New York County Law

Every section of the New York County Law, in order — 409 sections. Source: NY Senate Open Legislation, current through November 4, 2026.

• N.Y. County Law § 360 — Adoption of budget; appropriation resolution; tax
• N.Y. County Law § 361 — Failure to make appropriations
• N.Y. County Law § 361-a — Expenses of boards of elections outside New York City; apportionment of
• N.Y. County Law § 362 — General budgetary controls
• N.Y. County Law § 363 — Supplemental appropriations
• N.Y. County Law § 364 — Unencumbered balances
• N.Y. County Law § 365 — Contingent funds
• N.Y. County Law § 366 — Unanticipated revenues; unappropriated cash surplus
• N.Y. County Law § 368 — Lapse of appropriations
• N.Y. County Law § 369 — Audit and payment of claims
• N.Y. County Law § 370 — Statements of financial condition
• N.Y. County Law § 371 — Petty cash funds
• N.Y. County Law § 372 — Tax and revenue anticipation fund
• N.Y. County Law § 373 — Capital program
• N.Y. County Law § 374 — Budget message
• N.Y. County Law § 375 — Allotments of appropriations
• N.Y. County Law § 376 — Local laws; resolutions
• N.Y. County Law § 377 — Use of mechanical checksigner
• N.Y. County Law § 378 — Publishing county audits
• N.Y. County Law § 379 — Extension of fiscal year
• N.Y. County Law § 380 — Financing transition period
• N.Y. County Law § 381 — The legislative body of a county may, for the convenience of the county, designate certain named county officers and employees to apply f...
• N.Y. County Law § 385 — Establishment of county tuberculosis hospitals
• N.Y. County Law § 386 — Board of managers; appointment; terms; expenses
• N.Y. County Law § 387 — Board of managers; general powers and duties
• N.Y. County Law § 388 — Superintendent; general powers and duties
• N.Y. County Law § 389 — Chaplains in Rensselaer county
• N.Y. County Law § 390 — Admission of county patients
• N.Y. County Law § 391 — Admission of out of county patients
• N.Y. County Law § 391-a — Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this article, or of any other general, special or local law, a county tuberculosis hospita...
• N.Y. County Law § 392 — Visitation and inspection
• N.Y. County Law § 393 — Hospital located at county home
• N.Y. County Law § 394 — Discontinuance of hospital or county chest clinic services; procedure
• N.Y. County Law § 395 — Applications to state commissioner of health
• N.Y. County Law § 396-a — County medical assistance clinics
• N.Y. County Law § 396-b — Powers of local legislative body
• N.Y. County Law § 396-c — Head of clinic; powers and duties
• N.Y. County Law § 396-d — Medical assistance
• N.Y. County Law § 396-e — Supervision of clinic
• N.Y. County Law § 396-f — Reimbursement
• N.Y. County Law § 396-g — Creation; board; employees
• N.Y. County Law § 396-h — Powers of the authority
• N.Y. County Law § 396-i — Reports of the authority
• N.Y. County Law § 396-j — Acquisition of real property; financing of expenditures
• N.Y. County Law § 400 — Officers; manner of selection; term; vacancies
• N.Y. County Law § 401 — Deputies
• N.Y. County Law § 402 — Oath of office
• N.Y. County Law § 403 — Official undertakings
• N.Y. County Law § 404 — Official seals
• N.Y. County Law § 405 — Procedure when new officer assumes duties of office
• N.Y. County Law § 406 — Reports of officers
• N.Y. County Law § 407 — Accounts of fees
• N.Y. County Law § 408 — Supplies and equipment
• N.Y. County Law § 408-a — Advertising for bids; letting of contracts
• N.Y. County Law § 409 — Actions and proceedings in official capacity
• N.Y. County Law § 410 — Cost of removal proceedings before the governor
• N.Y. County Law § 411 — Holding more than one elective office
• N.Y. County Law § 450 — Chairman of the board; powers and duties
• N.Y. County Law § 475 — Clerk of the board; term; duties
• N.Y. County Law § 500 — County attorney; term
• N.Y. County Law § 501 — Duties
• N.Y. County Law § 502 — Assistant county attorneys
• N.Y. County Law § 525 — County clerk; duties
• N.Y. County Law § 526 — Deputy county clerk
• N.Y. County Law § 527 — Special court clerks
• N.Y. County Law § 528 — Photo recording
• N.Y. County Law § 529 — Consolidated lien index
• N.Y. County Law § 530 — Court and trust fund register
• N.Y. County Law § 532 — Retention and destruction of certain recorded instruments
• N.Y. County Law § 533 — Liability of county for negligence of county clerk and employees of county clerk's office
• N.Y. County Law § 534 — County clerk; appointment of notaries public
