New York Town Law

Every section of the New York Town Law, in order — 365 sections. Source: NY Senate Open Legislation, current through November 4, 2026.

• N.Y. Town Law § 1 — Short title
• N.Y. Town Law § 2 — Definition of town
• N.Y. Town Law § 10 — Classification of towns
• N.Y. Town Law § 11 — Mandatory change of classification
• N.Y. Town Law § 12 — Optional change of classification
• N.Y. Town Law § 20 — Town officers
• N.Y. Town Law § 22-b — Chairman of assessors; designation; duties and compensation
• N.Y. Town Law § 22-c — Election and term of assessors in the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk
• N.Y. Town Law § 23 — Eligibility of town officers
• N.Y. Town Law § 23-a — Residence requirement for comptroller of the town of Cortlandt
• N.Y. Town Law § 24 — Terms of office
• N.Y. Town Law § 24-a — Terms of office of elective officers
• N.Y. Town Law § 24-b — Election of council members and town justices in the town of Pawling
• N.Y. Town Law § 25 — Oaths of office and undertaking
• N.Y. Town Law § 25-a — Fingerprints of persons before appointment as town police officers, or as constables possessing powers in criminal matters
• N.Y. Town Law § 26 — Resignation of town officers
• N.Y. Town Law § 27 — Compensation of town officers and employees
• N.Y. Town Law § 28 — Power to administer oaths
• N.Y. Town Law § 29 — Powers and duties of supervisor
• N.Y. Town Law § 30 — Powers and duties of town clerk
• N.Y. Town Law § 31 — Powers and duties of town justices; requirements; restriction
• N.Y. Town Law § 32 — Powers and duties of town superintendent of highways and deputy superintendent
• N.Y. Town Law § 32-a — Entry by town engineer on private lands
• N.Y. Town Law § 33 — Powers and duties of assessors
• N.Y. Town Law § 34 — Powers and duties of town comptroller
• N.Y. Town Law § 35 — Powers and duties of collector
• N.Y. Town Law § 36 — Collection of taxes by town clerk
• N.Y. Town Law § 37 — Powers and duties of receiver of taxes and assessments
• N.Y. Town Law § 38 — Certain offices abolished
• N.Y. Town Law § 39 — Powers and duties of constables and town police officers
• N.Y. Town Law § 40 — Powers and duties of fence viewers
• N.Y. Town Law § 41 — Additional supervisors in certain towns
• N.Y. Town Law § 41-a — Abolition of the additional office of supervisor of the town of Hempstead
• N.Y. Town Law § 41-b — In any town in which the office of director of purchasing shall have been established and a director of purchasing shall have been appoin...
• N.Y. Town Law § 42 — Deputy supervisor
• N.Y. Town Law § 50 — Short title
• N.Y. Town Law § 50-a — Application
• N.Y. Town Law § 51 — General powers of town board
• N.Y. Town Law § 52 — Supervisor
• N.Y. Town Law § 52-a — Official newspaper in town of Greenburgh, Westchester county
• N.Y. Town Law § 53 — Departments of town government
• N.Y. Town Law § 53-a — Department heads
• N.Y. Town Law § 53-b — Deputy department heads
• N.Y. Town Law § 53-c — Terms of office
• N.Y. Town Law § 54 — Special improvements
• N.Y. Town Law § 55 — General reserve fund
• N.Y. Town Law § 55-a — Reserve funds for improvement districts
• N.Y. Town Law § 55-b — Reserve fund for judgments and claims
• N.Y. Town Law § 55-c — Deposit and investment of and accounting for moneys in reserve funds
• N.Y. Town Law § 56 — Town-village cooperation
• N.Y. Town Law § 57 — Dissolution of special improvement districts
• N.Y. Town Law § 57-a — Special improvement district commissioners; abolition of office
• N.Y. Town Law § 58 — Town manager
• N.Y. Town Law § 58-a — Powers and duties
• N.Y. Town Law § 60 — Town board constituted
• N.Y. Town Law § 60-a — Removal of town justices from town board
• N.Y. Town Law § 61 — Commissions abolished
• N.Y. Town Law § 62 — Meetings of town board
• N.Y. Town Law § 63 — Presiding officer and rules of procedure
• N.Y. Town Law § 64 — General powers of town boards
• N.Y. Town Law § 64-a — Payment in lieu of taxes for property acquired for park or recreational purposes
• N.Y. Town Law § 64-b — Powers of town with respect to municipal deposits in national banks in liquidation
• N.Y. Town Law § 64-c — Payment in lieu of taxes for property acquired for park and recreational purposes
• N.Y. Town Law § 64-d — Payment in lieu of taxes for property acquired for open space purposes
• N.Y. Town Law § 64-e — Peconic Bay region community preservation funds
