N.Y. Public Lands Law Section 25
Sale or exchange of real property owned by the state and devoted to the use of the organized militia

Upon the filing with the commissioner of general services by the adjutant general of his certificate in writing of his determination that certain real property owned by the state and devoted to the use of the organized militia of the state is no longer needed or adapted for such use and consenting that the same be sold or exchanged by the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this section, the commission, if such certificate and consent be approved by the director of the budget and be accompanied by, annexed to, or endorsed upon an accurate map and description of such real property, may sell or exchange such real property in accordance with and subject to the terms, if any, of such consent. All sales of any such property shall be in accordance with the procedure specified in article 3 (Unappropriated State Lands)article three of this chapter for the sale of unappropriated state lands. Upon compliance by the purchaser with the terms of sale, or, in the case of an exchange of lands, with the terms of the order of the commissioner authorizing such exchange, the sale or exchange shall be consummated by the issuance of letters patent granting the state-owned real property. All moneys constituting the proceeds of any such disposition of such state-owned real property shall be paid, less any refunds made pursuant to the provisions of § 26 (Refunds when sales cannot be completed)section twenty-six of this law, first to repay any expenditures made by the office of general services from moneys appropriated to said office in the first instance for the administration, management, utilization and disposition of real property of the state and any rights or interests therein, and any balance of such moneys remaining after repayment of the first instance expenditures shall be paid into the state treasury through the office of general services to the credit of the capital projects fund established by State Finance Law § 93 (Capital projects fund)section ninety-three of the state finance law.

Source: Section 25 — Sale or exchange of real property owned by the state and devoted to the use of the organized militia, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBL/25 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

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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:
Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 25’s source at nysenate​.gov

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