NY State — NY Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law

§ 1942 — SECTION 1942 Petition in special proceeding to quiet title

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What is NY RPAPL § 1942?

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This section outlines the procedure for filing a petition in the supreme court to quiet title for real property. It requires the petitioner to provide specific details about the property, including any existing liens or encumbrances, and to attach a certified copy of the relevant deed. Applies to individuals seeking to clarify property ownership.

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§ 1942 SECTION 1942 Petition in special proceeding to quiet title

RPAPL § 1942

1.A person or persons, desiring to institute a proceeding under section nineteen hundred forty-one, must present a petition to the supreme court at a special term to be held in the judicial district in which the real property is situated, setting forth the facts proving to the satisfaction of the court, that the case is one of those specified in that section, and must describe the property with common certainty, and state what, if any, liens or incumbrances exist thereon, and the names of the persons, if any, besides the petitioners, who have been in the actual possession of the property during the past ten years claiming title as owners thereof in fee, and how such title was derived, and shall also annex to said petition a duly certified copy of the sheriff's or referee's deed recorded ten years since under which petitioners claim title.

2.In case the property described in said sheriff's or referee's deed shall have been subdivided, the owner or owners of the several parcels thereof may unite in the same petition and proceeding.

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