S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7922
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 28, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, TITUS, DenDEKKER, KELLNER, HOOPER,
SPANO, MILLMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DINOWITZ,
GLICK, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judici-
ary
AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to
increasing penalties for failure to execute and file satisfied judg-
ments with the court clerk
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 5020 of the civil practice law
and rules, as amended by chapter 575 of the laws of 1975, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) When the judgment is fully satisfied, if the person required to
execute and file with the proper clerk pursuant to subdivisions (a) and
(d) [hereof] OF THIS SECTION fails or refuses to do so within twenty
days after receiving full satisfaction, then the judgment creditor shall
be subject to a penalty of one [hundred] THOUSAND dollars recoverable by
the judgment debtor pursuant to [Section 7202 of the civil practice law
and rules] SECTION SEVENTY-TWO HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER or article
eighteen of either the New York City civil court act, uniform district
court act or uniform city court act; provided, however, that such penal-
ty shall not be recoverable when a city with a population greater than
one million persons is the judgment creditor, unless such judgment cred-
itor shall fail to execute and file a satisfaction-piece with the proper
clerk pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (d) [hereof] OF THIS SECTION
within twenty days after having been served by the judgment debtor with
a written demand therefor by certified mail, return receipt requested.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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