N.Y. GMU Law § 201
This is the official text of N.Y. GMU Law § 201, part of New York’s GMU Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "GMU 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.
Rights and privileges of exempt volunteer firefighters
Official statutory text
§ 201. Rights and privileges of exempt volunteer firefighters. In case\nany city, town or village in this state shall organize a paid fire\ndepartment and thereby deprive any volunteer firefighter who has\nfaithfully actually performed service in the protection of life and\nproperty within the territory protected by his or her company of the\nright to serve a full term of five years such firefighter shall be\nentitled to a full and honorable discharge; and to all the rights and\nprivileges granted by the laws of this state to volunteer firefighter,\nprovided, however, that if such paid department has been organized since\nthe first day of January in the year nineteen hundred and two, he or she\nshall have so served for a consecutive period of at least one year\nimmediately preceding the installation of said paid fire department.\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.