll, or after the filing in the proper county clerk's office of a notice of the pendency of the action.

3.Each person not in being when the interlocutory judgment is rendered who, by the happening of any contingency becomes afterwards entitled to a beneficial interest attaching to, or an estate or interest in, a portion of the property, the person first entitled to which, or other virtual representative whereof, was a party specified in the first subdivision of this section.

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