N.Y. General Obligations Law Section 13-101
Transfer of claims

Any claim or demand can be transferred, except in one of the following cases:

1.

Where it is to recover damages for a personal injury;

2.

Where it is founded upon a grant, which is made void by a statute of the state; or upon a claim to or interest in real property, a grant of which, by the transferrer, would be void by such a statute;

3.

Where a transfer thereof is expressly forbidden by:

(a)

a statute of the state, or

(b)

a statute of the United States, or

(c)

would contravene public policy.

Source: Section 13-101 — Transfer of claims, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/GOB/13-101 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 24, 2026).

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