Assembly Bill A9763

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the theft of real property

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A9763 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6569
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §30.10, CP L; amd §§155.00, 155.05, 155.35, 155.40, 155.42 & 187.00, Pen L; amd §63, Exec L

2023-A9763 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the theft of real property; defines certain larceny crimes as involving deed theft; authorizes the attorney general to investigate and prosecute every person or entity charged with the commission of a criminal offense in violation or transactions relating to deed theft or a transaction involving real property.

2023-A9763 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9763
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 4, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. DAIS -- (at request of the Attorney General) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, the penal law and the execu-
   tive law, in relation to deed theft
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  3 of section 30.10 of the criminal procedure
 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
   (H) A PROSECUTION FOR ANY FELONY RELATED TO  A  DEED  THEFT  OR  WHERE
 THERE  IS FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH A TRANSACTION INVOLVING REAL PROPERTY
 MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN FIVE YEARS AFTER THE COMMISSION OF  THE  CRIME,
 OR  WITHIN  TWO  YEARS  AFTER  THE  FACTS  CONSTITUTING SUCH OFFENSE ARE
 DISCOVERED BY THE AGGRIEVED PARTY, WHICHEVER OCCURS LATER.
   § 2. Section 155.00 of the penal law is  amended  by  adding  six  new
 subdivisions 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 to read as follows:
   11.  "RESIDENTIAL  REAL PROPERTY" OR ANY DERIVATIVE WORD THEREOF SHALL
 HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION  187.00
 OF THIS PART.
   12.  "COMMERCIAL PROPERTY" OR ANY DERIVATIVE WORD THEREOF SHALL MEAN A
 NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTY  USED  FOR  THE  BUYING,  SELLING  OR  OTHERWISE
 PROVIDING  OF  GOODS  OR SERVICES INCLUDING HOTEL SERVICES, OR FOR OTHER
 LAWFUL BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL OR MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES.
   13. "MIXED-USE PROPERTY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME  MEANING  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  TWENTY-TWO  OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE-AAAA OF THE
 REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW.
   14. "INCOMPETENT" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 1-2.9 OF THE ESTATES, POWERS AND TRUSTS LAW.
   15.  "INCAPACITATED PERSON" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO, BECAUSE OF MENTAL
 DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL
 HYGIENE LAW OR MENTAL DEFICIENCY, IS UNABLE TO CARE FOR THEIR OWN  PROP-
 ERTY  AND/OR  PERSONAL  NEEDS, AND IS LIKELY TO SUFFER HARM BECAUSE SUCH
 PERSON IS UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND  APPRECIATE  THE  NATURE  AND  CONSE-
 QUENCES  OF  NOT  BEING  ABLE TO CARE FOR THEIR PROPERTY AND/OR PERSONAL
 NEEDS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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