N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules Section 1344
Filing, content and indexing of notice of pendency

1.

Filing. In a case specified in § 1343 (Notice of pendency)section one thousand three hundred forty-three of this article the notice of pendency shall be filed in the office of the clerk of any county where property affected is situated, before or after service of a summons and at any time prior to judgment. Unless it has already been filed in that county, the complaint shall be filed with the notice of pendency.

2.

Content, designation of index. A notice of pendency shall state the names of the parties to the action, that the action is for forfeiture pursuant to this article and a description of the property affected. A notice of pendency filed with a clerk who maintains a block index shall contain a designation of the number of each block on the land map of a county which is affected by the notice. A notice of pendency filed with a clerk who does not maintain a block index shall contain a designation of the names of each defendant against whom the notice is directed to be indexed.

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Indexing. Each county clerk with whom a notice of pendency is filed shall immediately record and index it against the blocks or names designated. A county clerk who does not maintain a block index shall index a notice of pendency of an action for partition against the names of each claiming authority and each defendant not designated as wholly fictitious.

Source: Section 1344 — Filing, content and indexing of notice of pendency, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/CVP/1344 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 18, 2025).

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Definitions 1311
Forfeiture actions 1311‑A
Subpoena duces tecum 1311‑B
Money judgment 1312
Provisional remedies 1313
Debt or property subject to attachment 1314
Attaching creditor’s rights in personal property 1315
Discharge of garnishee’s obligation 1316
Order of attachment on notice 1317
Order of attachment without notice 1318
Motion papers 1319
Service of summons 1320
Levy upon personal property by service of order 1321
Levy upon personal property by seizure 1322
Levy upon real property 1323
Additional undertaking to carrier garnishee 1324
Claiming agent’s duties after levy 1325
Garnishee’s statement 1326
Disclosure 1327
Proceedings to determine adverse claims 1328
Discharge of attachment 1329
Vacating or modifying attachment 1330
Annulment of attachment 1331
Return of property 1332
Disposition of attachment property after execution issued 1333
Grounds for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order 1334
Motion papers 1335
Temporary restraining order 1336
Vacating or modifying preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order 1337
Ascertaining damages sustained by reason of preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order 1338
Appointment and powers of temporary receiver 1339
Oath 1340
Undertaking 1341
Accounts 1342
Removal 1343
Notice of pendency 1344
Filing, content and indexing of notice of pendency 1345
Service of summons 1346
Duration of notice of pendency 1347
Motion for cancellation of notice of pendency 1348
Undertaking for cancellation of notice of pendency 1349
Disposal of property 1350
Rules of procedure 1351
Application of article 1352
Preservation of other rights and remedies
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Accessed:
Jan. 18, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 1344’s source at nysenate​.gov

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