S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5311
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 7, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the personal property law, in relation to loan assignees
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 302 of the personal property law,
as amended by chapter 643 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as
follows:
9. (A) No retail instalment contract shall contain any provision by
which the buyer agrees not to assert against an assignee a claim or
defense arising out of the sale or require or entail the execution of
any note or series of notes, which when separately negotiated will cut
off as to third parties any right of action or defense which the buyer
may have against the seller. The assignee of a retail installment
contract or obligation shall be subject to all claims and defenses of
the buyer against the seller arising from the sale notwithstanding any
agreement to the contrary, but the assignee's liability under this
subdivision shall not exceed the amount owing to the assignee at the
time the claim or defense is asserted against the assignee.
(B) LIMITATIONS ON ASSIGNEE LIABILITY REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF
THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE EXCLUSIVE OF ANY REASONABLE COSTS AND ATTOR-
NEY'S FEES THE COURT MAY AWARD.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03767-01-7