Legislation
SECTION 1307
Nuisances; abatement expenses; lien and execution
Public Health (PBH) CHAPTER 45, ARTICLE 13, TITLE 1
§ 1307. Nuisances; abatement expenses; lien and execution. 1. If
execution upon a judgment for the recovery of the expense of the
suppression or removal of a nuisance or other matter, pursuant to an
order or regulation of any local board of health is returned wholly or
in part unsatisfied, such judgment, if docketed in the place and manner
required by law to make a judgment of a court of record a lien upon real
property, shall be a first lien upon such premises, having preference
over all other liens and encumbrances whatever. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, such lien shall not have preference over any mortgage or
other encumbrance for the benefit of the state of New York or a public
benefit corporation thereof.
2. The board may cause such premises to be sold for a term of time for
the payment and satisfaction of such lien and the expenses of the sale,
provided, however, that where such premises are encumbered by a mortgage
or other encumbrance for the benefit of the state of New York or a
public benefit corporation thereof, the consent of that entity shall
first be obtained.
3. Notice of such sale shall be published for twelve weeks
successively, at least once in each week, in a newspaper of the city,
village or town, or if no newspaper is published therein, in the
newspaper published nearest to such premises. If the owner or occupant
of the premises, or his agent, is known, a copy of such notice shall be
served upon him, either personally, at least fourteen days previous to
the sale, or by mail at least twenty-eight days prior thereto.
4. The premises shall be sold to the person offering to take them for
the shortest time, paying the amount unpaid on such judgment and
interest and the expenses of the notice and sale. A certificate of the
sale, signed and acknowledged by the president and secretary of the
board, shall be made and delivered to the purchaser, and may be recorded
as a conveyance of real property, and the purchaser shall thereupon be
entitled to the immediate possession of such premises, and, if occupied,
may maintain an action or proceeding to recover the possession thereof
against the occupant, as against a tenant of real property holding over
after the expiration of his term; and the cost of any such action or
proceeding, if not paid by the occupant, shall also be a lien upon such
premises, having the same preference as the lien of such judgment, and
the right of the purchaser to such premises shall be extended for a
longer term, which shall bear the same proportion to the original term
as the amount of such costs bears to the amount paid by the purchaser on
such sale.
5. The term of the purchaser at any such sale shall commence when he
shall have acquired possession of the premises sold.
6. At any time within six months after recording such certificate of
sale, the owner of the premises or any lessee, mortgagee or
incumbrancer, thereof, or of any part of the same, may redeem the
premises or any such part from such sale by paying to the purchaser the
amount paid by him on the sale, and all cost and expenses incurred by
him in any action or proceeding to recover possession with interest at
the rate of ten per centum per annum thereon. If redemption is made by
the owner, the right of the purchaser shall be extinguished; if by a
lessee, the amount paid shall be applied as a payment upon any rent due
or which may accrue upon his lease; if by a mortgagee or an
incumbrancer, the amount paid shall be added to his mortgage,
incumbrance or other lien, or if he have more than one to the oldest,
and shall thereafter be a part of such mortgage, lien or incumbrance and
enforceable as such.
execution upon a judgment for the recovery of the expense of the
suppression or removal of a nuisance or other matter, pursuant to an
order or regulation of any local board of health is returned wholly or
in part unsatisfied, such judgment, if docketed in the place and manner
required by law to make a judgment of a court of record a lien upon real
property, shall be a first lien upon such premises, having preference
over all other liens and encumbrances whatever. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, such lien shall not have preference over any mortgage or
other encumbrance for the benefit of the state of New York or a public
benefit corporation thereof.
2. The board may cause such premises to be sold for a term of time for
the payment and satisfaction of such lien and the expenses of the sale,
provided, however, that where such premises are encumbered by a mortgage
or other encumbrance for the benefit of the state of New York or a
public benefit corporation thereof, the consent of that entity shall
first be obtained.
3. Notice of such sale shall be published for twelve weeks
successively, at least once in each week, in a newspaper of the city,
village or town, or if no newspaper is published therein, in the
newspaper published nearest to such premises. If the owner or occupant
of the premises, or his agent, is known, a copy of such notice shall be
served upon him, either personally, at least fourteen days previous to
the sale, or by mail at least twenty-eight days prior thereto.
4. The premises shall be sold to the person offering to take them for
the shortest time, paying the amount unpaid on such judgment and
interest and the expenses of the notice and sale. A certificate of the
sale, signed and acknowledged by the president and secretary of the
board, shall be made and delivered to the purchaser, and may be recorded
as a conveyance of real property, and the purchaser shall thereupon be
entitled to the immediate possession of such premises, and, if occupied,
may maintain an action or proceeding to recover the possession thereof
against the occupant, as against a tenant of real property holding over
after the expiration of his term; and the cost of any such action or
proceeding, if not paid by the occupant, shall also be a lien upon such
premises, having the same preference as the lien of such judgment, and
the right of the purchaser to such premises shall be extended for a
longer term, which shall bear the same proportion to the original term
as the amount of such costs bears to the amount paid by the purchaser on
such sale.
5. The term of the purchaser at any such sale shall commence when he
shall have acquired possession of the premises sold.
6. At any time within six months after recording such certificate of
sale, the owner of the premises or any lessee, mortgagee or
incumbrancer, thereof, or of any part of the same, may redeem the
premises or any such part from such sale by paying to the purchaser the
amount paid by him on the sale, and all cost and expenses incurred by
him in any action or proceeding to recover possession with interest at
the rate of ten per centum per annum thereon. If redemption is made by
the owner, the right of the purchaser shall be extinguished; if by a
lessee, the amount paid shall be applied as a payment upon any rent due
or which may accrue upon his lease; if by a mortgagee or an
incumbrancer, the amount paid shall be added to his mortgage,
incumbrance or other lien, or if he have more than one to the oldest,
and shall thereafter be a part of such mortgage, lien or incumbrance and
enforceable as such.