Statute · New York Real Property Law
N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 17 — Heirs of patriotic Indian
N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 17
- Type
- Statute
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- New York Real Property Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 17. Heirs of patriotic Indian. The heirs of an Indian to whom real property was granted for military services rendered during the war of the Revolution may take and hold such real property by descent as if they were citizens of the state at the time of the death of their ancestors. A…
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N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 17 — Heirs of patriotic Indian is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 17. Heirs of patriotic Indian. The heirs of an Indian to whom real property was granted for military services rendered during the war of the Revolution may take and hold such real property by descent as if they were citizens of the state at the time of the death of their ancestors. A conveyance of such real property to a citizen of this state, executed by such Indian or his heirs after March seventh, eighteen hundred and nine, is valid, if executed with the approval of the surveyor-general or state engineer and surveyor prior to January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and thereafter with the approval of the commissioner of transportation indorsed thereon.