Assembly Bill A8222

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the statute of limitations for certain deed theft actions, revives such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations, and grants trial preference to such actions

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A8222 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Add §214-k, amd R3403, CPLR; add §219-f, Judy L

2025-A8222 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the statute of limitations for certain deed theft actions; revives such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations; grants trial preference to such actions; directs the chief administrator of the courts to promulgate rules for the timely adjudication of certain revived actions.

2025-A8222 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8222
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules,  in  relation  to  the
   statute of limitations for civil actions related to certain deed theft
   actions,  reviving such actions otherwise barred by the existing stat-
   ute of limitations and granting trial preference to such actions;  and
   to  amend the judiciary law, in relation to directing the chief admin-
   istrator of the courts to promulgate rules for the timely adjudication
   of certain revived actions
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new
 section 214-k to read as follows:
   §  214-K. CERTAIN DEED THEFT ACTIONS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF
 LAW WHICH IMPOSES A  PERIOD  OF  LIMITATION  TO  THE  CONTRARY  AND  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  ANY  OTHER  LAW  PERTAINING TO THE FILING OF A NOTICE OF
 CLAIM OR A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FILE A CLAIM AS A CONDITION  PRECEDENT
 TO COMMENCEMENT OF AN ACTION OR SPECIAL PROCEEDING, EVERY CIVIL CLAIM OR
 CAUSE  OF ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PARTY ALLEGING THE THEFT, FRAUD, OR
 DECEIT IN OBTAINING THE TITLE TO A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING, WHICH IS BARRED
 AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION BECAUSE THE  APPLICABLE  PERIOD
 OF  LIMITATION  HAS  EXPIRED,  AND/OR THE PLAINTIFF PREVIOUSLY FAILED TO
 FILE A NOTICE OF CLAIM OR A NOTICE OF INTENTION  TO  FILE  A  CLAIM,  IS
 HEREBY REVIVED, AND ACTION THEREON MAY BE COMMENCED NOT EARLIER THAN SIX
 MONTHS  AFTER,  AND  NOT  LATER  THAN  ONE YEAR AND SIX MONTHS AFTER THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. IN ANY SUCH CLAIM OR  ACTION,  DISMISSAL
 OF A PREVIOUS ACTION, ORDERED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION,
 ON GROUNDS THAT SUCH PREVIOUS ACTION WAS TIME BARRED, AND/OR FOR FAILURE
 OF  A PARTY TO FILE A NOTICE OF CLAIM OR A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FILE A
 CLAIM, SHALL NOT BE GROUNDS FOR DISMISSAL OF A REVIVAL  ACTION  PURSUANT
 TO THIS SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11599-01-5

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