• N.Y. County Law § 550 — County treasurer; duties
• N.Y. County Law § 551 — Court and trust funds
• N.Y. County Law § 552 — Liability of county for loss of court and trust funds
• N.Y. County Law § 553 — Trustee of cemetery lots
• N.Y. County Law § 575 — County comptroller; term; vacancy
• N.Y. County Law § 576 — Deputy county comptroller
• N.Y. County Law § 577 — Powers and duties
• N.Y. County Law § 600 — County auditor; term; duties
• N.Y. County Law § 625 — County purchasing agent; terms; duties
• N.Y. County Law § 626 — Purchasing of products for county use
• N.Y. County Law § 650 — General duties of sheriff
• N.Y. County Law § 651 — Appointment of person to act as sheriff in certain cases
• N.Y. County Law § 652 — Undersheriff and staff of sheriff
• N.Y. County Law § 652-a — Appointment and promotion of deputy sheriffs
• N.Y. County Law § 653 — Part time deputy sheriffs
• N.Y. County Law § 654 — Deputizing local police officers or peace officers
• N.Y. County Law § 655 — Emergency special deputies
• N.Y. County Law § 656 — Emergency equipment and apparatus
• N.Y. County Law § 657 — Emergency fund
• N.Y. County Law § 657-a — Fund for expenses of sheriff in transporting prisoners
• N.Y. County Law § 658 — Verification of informations
• N.Y. County Law § 659 — Jail records
• N.Y. County Law § 660 — Services on behalf of the state
• N.Y. County Law § 661 — When sheriff party to an action or proceeding
• N.Y. County Law § 662 — Appointment of private college campus security officers at independent non-profit colleges
• N.Y. County Law § 670 — Application of article
• N.Y. County Law § 671 — General duties of coroner, or coroner and coroner's physician, or medical examiner; additional duties may be directed
• N.Y. County Law § 672 — Mutual aid agreements for coroners' services
• N.Y. County Law § 673 — Deaths concerning which a coroner, coroner and coroner's physician or medical examiner has jurisdiction to investigate
• N.Y. County Law § 674 — Manner of investigation
• N.Y. County Law § 674-a — Manner of investigation when decedent is a donor of an anatomical gift
• N.Y. County Law § 675 — Advice, consultation, assistance, examinations, analyses and reports
• N.Y. County Law § 676 — Employment of stenographer
• N.Y. County Law § 677 — Records; reports
• N.Y. County Law § 678 — Disposition of money or property found on deceased
• N.Y. County Law § 679 — Training requirements for coroners and coroner's deputies
• N.Y. County Law § 700 — District attorney; powers and duties
• N.Y. County Law § 701 — Special district attorney
• N.Y. County Law § 702 — Assistant district attorneys
• N.Y. County Law § 702-a — Appointment of special assistant district attorneys during a period of civil disorder
• N.Y. County Law § 703 — Employment of counsel
• N.Y. County Law § 703-a — Employment of stenographer
• N.Y. County Law § 705 — Prosecution fund
• N.Y. County Law § 706 — Cost and expense of removed criminal trials
• N.Y. County Law § 707 — Payments of expert fees in criminal cases in which the death penalty may be imposed
• N.Y. County Law § 716 — Public defender; appointment; term; other employees
• N.Y. County Law § 717 — Public defender; duties
• N.Y. County Law § 718 — Appointment of other counsel
• N.Y. County Law § 719 — Expenses
• N.Y. County Law § 720 — Annual report
• N.Y. County Law § 721 — Separability
• N.Y. County Law § 722 — Plan for representation
• N.Y. County Law § 722-a — Definition of crime
• N.Y. County Law § 722-b — Compensation and reimbursement for representation
• N.Y. County Law § 722-c — Services other than counsel
• N.Y. County Law § 722-d — Duration of assignment
• N.Y. County Law § 722-e — Expenses
• N.Y. County Law § 722-f — Annual reports
• N.Y. County Law § 725 — County superintendent of highways; duties
• N.Y. County Law § 750 — County commissioner of public welfare; duties
• N.Y. County Law § 775 — Director of weights and measures; duties
• N.Y. County Law § 800 — County service officer; term; duties
• N.Y. County Law § 825 — District attorneys in certain counties
• N.Y. County Law § 826 — Regional markets
• N.Y. County Law § 827 — Enforcement of environmental conservation law in certain counties
• N.Y. County Law § 828 — Highway construction by local assessment in certain counties
• N.Y. County Law § 829 — Teachers' training in certain counties
• N.Y. County Law § 830 — Expenses of district superintendents of schools in certain counties
• N.Y. County Law § 831 — Soldier burial plots in Dutchess county
