New York General Business Law

Every section of the New York General Business Law, in order — 1,440 sections. Source: NY Senate Open Legislation, current through November 4, 2026.

• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 131 — Ownership of merchandise establishments and services to be publicly revealed and displayed
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 132 — Fictitious copartnership names
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 133 — Use of name or address with intent to deceive
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 134 — Fraudulent use of the name or title of secret fraternity
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 135 — Unlawful use of name of benevolent, humane or charitable corporation
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 136 — Exhibition or display of the flag
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 137 — Unauthorized wearing or use of badge, name or insignia of certain orders and societies
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 138 — Use of certain governmental, military or naval names
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 140 — Wearing industry badges, or other insignia of identification by unauthorized persons
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 141 — Unlawful use of the name United Nations
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 142 — Unlawful possession or use of an identification card issued by United Nations
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 143 — False identification documents
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 146 — Short title
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 147 — Definitions
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 148 — Unlawful registration of domain name
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 149 — Civil remedies
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 150 — Shooting ranges
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 155 — Legislative intent
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 156 — Short title
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 157 — Definitions
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 157-a — Travel agreements
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 158 — Prohibited practices by travel consultants
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 158-a — Prohibited practices by travel promoters
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 159 — Violations and penalties
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 159-a — Severability
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 160 — Unauthorized transmission of money as agent
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 161 — Agent to transmit through principal
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 162 — Certain transmission prohibited; method of transmission
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 163 — Time of transmission
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 164 — Disposition of undelivered moneys
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 165 — Application of article
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 166 — Violations; penalty
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 170 — Application of article
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 171 — Definitions
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 172 — License required
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 173 — Application for license
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 174 — Procedure upon application; grant of license
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 175 — Form and contents of license
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 176 — Assignment or transfer of license; change of location; additional locations
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 177 — Bonds and license fees
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 178 — Action on bond
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 179 — Registers and other records to be kept
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 181 — Contracts, statements of terms and conditions, and receipts
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 182 — Cards to be furnished nurses; registry records
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 184 — Recruitment of domestic or household employees who are residents of other states; findings and policy
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 184-a — Recruitment of domestic or household employees from outside the continental United States
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 185 — Fees
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 185-a — Domestic dayworkers who are transported to the place of employment
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 186 — Return of fees
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 187 — Additional prohibitions
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 188 — Copies of law to be posted
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 189 — Enforcement of provisions of this article
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 190 — Penalties for violations
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 191 — Definition
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 192 — Prohibited activities
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 193 — Penalties for violation
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 194 — Employment agency fees; reimbursement from employee to employer prohibited
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 198-a — Warranties
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 198-b — Sale or lease of used motor vehicles
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 198-c — Automobile trade-in protection
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 199 — Penalties
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 199-a — Definitions
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 199-b — Disclosures to prospective dealers
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 199-c — Termination or refusal to renew a franchise without good cause prohibited; notice requirement; right of action
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 199-d — Repurchase of merchandise
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 199-e — Waiver provisions
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 199-f — Application
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 199-g — Arbitration
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 199-h — Relationship to other laws
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 199-i — Dealers' rights to transfer, assign or dispose of the franchise upon notice to distributor
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 199-j — Dealer's right to deal with suppliers other than his distributor
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 199-k — Separability
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 199-l — Removal of certain actions and proceedings
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 199-m — Dealers' rights of association
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 199-n — Enforcement of dealers' rights of association; injunction; damages; limitation of actions
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 199-o — Independent range estimate required
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 199-p — Penalties
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 200 — Safes; limited liability
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 201 — Liability for loss of clothing and other personal property limited
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 202 — Loss by fire
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 203 — Value of animals
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 203-a — Hotel and motel keeper's liability for property in transport
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 203-b — Posting of statute
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 204 — Register to be kept
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 204-a — Safety chain latches required
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 205 — Human trafficking awareness and training
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 206 — Rates to be posted; penalty for violation
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 206-a — Advertising of rates for motels and motor courts
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 206-b — Posting of rates for motels and motor courts
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 206-c — Frauds on guests of hotels, boarding houses, rooming-houses and lodging houses
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 206-d — Posting of rates of various type accommodations
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 206-e — Telephone call charges; disclosure; violations
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 206-f — Information concerning services for human trafficking victims
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 207 — Sale of unclaimed articles and other property covered by his lien
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 208 — Disposition of proceeds of sale
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 209 — Certain sales after eighteen months
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 209-a — Registration of hotel and motel names
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 209-b — Index of registrants and registered names
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 209-c — Registration of identical, similar or misleading names prohibited
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 209-d — Penalties for violation
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 209-e — Preservation of existing remedies; use of true name
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 209-f — Notice of assignment
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 209-g — Notice of abandonment
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 217 — Definitions
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 218 — Defense of lawful detention
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 218-a — Disclosure of refund policies
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 218-aa — Warranty disclosure
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 220 — Definitions
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 221 — Exemptions
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 222 — Compliance with industry standards
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 223 — Trampoline park employee training, equipment and supervision
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 224 — Availability of information; emergency response plan
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 225 — Inspection
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 226 — Insurance
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 227 — Required posting of safety guidelines
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 228 — Actions relating to trampoline parks
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 229-a — Marking certain articles, silver, sterling silver or solid silver
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 229-b — Selling silverware marked coin or coin silver
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 229-c — Marking soldered metal sterling or sterling silver
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 229-d — Marking soldered metal coin or coin silver
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 229-e — Marking metal placed on leather or other substances sterling or sterling silver
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 229-f — Marking metal placed on leather or other substances, coin or coin silver
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 229-g — Marking watch cases sterling or sterling silver
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 229-h — Marking watch cases coin or coin silver
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 229-i — Marking articles made of gold
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 229-j — Sale of artificially colored diamonds
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 230 — Definitions
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 231 — Application of quality mark
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 232 — Trade mark
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 233 — Quality marks; description
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 234 — Quality; contents
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 235 — Whenever provided for in this article, except as specifically excepted in paragraph d of the preceding section, the word "platinum" may b...
