N.Y. BSC Law § 1215
This is the official text of N.Y. BSC Law § 1215, part of New York’s BSC Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "BSC Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.
Not legal advice. This page reproduces the official text of a government statute for reference only. Laws change, and how a statute applies depends on your specific facts. For advice about your situation, consult a licensed attorney in your state.
Resignation by receiver; filling any vacancy
Official statutory text
§ 1215. Resignation by receiver; filling any vacancy.\n (a) A receiver may petition the court appointing him for an order to\nshow cause why he should not be permitted to resign.\n (b) The petition shall be accompanied by a verified account of all the\nassets of the corporation received by him, of all payments or other\ndisposition thereof made by him, of the remaining assets of the\ncorporation in respect to which he was appointed receiver and the\nsituation of the same, and of all his transactions as receiver.\nThereupon, the court shall grant an order directing notice to be given\nto the sureties on his official bond and to all persons interested in\nthe property of the corporation to show cause, at a time and place\nspecified, why the receiver should not be permitted to resign. Such\nnotice shall be published once in each week for six successive weeks in\none or more newspapers as the court shall direct. If it shall appear\nthat the proceedings of the receiver in the discharge of his trust have\nbeen fair and honest and that there is no good cause to the contrary,\nthe court shall make an order permitting such receiver to resign.\nThereupon he shall be discharged and his powers as receiver shall cease,\nbut he shall remain subject to any liability incurred prior to the\nmaking of such order. The court, in its discretion, may require the\nexpense of such proceeding to be paid by the receiver presenting the\npetition.\n (c) Any vacancy created by resignation, removal, death or otherwise,\nmay be filled by the court, and the property of the receivership shall\nbe delivered to the remaining receivers or, if there are none, to the\nsuccessor appointed by the court. The court may summarily enforce\ndelivery by order in the action or special proceeding in which the\nreceiver was appointed.\n
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
Need a lawyer in New York?
Find a New York lawyer
About this page: Statute text is reproduced from official government publishers via the
Open US Law dataset
(Vaquill AI, snapshot v2026.08, CC BY 4.0). Primary legislative text like this is public domain under the government-edicts doctrine
(Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). We link every section back to its official source so you can verify it independently.