§ 2 State-owned real property inventory and management program
§ 2-A Certain transfers of jurisdiction over state-owned lands and declarations of abandonment by the commissioner of general services
§ 2-B Transfers of certain funds
§ 3 Powers and duties; leases
§ 4 Vesting of crown lands in the people of the state
§ 5 Letters patent, form and contents; to be recorded in the office of the secretary of state
§ 6 Determination of claims based on alleged failure of title
§ 7 Partition of lands held by the state in joint tenancy or tenancy in common
§ 8 Trespasses upon state lands
§ 9 Penalty for trespasses
§ 10 Power to investigate before grant
§ 11 Power to confirm defective grant
§ 12 Certain patents and grants ratified
§ 12-A Certain patents ratified and confirmed
§ 13 Grants to heirs, devisees or successors in interest
§ 14 Time of performing conditions of grant
§ 15 Prohibitions as to grants in Lake George
§ 15-A Filling in the state owned bed of Lake George prohibited
§ 16 Reservation of Esopus island
§ 17 Payment of incumbrances on public lands; adverse claims; costs
§ 17-A Abandonment of claims under defective tax sales; recovery of taxes paid thereon by state
§ 18 Expenses chargeable to special funds
§ 19 Taxes and assessments for local improvements on state lands
§ 19-A State aid; certain state-leased or state-owned lands
§ 19-B State aid; certain state-owned or reacquired lands
§ 20 Grants of lands in Onondaga salt springs reservation designated on certain map
§ 21 Conveyance of strips of abandoned canal lands and Onondaga salt springs reservation land
§ 22 Management of sand and gravel resources
§ 23 Disposition of moneys received from sale of certain state lands and sand and gravel thereon
§ 24 Sale or exchange of certain detached parcels of forest preserve lands
§ 25 Sale or exchange of real property owned by the state and devoted to the use of the organized militia
§ 26 Refunds when sales cannot be completed
§ 27 Acquisition of real property by purchase or appropriation
§ 28 Transfer of state lands or watershed conservation easements to the city of New York for water supply protection purposes
§ 29 Watershed conservation easements and watershed agricultural easements
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Terms Used In New York Laws > Public Lands > Article 2 - Office of General Services

  • 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.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • 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.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • 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.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.