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§ 1025 — SECTION 1025 Damages against grantee of premises subject to dower

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What is NY RPAPL § 1025?

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This section allows a plaintiff in a dower action to seek damages from a grantee who possesses property after a notice of pendency has been filed. If the defendant has alienated the property and the damages remain unsatisfied, the plaintiff can recover the unsatisfied portion from the grantee for the duration of possession. Applies to parties involved in dower actions and property conveyances.

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§ 1025 SECTION 1025 Damages against grantee of premises subject to dower

RPAPL § 1025

If the defendant, in an action for dower, aliens the real property in question after the filing of a notice of pendency of action and an execution against him for the plaintiff's damages is returned wholly or partly unsatisfied, an action may be maintained by the plaintiff against any person who has been in possession of the property under the defendant's conveyance, to recover the unsatisfied portion of the damages, for a time not exceeding that during which he possessed the property.

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