Statute · New York Second Class Cities Law
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 102 — Streets by prescription
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 102
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Second Class Cities Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 102. Streets by prescription. All lands which shall have been used by the public as a street for twenty years or more continuously shall be a street with the same force and effect as if it had been duly laid out and recorded as such.
Citator
N.Y. Second Class Cities Law § 102 — Streets by prescription is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 102. Streets by prescription. All lands which shall have been used by the public as a street for twenty years or more continuously shall be a street with the same force and effect as if it had been duly laid out and recorded as such.