• N.Y. Town Law § 64-ee — Peconic Bay region septic system replacement loan program
• N.Y. Town Law § 64-f — Town of Brookhaven community preservation fund
• N.Y. Town Law § 64-g — Town of Warwick preservation funds
• N.Y. Town Law § 64-h — Town of Red Hook preservation funds
• N.Y. Town Law § 64-i — Town of Chatham preservation funds
• N.Y. Town Law § 64-i — Town of Fishkill preservation funds
• N.Y. Town Law § 64-j — Town of Northeast preservation funds
• N.Y. Town Law § 64-k — Peconic Bay region community housing fund
• N.Y. Town Law § 64-l — Town of Copake preservation funds
• N.Y. Town Law § 64-l — Town of Chester preservation funds
• N.Y. Town Law § 64-l — Town of Orangetown preservation funds
• N.Y. Town Law § 64-m — Town of Clarkstown preservation funds
• N.Y. Town Law § 65 — Actions and proceedings by and against towns
• N.Y. Town Law § 65-a — Liability of towns and town superintendents of highways in certain actions
• N.Y. Town Law § 66 — Place of trial of actions and proceedings against towns; inhabitants not incompetent to act thereat
• N.Y. Town Law § 67 — Presentation of claims for torts: actions against towns
• N.Y. Town Law § 68 — Compromise of actions, proceedings or claims
• N.Y. Town Law § 69 — Duties of town board with respect to justice courts
• N.Y. Town Law § 73 — Alteration of town boundaries
• N.Y. Town Law § 74 — Effective date of alteration or division
• N.Y. Town Law § 75 — Disposition of town property on alteration of boundaries
• N.Y. Town Law § 76 — Apportionment of debts on division of towns
• N.Y. Town Law § 77 — Meetings of town boards on alteration of boundaries
• N.Y. Town Law § 78 — Right of action upon failure of towns whose boundaries are altered to agree upon disposition of assets and debts
• N.Y. Town Law § 79 — Application of article
• N.Y. Town Law § 79-a — Dissolution of certain towns
• N.Y. Town Law § 80 — Biennial town elections
• N.Y. Town Law § 81 — Election upon proposition
• N.Y. Town Law § 82 — Notice of submission of proposition; hours of voting
• N.Y. Town Law § 83 — Conduct of town elections
• N.Y. Town Law § 84 — Qualifications of electors at town elections
• N.Y. Town Law § 84-a — Absentee ballots for special town elections; special provisions
• N.Y. Town Law § 84-b — Early mail ballots for special town elections; special provisions
• N.Y. Town Law § 85 — Ward system for election of council members
• N.Y. Town Law § 86 — Town elections in the county of Broome
• N.Y. Town Law § 87 — Increase or decrease of number of council members
• N.Y. Town Law § 88 — Reduction of number of justices of the peace and election of town council members
• N.Y. Town Law § 90 — Acts or resolutions of the town board that are subject to a referendum on petition
• N.Y. Town Law § 91 — Referendum on petition
• N.Y. Town Law § 92 — Propositions for the submission of acts or resolutions
• N.Y. Town Law § 93 — Repeal of acts or resolutions of town board
• N.Y. Town Law § 94 — Referendum on acts or resolutions of the town board without petition
• N.Y. Town Law § 100 — Application
• N.Y. Town Law § 101 — Fiscal year
• N.Y. Town Law § 102 — Budget system
• N.Y. Town Law § 103 — Definitions
• N.Y. Town Law § 104 — Submission of estimates
• N.Y. Town Law § 105 — Fire district estimates and budget
• N.Y. Town Law § 106 — Preparation, filing and review of tentative and preliminary budgets
• N.Y. Town Law § 107 — Contents of preliminary budget
• N.Y. Town Law § 108 — Public hearing
• N.Y. Town Law § 109 — Final revision and adoption of budget
• N.Y. Town Law § 110 — Encumbering appropriations
• N.Y. Town Law § 111 — Lapse of appropriations
• N.Y. Town Law § 112 — Supplemental appropriations; unappropriated unreserved fund balances
• N.Y. Town Law § 113 — Transfers from general purpose funds to other funds
• N.Y. Town Law § 114 — Interest charges against districts
• N.Y. Town Law § 115 — Tax levy
• N.Y. Town Law § 116 — Town charges
• N.Y. Town Law § 117 — Certain contracts and expenditures prohibited
• N.Y. Town Law § 118 — Form of claims
• N.Y. Town Law § 119 — Audit of claims and issuance of warrants
• N.Y. Town Law § 120 — Payrolls to be certified
• N.Y. Town Law § 121 — Payment of judgments and compromised actions, proceedings or claims
• N.Y. Town Law § 122 — Advertising for bids; letting of contracts
• N.Y. Town Law § 122-a — Purchasing of products for public use