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 236 — Prima facie proof
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 237 — Penalties
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 238 — Effect of invalidity of any part of this article
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 239 — Definitions
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 239-a — Certain appraisals; penalty
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 239-b — Action to restrain and prevent
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 239-c — Civil liability
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 240 — Definitions
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 241 — Qualifications of operator; federal license
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 242 — Possession and exhibition of license certificate
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 243 — Aircraft; construction, design and airworthiness; federal registration
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 245 — Air traffic rules
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 246 — Penalties for violation of the foregoing provisions
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 247 — Examination of wrecked aircraft before destruction or removal
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 248 — Aircraft on Lake Mahopac, Lake Moraine, Lake George, and Lake Oscawana, Owasco Lake and Greenwood Lake prohibited
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 248-a — Operation of aircraft on certain lakes in the town of Lewisboro, county of Westchester
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 249 — Location of privately-owned airports
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 250 — Service of summons on nonresidents or residents who depart from state
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 251 — Liability of an owner of aircraft
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 251-a — Notice of insurance coverage in aircraft rental agreements
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 251-b — Flight school background checks
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 251-c — Disqualification of a flight instruction school applicant
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 252 — Definitions
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 253 — Consumer defenses
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 254 — Creditor relationship
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 255 — The provisions of this article shall not apply to consumer sales made pursuant to article nine of the personal property law, credit card ...
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 260 — Cutting and harvesting ice by adjoining proprietors
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 261 — Protection of rights
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 262 — Center of river defined
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 263 — Catskill creek
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 264 — Mohawk basin, at Green Island
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 265 — Ice cutting and ice bridges
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 270 — Unlawful detention of milk cans
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 271 — Penalty and action to recover
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 272 — Search warrant
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 273 — Railroad or steamboat company may act as agent of owner
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 274 — Assistance of police officer or constable
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 275 — Definitions
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 276 — Filing of statement
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 277 — Certificate of filing
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 278 — Filing under prior law
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 279 — Assignment
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 279-a — Records
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 279-b — Cancellation
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 279-c — Deposits on vessels, receptacles or utensils
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 279-d — Prohibited acts
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 279-e — Penalties
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 279-f — Presumption
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 279-g — Search warrant to discover vessels, receptacles or utensils
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 279-h — Construction
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 279-i — Saving clause
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 280 — Duty of carrier as to unclaimed articles
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 281 — Description to be made and published
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 282 — Packages to be opened and contents sold; proceeds of sale
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 283 — Lien for expenses of proceedings
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 284 — Penalty for violation of preceding sections
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 285 — Sale of unclaimed articles by express companies; notice thereof; disposition of proceeds of sale
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 286 — Surplus to be paid to owner
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 287 — After five years if unclaimed to be paid to county treasurer
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 300 — Standard of domestic distilled spirits
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 302 — Storage of petroleum
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 303 — Standard test and storage of refined petroleum and kerosene oil
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 304 — Standard and storage of illuminating oils
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 304-a — Unauthorized manufacture, sale or use of illuminating oils
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 305 — Inspectors of storage
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 306 — Fire and light within one hundred and fifty feet of warehouses in the counties of New York, Kings, Queens and Nassau prohibited
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 306-a — Violating law to prevent conflagrations
• N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 307 — Penalties and the enforcement thereof