Assembly Bill A5592

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to notice of small claims judgments and indexing of unpaid claims

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A5592 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
New York City Civil Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §1811, NYC Civ Ct Act; amd §1811, UCCA; amd §1811, UDCA; amd §1811, UJCA; add §171-w, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8441
2015-2016: A5999
2017-2018: A6020
2021-2022: A4737

2019-A5592 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to notice of small claims judgments and indexing of unpaid claims.

2019-A5592 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5592
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MANKTELOW, DeSTEFANO, McDONOUGH -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the New York city civil  court  act,  the  uniform  city
   court  act,  the uniform district court act, the uniform justice court
   act and the tax law, in relation to notice of small  claims  judgments
   and indexing of unpaid claims
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions (a) and (b) of section 1811 of  the  New  York
 city  civil  court  act,  as amended by chapter 122 of the laws of 1987,
 paragraph 2 of subdivision (b) as amended, paragraph  6  of  subdivision
 (b)  as  added,  paragraph 7 of subdivision (b) as renumbered by chapter
 650 of the laws of 1991, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) Notice of judgment sent to judgment debtor shall  specify  that  a
 failure  to  satisfy  a  judgment  may  subject the debtor to any one or
 combination of the following actions:
   1. garnishment of wage;
   2. garnishment of bank account;
   3. a lien on personal property;
   4. seizure and sale of real property;
   5. seizure and sale of personal property, including automobiles;
   6. suspension of motor vehicle license and registration, if  claim  is
 based on defendant's ownership or operation of a motor vehicle;
   7.  revocation,  suspension,  or  denial  of renewal of any applicable
 business license or permit;
   8. investigation and prosecution by the attorney general  for  fraudu-
 lent or illegal business practices; [and]
   9.  a penalty equal to three times the amount of the unsatisfied judg-
 ment plus attorney's fees, if there are other unpaid claims[.]; AND
   10. INTERCEPT OF ANY INCOME TAX REFUND OWED PURSUANT TO THE TAX LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04993-01-9
              

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