N.Y. Public Lands Law Section 21
Conveyance of strips of abandoned canal lands and Onondaga salt springs reservation land

a.

The commissioner of general services is authorized, in his discretion, to sell and convey at public or private sale, upon such terms and conditions as he may deem proper, all the right, title and interest of the state in and to certain strips of abandoned canal lands or Onondaga salt springs reservation land, which strips adjoin the old beds of the Erie canal and Oswego canal and side-cut canals, which beds were heretofore conveyed by the people of the state of New York and in which said strips of land there remains a right, title or interest in the people of the state of New York. Any such private sale, if made, shall be to the state’s grantee or to the successor to the title or interest of the beds so previously granted by the state and shall be for a consideration not less than the appraised value of the said right, title or interest.

b.

The commissioner of general services is authorized, in his discretion, to sell and convey at private sale, upon such terms and conditions as he may deem proper, all the right, title and interest of the state in and to any parcel of land of the Onondaga salt springs reservation to the person or persons having a deed of record of such land, or their successors in interest, since the first day of January, eighteen hundred ninety-nine, or to any person or persons who have been in continuous, open, notorious and adverse possession of such land since the first day of January, eighteen hundred ninety-nine.

Source: Section 21 — Conveyance of strips of abandoned canal lands and Onondaga salt springs reservation land, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBL/21 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 18, 2025).

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State-owned real property inventory and management program 2‑A
Certain transfers of jurisdiction over state-owned lands and declarations of abandonment by the commissioner of general services 2‑B
Transfers of certain funds 3
Powers and duties 4
Vesting of crown lands in the people of the state 5
Letters patent, form and contents 6
Determination of claims based on alleged failure of title 7
Partition of lands held by the state in joint tenancy or tenancy in common 8
Trespasses upon state lands 9
Penalty for trespasses 10
Power to investigate before grant 11
Power to confirm defective grant 12
Certain patents and grants ratified 12‑A
Certain patents ratified and confirmed 13
Grants to heirs, devisees or successors in interest 14
Time of performing conditions of grant 15
Prohibitions as to grants in Lake George 15‑A
Filling in the state owned bed of Lake George prohibited 16
Reservation of Esopus island 17
Payment of incumbrances on public lands 17‑A
Abandonment of claims under defective tax sales 18
Expenses chargeable to special funds 19
Taxes and assessments for local improvements on state lands 19‑A
State aid 19‑B
State aid 20
Grants of lands in Onondaga salt springs reservation designated on certain map 21
Conveyance of strips of abandoned canal lands and Onondaga salt springs reservation land 22
Management of sand and gravel resources 23
Disposition of moneys received from sale of certain state lands and sand and gravel thereon 24
Sale or exchange of certain detached parcels of forest preserve lands 25
Sale or exchange of real property owned by the state and devoted to the use of the organized militia 26
Refunds when sales cannot be completed 27
Acquisition of real property by purchase or appropriation 28
Transfer of state lands or watershed conservation easements to the city of New York for water supply protection purposes 29
Watershed conservation easements and watershed agricultural easements
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Accessed:
Jan. 18, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 21’s source at nysenate​.gov

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