N.Y. Personal Property Law Section 40
Bona fide purchasers

This article does not affect or impair the title of a purchaser or incumbrancer for a valuable consideration, unless it appear that such purchaser or incumbrancer had previous notice of the fraudulent intent of his immediate vendor, or of the fraud rendering void the title of such vendor.

Source: Section 40 — Bona fide purchasers, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEP/40 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 14, 2026).

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