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SECTION 82
Levy to pay a final judgment; to be in addition to amount authorized by law; money to be paid to judgment creditor
General Municipal (GMU) CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 5
§ 82. Levy to pay a final judgment; to be in addition to amount
authorized by law; money to be paid to judgment creditor. If a final
judgment for a sum of money, or directing the payment of money shall
have been, or shall hereafter be recovered against any county, town,
city or incorporated village within this state, and the same remains, or
shall hereafter remain unpaid, and the execution thereof is not, or
shall not be stayed as required by law, or if so stayed, the stay has
expired, or shall hereafter expire, it shall be the duty of the board of
supervisors, if the judgment is, or shall be, recovered against a county
or town, or of the common council of the city, or the board of trustees
of the village, if the judgment is, or shall be, recovered against a
city or an incorporated village, and the said board of supervisors,
common council or board of trustees is hereby empowered to assess, levy,
and cause to be collected at the same time and in like manner as other
moneys for the necessary expenses of the county, town, city or village,
as the case may be, are then next thereafter to be assessed, levied and
collected, and in addition to the moneys now authorized by law to be
assessed, levied and collected for that purpose, a sum of money
sufficient to pay the said judgment with the interest thereupon, and the
fees and expenses chargeable by law upon the execution, if any, issued
to collect the same. The moneys so assessed and levied as soon as
collected and paid to the proper receiving and disbursing officer, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, shall, from time to time, be paid by
him to the judgment creditor, administrator or assignee, or other person
entitled to receive the same by reason of the said judgment, without any
deduction for his fees or commissions.