• N.Y. Town Law § 123 — Annual accounting by town officers and employees
• N.Y. Town Law § 124 — Designation of the comptroller as accounting officer
• N.Y. Town Law § 125 — Duties of supervisor
• N.Y. Town Law § 130 — Town ordinances
• N.Y. Town Law § 131 — Definition of town ordinance
• N.Y. Town Law § 132 — Effect of town ordinances limited
• N.Y. Town Law § 133 — When ordinance shall take effect
• N.Y. Town Law § 134 — Proof of ordinance; maps
• N.Y. Town Law § 135 — Violations of ordinances
• N.Y. Town Law § 136 — Licensing and regulating occupations
• N.Y. Town Law § 137 — Issuing of licenses
• N.Y. Town Law § 138 — Building inspector
• N.Y. Town Law § 139 — Agreements with fire districts
• N.Y. Town Law § 140 — Definitions
• N.Y. Town Law § 141 — Acquisition or establishment of self-supporting improvements
• N.Y. Town Law § 142 — Charges for use of self-supporting improvements
• N.Y. Town Law § 143 — Use of self-supporting improvements
• N.Y. Town Law § 150 — Establishment of town police departments
• N.Y. Town Law § 151 — Qualifications
• N.Y. Town Law § 152 — Promotion
• N.Y. Town Law § 153 — Transfers
• N.Y. Town Law § 154 — Administration
• N.Y. Town Law § 154-a — Physical examinations
• N.Y. Town Law § 155 — Discipline and charges
• N.Y. Town Law § 156 — Effect of resignation
• N.Y. Town Law § 157 — Absentee leave
• N.Y. Town Law § 158 — Special police officers
• N.Y. Town Law § 170 — Establishment and extension of fire, fire alarm and fire protection districts
• N.Y. Town Law § 171 — Petition and hearing
• N.Y. Town Law § 172-a — Alteration of boundaries of fire districts
• N.Y. Town Law § 172-c — Alteration of boundaries of fire protection district
• N.Y. Town Law § 172-e — Change of name of fire district
• N.Y. Town Law § 172-f — Resolution and hearing for diminution of fire district boundaries
• N.Y. Town Law § 172-g — Filing of determination
• N.Y. Town Law § 173 — Filing of determination
• N.Y. Town Law § 174 — Fire district officers
• N.Y. Town Law § 175 — Election of fire district officers
• N.Y. Town Law § 175-a — Registration for voters
• N.Y. Town Law § 175-b — Absentee ballots for fire district elections; special provisions
• N.Y. Town Law § 175-c — Notice of hearings and elections
• N.Y. Town Law § 176 — Powers and duties of fire district commissioners
• N.Y. Town Law § 176-a — Duties of chief and assistant chiefs of fire department of fire district
• N.Y. Town Law § 176-b — Volunteer members of fire district fire companies
• N.Y. Town Law § 176-c — Removal of fire commissioners
• N.Y. Town Law § 176-d — Funding of fire districts
• N.Y. Town Law § 176-e — Training requirements for fire commissioners
• N.Y. Town Law § 177 — Powers and duties of fire district treasurer
• N.Y. Town Law § 177-b — Powers and duties of deputy fire district treasurers
• N.Y. Town Law § 177-c — Powers and duties of the director of purchasing
• N.Y. Town Law § 178 — Powers and duties of fire district secretary
• N.Y. Town Law § 178-a — Expenses incurred in attending town and county officers training school
• N.Y. Town Law § 178-b — Expenses of the association of fire districts of the state of New York
• N.Y. Town Law § 178-c — Expenses of fire district officers, officials and employees
• N.Y. Town Law § 178-d — Costs, expenses and damages a fire district charge in certain cases
• N.Y. Town Law § 179 — Special district elections to vote upon appropriations
• N.Y. Town Law § 180 — Actions and proceedings against fire districts
• N.Y. Town Law § 181 — Annual budget and levy of taxes
• N.Y. Town Law § 181-a — Budgetary controls
• N.Y. Town Law § 181-b — Independent audit of fire districts
• N.Y. Town Law § 182 — Effect of incorporation of village or city including lands within a fire district
• N.Y. Town Law § 183 — Fire alarm districts
• N.Y. Town Law § 184 — Fire protection districts
• N.Y. Town Law § 184-a — Contract for water supply outside of fire districts
• N.Y. Town Law § 184-c — Water supply outside of fire districts
• N.Y. Town Law § 186 — Savings clause
• N.Y. Town Law § 187 — Exclusion of a fire district from a water supply district
• N.Y. Town Law § 188 — Use of surplus town moneys for purchase of fire apparatus for use in town fire districts
• N.Y. Town Law § 189 — Fire inspection of property in contract areas
• N.Y. Town Law § 189-a — Procedure