New York Public Lands Law

Every section of the New York Public Lands Law, in order — 78 sections. Source: NY Senate Open Legislation, current through November 4, 2026.

• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 1 — Short title
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 2 — State-owned real property inventory and management program
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 2-a — Certain transfers of jurisdiction over state-owned lands and declarations of abandonment by the commissioner of general services
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 2-b — Transfers of certain funds
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 3 — Powers and duties; leases
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 4 — Vesting of crown lands in the people of the state
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 5 — Letters patent, form and contents; to be recorded in the office of the secretary of state
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 6 — Determination of claims based on alleged failure of title
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 7 — Partition of lands held by the state in joint tenancy or tenancy in common
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 8 — Trespasses upon state lands
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 9 — Penalty for trespasses
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 10 — Power to investigate before grant
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 11 — Power to confirm defective grant
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 12 — Certain patents and grants ratified
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 12-a — Certain patents ratified and confirmed
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 13 — Grants to heirs, devisees or successors in interest
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 14 — Time of performing conditions of grant
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 15 — Prohibitions as to grants in Lake George
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 15-a — Filling in the state owned bed of Lake George prohibited
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 16 — Reservation of Esopus island
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 17 — Payment of incumbrances on public lands; adverse claims; costs
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 17-a — Abandonment of claims under defective tax sales; recovery of taxes paid thereon by state
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 18 — Expenses chargeable to special funds
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 19 — Taxes and assessments for local improvements on state lands
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 19-a — State aid; certain state-leased or state-owned lands
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 19-b — State aid; certain state-owned or reacquired lands
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 20 — Grants of lands in Onondaga salt springs reservation designated on certain map
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 21 — Conveyance of strips of abandoned canal lands and Onondaga salt springs reservation land
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 22 — Management of sand and gravel resources
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 23 — Disposition of moneys received from sale of certain state lands and sand and gravel thereon
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 24 — Sale or exchange of certain detached parcels of forest preserve lands
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 25 — Sale or exchange of real property owned by the state and devoted to the use of the organized militia
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 26 — Refunds when sales cannot be completed
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 27 — Acquisition of real property by purchase or appropriation
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 28 — Transfer of state lands or watershed conservation easements to the city of New York for water supply protection purposes
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 29 — Watershed conservation easements and watershed agricultural easements
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 30 — Unappropriated state lands defined
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 30-a — Abandonment of state real property
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 31 — Surveys by commissioner of general services
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 32 — Maps
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 33 — Sale of unappropriated state lands; notice and place of public sales
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 34 — Transfer of unappropriated state lands for mental health, developmental disabilities, park, recreation, playground, reforestation, street...
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 34-a — Leasing and granting of unappropriated state lands to the United States or any instrumentality thereof
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 34-b — Acquisition of air space and air and subsurface rights
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 35 — Terms of sale
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 36 — Issue of patents
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 37 — Collection, forfeiture and cancellation of purchase-money bonds
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 37-a — Resale of lands
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 38 — Payment on resale
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 38-a — Removal of occupants of land resold
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 39 — Application for grant under special law
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 40 — Exchange of unappropriated state lands
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 50 — Sale of abandoned canal lands
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 51 — Maintenance and repair of highway crossings on abandoned canal lands
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 59-a — Disposition of proceeds
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 75 — Grants of land under water
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 76 — Surrender of grant
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 77 — Notice of application therefor
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 78 — Failure to comply with conditions of grant; annulment
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 80 — Definitions
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 81 — Minerals subject to state ownership; exploration of mines on state lands
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 82 — Notice of discovery; filing; fee; bounty to discoverer; royalty to state
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 83 — Entry upon lands to work mines; effect of notice
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 84 — Mining rights; regulations; continuation; termination
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 85 — Rules and regulations
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 90 — Accelerating or impeding flow of mineral waters
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 91 — Action to restrain
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 92 — Limitation of article
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 92-a — Waste of mineral waters
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 92-b — Permits authorizing flow of springs
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 92-c — Actions to restrain violations of law; Saratoga county
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 138 — When attorney-general may maintain action
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 139 — Jury trial
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 139-a — Judgment-roll and effect of judgment
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 139-b — Transcript to be filed in each county where real property is situated
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 141 — Laws repealed
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 142 — When to take effect
• N.Y. Pub. Lands Law § 160 — Construction