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N.Y. PBL Law § 78

This is the official text of N.Y. PBL Law § 78, part of New York’s PBL Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "PBL Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Failure to comply with conditions of grant; annulment

Official statutory text

§ 78. Failure to comply with conditions of grant; annulment. On or\nbefore the tenth day of January in each year the commissioner of general\nservices shall examine the records of all grants of land under water for\nwhich patents shall have been issued containing conditions to be\ncomplied with within fixed period of time after the issue of such\npatents and make a list of all such grants containing such conditions of\nwhich the periods for performance have expired. It shall thereupon be\nthe duty of the commissioner of general services to cause an\ninvestigation to be made without delay for the purpose of ascertaining\nwhether or not compliance with the conditions contained in such grants\nshall have been had, and he shall report thereon to the\nattorney-general. It shall be the duty of the attorney-general to begin\nactions against all such patentees or their successors in interest or\nassigns for the annulment of all patents the conditions of which shall\nbe found not to have been complied with within the period fixed in such\ngrants for compliance.\n

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