§ 560. Abandoned subdivisions.
1.Whenever more than five years has\nelapsed after the subdivision of any tract of land into lots, plots or\nsites, with or without proposed streets, the owner of such tract or any\npart thereof composed of two or more contiguous lots may, by an\ninstrument in writing, duly executed and acknowledged, describing such\nland, disclaim and abandon such subdivision including any streets not\nopened, accepted or used by the public and which are not necessary for\nthe use of an owner or occupant of any part of such tract. Thereafter,\nfor the purpose of assessment, the lands described therein shall be\nregarded as a single tract, provided a copy of such instrument is filed\n(a) with the assessors, (b) if such tract is wholly or partly within a\nvillage, with the
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§ 560. Abandoned subdivisions. 1. Whenever more than five years has\nelapsed after the subdivision of any tract of land into lots, plots or\nsites, with or without proposed streets, the owner of such tract or any\npart thereof composed of two or more contiguous lots may, by an\ninstrument in writing, duly executed and acknowledged, describing such\nland, disclaim and abandon such subdivision including any streets not\nopened, accepted or used by the public and which are not necessary for\nthe use of an owner or occupant of any part of such tract. Thereafter,\nfor the purpose of assessment, the lands described therein shall be\nregarded as a single tract, provided a copy of such instrument is filed\n(a) with the assessors, (b) if such tract is wholly or partly within a\nvillage, with the clerk of each such village, and (c) if such tract is\nwholly or partly within the unincorporated area of a town, with the town\nclerk of each such town, and, if a map of such subdivision has been\nfiled in the office of a recording officer, provided such instrument is\nrecorded in the office of such recording officer. A notice of the\nrecording shall be endorsed by the recording officer upon the map at the\ntime of recording the instrument.\n 2. Neither the assessors nor the recording officer shall accept such\nan instrument unless it has endorsed thereon or attached thereto a\ncertificate of the county treasurer and a certificate of the collecting\nofficer of any city, town or village wherein such property or any part\nthereof is situate, stating that all taxes which have been levied\nagainst such property have been paid according to the records in the\noffice of the person making the certificate and a receipt of the clerk\nof each village or town in which any part of such tract is situate for\nthe filing of such instrument and a certificate of the county director\nof real property tax services that the fee authorized by section five\nhundred three of this article, if any, has been paid. In such counties,\nno subdivision of any tract of land into lots, plots or sites or any\npart thereof shall be abandoned, nor shall the county land map or the\ncounty tax map be changed or altered to indicate such an abandonment\nexcept as provided in this section.\n