N.Y. Lien Law Section 206
Enforcement by action

  • when and in what courts
  • procedure in action to foreclose real property mortgage applicable in actions to foreclos...
§ 206. Enforcement by action; when and in what courts; procedure in action to foreclose real property mortgage applicable in actions to foreclose a mortgage or other lien. An action may be maintained to foreclose a lien upon a chattel, for a sum of money, in any case where such a lien exists at the commencement of the action. The action may be brought in any court, of record or not of record, which would have jurisdiction to render a judgment, in an action founded upon a contract, for a sum equal to the amount of the lien. For the purposes of this section and of sections two hundred seven to two hundred ten inclusive a chattel mortgage to secure the payment of a loan of money or other debt, or the purchase price of chattels, a contract of conditional sale of personal property, a hiring of personal property where title is not to vest in the person hiring until payment of a certain sum and a security interest created by a security agreement in personal property, shall be deemed a lien upon a chattel. The procedure in an action to foreclose a mortgage on real property, in so far as it may be applicable, shall apply in actions to foreclose a mortgage or other lien on chattels or other personal property.

Source: Section 206 — Enforcement by action; when and in what courts; procedure in action to foreclose real property mortgage applicable in actions to foreclos..., https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/LIE/206 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 13, 2024).

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