N.Y. Real Property Law Section 463
Exemptions


A property condition disclosure statement shall not be required in connection with any of the following transfers of residential real property:

1.

A transfer pursuant to a court order, including, but not limited to, a transfer order by a probate court during the administration of a decedent’s estate, a transfer pursuant to a writ of execution, a transfer by a trustee in bankruptcy or debtor-in-possession, a transfer as a result of the exercise of the power of eminent domain, and a transfer that results from a decree for specific performance of a contract or other agreement between two or more persons;

2.

A transfer to mortgagee or an affiliate or agent thereof by a mortgagor by deed in lieu of foreclosure or in satisfaction of the mortgage debt;

3.

A transfer to a beneficiary of a deed of trust;

4.

A transfer pursuant to a foreclosure sale that follows a default in the satisfaction of an obligation that is secured by a mortgage;

5.

A transfer by a sale under a power of sale that follows a default in the satisfaction of an obligation that is secured by a mortgage;

6.

A transfer by a mortgagee, or a beneficiary under a mortgage, or an affiliate or agent thereof, who has acquired the residential real property at a sale under a mortgage or who has acquired the residential real property by a deed in lieu of foreclosure;

7.

A transfer by a fiduciary in the course of the administration of a descendent’s estate, a guardianship, a conservatorship, or a trust;

8.

A transfer from one co-owner to one or more other co-owners;

9.

A transfer made to the transferor’s spouse or to one or more persons in the lineal consanguinity of one or more of the transferors;

10.

A transfer between spouses or former spouses as a result of a decree of divorce, dissolution of marriage, annulment, or legal separation or as a result of property settlement, agreement incidental to a decree of divorce, dissolution of marriage, annulment or legal separation;

11.

A transfer to or from the state, a political subdivision of the state, or another governmental entity;

12.

A transfer that involves newly constructed residential real property that previously had not been inhabited;

13.

A transfer by a sheriff; or

14.

A transfer pursuant to a partition action.

Source: Section 463 — Exemptions, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/RPP/463 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

Accessed:
Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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