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N.Y. SCT Law § 60

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Conveyance vests absolute fee in purchaser

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§ 60. Conveyance vests absolute fee in purchaser. The conveyance made\npusuant to a judgment in any action brought as herein provided, shall\nvest in the purchaser all right, title, interest, claim, lien and equity\nof redemption in and against the premises sold, of all the parties to\nthe action, and of all persons claiming under them, or any or either of\nthem, subsequent to the filing of a notice of the pendency of the\naction, or whose conveyance or encumbrance is subsequent or is\nsubsequently recorded, except subsequent taxes and assessments, and\nsales on account thereof, and except taxes and assessments which were\nliens on the premises at the time of the filing of a notice of pendency\nof the action, but for the nonpayment of which no sale had been had\nprior thereto and any sale on account of such taxes, and all such\nparties and persons shall be barred and forever foreclosed by the\njudgment in said action of all right, title, interest, claim, lien and\nequity of redemption in and to the premises sold, or any part thereof,\nexcept as aforesaid. The judgment in any such action may direct the\ncancellation or satisfaction of record of taxes, assessments or other\nclaims of any of the parties to the action.\n

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