§ 370 Petition to register title to real property
§ 371 Petitions and proceedings to be in supreme court; title part of special term
§ 372 County clerks and registers to be registrars of title
§ 373 Registrar's bond
§ 374 Deputy registrars' powers and duties
§ 375 Compensation of registrars and deputy registrars, official examiners of title, and registration clerks
§ 376 Disposition of fees received by registrar
§ 377 Official examiners of title
§ 378 What owners may apply; what titles may be registered
§ 379 Contents of petition for registration; other papers to be filed
§ 380 Official examiner's report of title; other evidences of title
§ 381 Survey, map or plan to be filed
§ 382 Notice of petition and of pendency of proceeding
§ 385 Proceedings upon the petition; notice of hearing
§ 386 Form of notice to parties
§ 388 Guardian ad litem
§ 389 Any person interested may appear and defend
§ 390 Title in lands vested; clouds thereon removed
§ 391 Final orders conclusive; to be entered and docketed as a judgment
§ 392 Fraud; action to set aside or appeal from the final order or judgment of registration or to recover the property
§ 393 Registration of title
§ 394 Certificate of title
§ 395 Title book
§ 396 Duplicate certificate of title
§ 398 Certificate to include dealings pending registration
§ 399 Certificate of title as evidence
§ 400 Rights of owners of registered property; exceptions; incumbrances and transfers to be filed
§ 401 Registered property not affected by prescription or adverse possession
§ 402 Fraud; notice only by registration
§ 403 Memorial to be carried forward
§ 404 Registered property to remain registered
§ 404-A Withdrawal from registration in certain instances
§ 405 Registered property subject to same rights and burdens as unregistered property
§ 406 Transfers of registered property
§ 407 Certificate as to part of property remaining after transfer
§ 409 Filing, entering and indexing papers pursuant to this act; tickler certificate
§ 409-A Entries in other indexes
§ 410 Notice of filed papers
§ 411 Addresses of interested parties; notice
§ 412 When a transfer is deemed to be registered
§ 413 New certificates of title
§ 414 Loss of duplicate certificate
§ 415 Mortgages, leases and other liens and charges; may be registered
§ 416 Proceedings to register mortgage, lease or other lien or charge
§ 417 Judgments, decrees, attachments and other liens to be noted on certificate
§ 418 Assignment of mortgage, lease, or other lien or charge
§ 419 Release, discharge or surrender of charge or incumbrance
§ 420 Enforcement of mortgages, charges, liens and incumbrances
§ 421 Powers of attorney to be filed and registered
§ 422 Reference of doubtful matters to the court
§ 423 Death of owner of registered property; transfer of property
§ 423-A Form for transfer of property upon death of owner of registered property
§ 426 Assurance fund
§ 427 Compensation from assurance fund
§ 428 Action against assurance fund
§ 429 Restrictions on claims against assurance fund
§ 430 Penalties for fraudulent acts or false certificates
§ 431 Forgery and fraudulent stamping; penalty
§ 432 Fees to be charged
§ 433 Construction of article
§ 434 Form for official examiner's report of title
§ 435 Form for certificate of title
§ 436 Termination of title registration procedures

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Terms Used In New York Laws > Real Property > Article 12 - Registering Title to Real Property

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Gross estate: The total fair market value of all property and property interests, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of which a decedent had beneficial ownership at the time of death before subtractions for deductions, debts, administrative expenses, and casualty losses suffered during estate administration.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.