N.Y. Debtor & Creditor Law Section 79
When discharge to be granted


Upon the production by the petitioner of a certificate of the trustee or trustees, duly acknowledged or proved, and certified, in like manner as a deed to be recorded in the county, to the effect, that the insolvent has assigned, for the benefit of all his creditors, all his property so directed to be assigned, and all the books, vouchers, and papers relating thereto, and that he has delivered so much thereof as is capable of delivery; and also of a certificate of the county clerk, that the assignment has been duly recorded in his office; the court must grant to the insolvent a discharge from his debts, which has the effect declared in the following sections of this article.

Source: Section 79 — When discharge to be granted, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/DCD/79 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

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Who may be discharged
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To what court application to be made
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Contents of petition
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Consent of creditors to be annexed
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Consent of executor, administrator, receiver, or trustee
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Consent of corporation or joint-stock association
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Consent of partnership
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Effect of consent where petitioner is a joint debtor
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Consent of purchaser or assignee of debt
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Consenting creditor must relinquish security
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Penalty if creditor swears falsely
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Affidavit of consenting creditor
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When non-resident creditor to annex accounts and securities
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Petitioner’s schedule
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Petitioner’s affidavit
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Order to show cause
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How order published and served
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Hearing
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Putting cause on calendar
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Opposing creditor to file specifications, and may demand jury trial
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Opposing creditor to file proofs, if not named in schedule
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Proceedings if jurors do not agree
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When insolvent required to produce his non-resident wife
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Examination of insolvent
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When insolvent cannot be discharged
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When assignment to be directed
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Assignment
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Trustees, how designated
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Effect of assignment
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When discharge to be granted
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Order to show cause where trustee refuses to give certificate
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Proceedings upon return of order
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Discharge and other papers to be recorded
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Effect of discharge
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Effect of discharge as to foreign contracts or creditors
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Effect of discharge as to debts to the United States and the state
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Insolvent to be released from imprisonment
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Discharge, when void
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Invalidity may be proved on motion to vacate order of arrest or execution

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 79’s source at nysenate​.gov

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