• N.Y. County Law § 832 — Burial contracts in Erie county
• N.Y. County Law § 833 — Rifle range in Erie county
• N.Y. County Law § 834 — Social welfare appropriations in Essex county
• N.Y. County Law § 834-a — Advance payment of portion of welfare charges to hospitals and day care centers
• N.Y. County Law § 835 — Jefferson county hospital for contagious diseases
• N.Y. County Law § 836 — Soldier burial plots in Niagara county
• N.Y. County Law § 837 — Niagara frontier bridge
• N.Y. County Law § 838 — Traffic signals in Onondaga county
• N.Y. County Law § 839 — Deputy comptroller in Oneida county
• N.Y. County Law § 840 — Memorial day in Nassau and Suffolk counties
• N.Y. County Law § 841 — Aviation fields in Nassau county
• N.Y. County Law § 842 — Harbor improvements in Suffolk county
• N.Y. County Law § 843 — Advancing school taxes in Suffolk county
• N.Y. County Law § 844 — Hurricane or storm damage in Suffolk county
• N.Y. County Law § 845 — Lake George fish screens in Warren county
• N.Y. County Law § 849 — Appropriations for conservation purposes in Washington county
• N.Y. County Law § 850 — State office buildings and other public improvements in certain counties
• N.Y. County Law § 852 — Loans of money or credit to hospitals or health related facilities in Suffolk county
• N.Y. County Law § 853 — Oneida County-tribal detention agreement
• N.Y. County Law § 854 — Madison county-tribal detention agreement
• N.Y. County Law § 900 — Devolution of powers and duties on the county of Bronx
• N.Y. County Law § 901 — Office of the sheriff
• N.Y. County Law § 902 — Certain office hours
• N.Y. County Law § 903 — Official seals and signatures
• N.Y. County Law § 904 — Court and trust fund register and liability of officers
• N.Y. County Law § 905 — Liability of commissioner of finance and surety for loss of court and trust funds
• N.Y. County Law § 906 — Liability of city of New York for loss of court and trust funds
• N.Y. County Law § 907 — Certain publications in county of Bronx
• N.Y. County Law § 908 — Appointment and salary of county clerks
• N.Y. County Law § 909 — Additional general duties of county clerks
• N.Y. County Law § 910 — Official undertakings of county clerks
• N.Y. County Law § 911 — Appointment and salaries of counsel to the county clerks
• N.Y. County Law § 912 — Subordinate employees in offices of county clerks; salaries
• N.Y. County Law § 913 — Official undertakings of subordinates in offices of county clerks
• N.Y. County Law § 914 — Duties of deputy county clerks
• N.Y. County Law § 915 — Fees of county clerks
• N.Y. County Law § 916 — Accounts of money to be kept in offices of county clerks
• N.Y. County Law § 917 — Transcripts of accounts in offices of county clerks; violations
• N.Y. County Law § 918 — General provisions pertaining to records in offices of county clerks
• N.Y. County Law § 919 — Block indices in offices of county clerks
• N.Y. County Law § 919-a — Block indices in the office of the county clerk in the county of Richmond
• N.Y. County Law § 920 — Alphabetical indices in offices of county clerks
• N.Y. County Law § 921 — Current minute books and indices in office of county clerk of New York county
• N.Y. County Law § 922 — Judgment docket in office of county clerk of New York county
• N.Y. County Law § 923 — Current docket books and filing for Bronx county
• N.Y. County Law § 924 — Photo recording
• N.Y. County Law § 925 — Certificate of searching records and copies
• N.Y. County Law § 926 — Election of district attorneys; term and vacancies
• N.Y. County Law § 927 — General duties of district attorneys
• N.Y. County Law § 928 — Salary of district attorneys
• N.Y. County Law § 929 — Official undertaking of district attorneys
• N.Y. County Law § 930 — Assistant district attorneys; salaries
• N.Y. County Law § 931 — Employees of the district attorneys in counties contained within the city of New York
• N.Y. County Law § 932 — Exemption of district attorneys from payment of certain fees
• N.Y. County Law § 933 — Appropriations for extraordinary criminal actions
• N.Y. County Law § 934 — Cost of removed criminal trials
• N.Y. County Law § 935 — Disposition of property by district attorney of New York county
• N.Y. County Law § 937 — County detectives in counties within city of New York
• N.Y. County Law § 938 — County detective in counties of Bronx and Kings, County detectives are hereby empowered, under the direction of the district attorney by ...
• N.Y. County Law § 939 — Medical assistants in counties of New York and Kings