New York § 131 Assignment; effect thereof

New York Statutes

§ 131 — Assignment; effect thereof

New York § 131

Law DCDDebtor & Creditor

Art. 5Judgment Debtor's Discharge From Imprisonment

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N.Y. Debtor & Creditor § 131 (2026).

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  § 131. Assignment; effect thereof. The assignment must be acknowledged\nor proved, and certified, in like manner as a deed to be recorded in the\ncounty, and must be recorded in the clerk's office of the county where\nthe petitioner is imprisoned. Where it appears, from the schedule or\notherwise, that real property will pass thereby, the assignment must\nalso be recorded as a deed, in the proper office for recording deeds, of\neach county where the real property is situated. The assignment vests in\nthe trustee or trustees, for the benefit of the judgment creditors in\nthe executions, by virtue of which the petitioner is imprisoned, all the\nestate, right, title, and interest of the petitioner in and to the\nproperty, so directed to be assigned.\n

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§ 131. Assignment; effect thereof. The assignment must be acknowledged\nor proved, and certified, in like manner as a deed to be recorded in the\ncounty, and must be recorded in the clerk's office of the county where\nthe petitioner is imprisoned. Where it appears, from the schedule or\notherwise, that real property will pass thereby, the assignment must\nalso be recorded as a deed, in the proper office for recording deeds, of\neach county where the real property is situated. The assignment vests in\nthe trustee or trustees, for the benefit of the judgment creditors in\nthe executions, by virtue of which the petitioner is imprisoned, all the\nestate, right, title, and interest of the petitioner in and to the\nproperty, so directed to be assigned.\n