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    County liable for injuries caused by defective highways and bridges
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    SECTION 139-A

    Presentation of claims for torts; actions against counties

    Highway (HAY) CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE 6

    § 139-a. Presentation of claims for torts; actions against counties.
    1. Any claim including a claim specified in section one hundred
    thirty-nine of this chapter which may be made against the county for
    damages for wrong or injury to person or property or for the death of a
    person shall be made and served in compliance with section fifty-e of
    the general municipal law.

    2. Every action upon such claim shall be commenced pursuant to the
    provisions of section fifty-i of the general municipal law.

    3. This section shall not apply to actions upon claims for damages or
    compensation for property taken by condemnation for any public purpose.