N.Y. Highway Law Section 125
Land may be sold or leased

  • disposition of proceeds
Any lands acquired by purchase or condemnation, for the purpose of obtaining gravel, stone or other materials, for the construction or maintenance of highways improved or constructed as provided in this article, or required for spoil banks, may be sold in accordance with the eminent domain procedure law or leased by the governing body of any county, when no longer needed for any of such purposes. The proceeds thereof shall be paid into and become a part of the county road fund. The governing body may, where it has acquired land by purchase or condemnation as a right-of-way for a county road, sell, convey, grant or lease to the owner or owners of property adjoining the same, so much thereof as may be unnecessary for such highway purposes, provided the strip of land retained for such highway purposes is not less than sixty feet in width, and provided such sale, conveyance, grant or lease will give said adjoining owner or owners of land a frontage immediately in front of their respective premises upon the new highway and right-of-way when completed. The governing body may make such sale, conveyance, grant or lease to such owner or owners of real property for the purpose of compensating such owner or owners for damages sustained by reason of the change of the location of such highway and in full settlement thereof. In the county of Wayne, however, if any such owner or owners of property adjoining lands heretofore acquired by said county from the R. & S. Liquidating Corporation and being formerly lands of the Rochester & Syracuse Trolley Company, for purposes of a right-of-way for a state highway, do not purchase such lands or any part thereof as may be unnecessary for highway purposes as provided by this section, within sixty days from the receipt by such owner or owners of the offer of the governing body of such county to sell such lands or any part thereof, then such board may sell and convey such lands or any part thereof, on the same terms and conditions as those of such offer or offers, to any other person or persons, and the proceeds thereof shall be used in the manner provided by this section.

Source: Section 125 — Land may be sold or leased; disposition of proceeds, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/HAY/125 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 29, 2025).

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Definitions 111
Payment and apportionment of cost among counties and towns 113
Annual statement of cost 114
Sources and use of county road fund moneys 115
Preparation of map showing proposed county road system 115–A
Abandonment of unused portions of town highways on county road system 115–B
Removal of road or part of road from county road system 115–C
Notice to municipalities where county roads are abandoned or revert to such municipalities 116
Statement and approval of proposed work 117
Construction and reconstruction of county roads 117–A
Highways in villages in Niagara county 117–B
Controlled-access highways in counties 117–C
Hawking, peddling, vending, sale of goods, wares or merchandise 117–D
Pedestrian overpass to be designated as the “Jennifer Bolender Memorial Overpass” 117–E
Pedestrian overpass to be designated as the “Police Officer Robert McLellan Memorial Overpass” 118
Acquisition by counties of lands for right-of-way and other purposes 118–A
Abandoning of parts of county highways 118–B
Entry upon lands by county superintendent 119
Purchase of lands 120
Petition to acquire lands 121
Commissioners of appraisal to be appointed 122
Duties of commissioners of appraisal 123
County treasurer to pay awards 125
Land may be sold or leased 126
Awarding of contracts 127
Payments from the county road fund 129
Maintenance and apportionment of cost 130
Bridges on county road system 131
County roads of additional width and increased cost at expense of village 131–A
Application 131–B
County highways and bridges 131–C
Location and construction of bridges 131–D
Construction by county of destroyed bridges 131–E
Bridges over county lines 131–F
Streets outside cities 131–G
Regulation of toll rates 131–H
Separate highway districts in certain counties 131–I
Boundary lines 131–J
Development of highways and other improvements in certain counties 131–K
County aid for construction and improvement of certain public highways and bridges in municipalities 133
Machinery, tools, equipment, implements, materials and supplies 133–A
Rental or hiring of county highway machinery, tools or equipment 134
Purchases by county purchasing agent 135
Snow removal, and cutting of weeds 135–A
Control of snow and ice conditions on county roads 136
Permits for work within the county road right of way 137
Maintenance of certain highways by a county 138
Bridge between Saratoga county and Warren county to be designated as the "Irving H 139
County liable for injuries caused by defective highways and bridges 139–A
Presentation of claims for torts
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Verified:
Nov. 29, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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