N.Y. Tax Law Section 265
Tax a lien

  • exceptions

The tax in this article imposed shall be deemed and is hereby declared to be a lien upon the mortgage upon which such tax is imposed and upon the debt or obligation secured thereby, except that upon mortgages recorded prior to July first, nineteen hundred six, such lien shall extend only to that portion thereof represented by the amount advanced subsequently to such date and to the debt or obligation secured by such advancement, and for the purpose of enforcing the payment of the tax in this article imposed, such mortgage and the debt thereby secured shall be deemed to be property within this state notwithstanding that such mortgage may be owned by or be in the possession of a person or corporation outside the state and a copy thereof duly certified by the recording officer of any county in which such mortgage is recorded shall, for the purpose of enforcing the payment of such tax, be deemed to be, and shall have the same force and effect as the original mortgage and may be sold to satisfy such tax and upon a sale of the whole or any part thereof, shall carry with it and transfer to the purchaser all the rights, interests and obligations of the mortgagee therein named or his assignee or successor in interest in and to such mortgage and the debt secured thereby, or the part thereof to which such lien attaches, together with interest and costs. The lien of the tax resulting from a deed of trust or a deed absolute on its face which is security for a debt or obligation shall cease ten years after the recording thereof, provided such a mortgage is in the hands of a bona fide purchaser for value.

Source: Section 265 — Tax a lien; exceptions, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/TAX/265 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

250
Definitions
251
Procedure for review
252
Exemptions
252‑A
Other exemptions
253
Recording tax
253‑A
Recording tax by a city of one million or more
253‑B
Credit line mortgage
253‑C
Recording tax imposed by the county of Nassau
253‑D
Recording tax imposed by the city of Yonkers
253‑E
Recording tax imposed by the county of Broome
253‑F
Recording tax imposed by the county of Rockland
253‑G
Recording tax imposed by the county of Westchester
253‑H
Recording tax imposed by the county of Lewis
253‑I
Recording tax imposed by the county of Columbia
253‑J
Recording tax imposed by the county of Sullivan
253‑J*2
Recording tax imposed by the county of Hamilton
253‑J*3
Recording tax imposed by the county of Essex
253‑J*4
Recording tax imposed by the county of Schoharie
253‑K
Recording tax imposed by the county of Genesee
253‑L
Recording tax imposed by the county of Rensselaer
253‑M
Recording tax imposed by the county of Wayne
253‑N
Recording tax imposed by the county of Wyoming
253‑O
Recording tax imposed by the county of Chautauqua
253‑P
Recording tax imposed by the county of Albany
253‑R
Recording tax imposed by the county of Schenectady
253‑S
Recording tax imposed by the county of Steuben
253‑T
Recording tax imposed by the county of Yates
253‑U
Recording tax imposed by the county of Herkimer
253‑V
Recording tax imposed by the county of Cortland
253‑W
Recording tax imposed by the county of Warren
253‑X
Recording tax imposed by the county of Cattaraugus
253‑X*2
Recording tax imposed by the county of Greene
253‑Y
Recording tax imposed by the county of Madison
253‑Y*2
Recording tax imposed by the county of Livingston
253‑Y*3
Recording tax imposed by the county of Washington
253‑Z
Recording tax imposed by the county of Otsego
253‑Z*2
Recording tax imposed by the county of Chenango
254
Optional tax on prior mortgages
255
Supplemental mortgages
256
Mortgages for indefinite amounts or for contract obligations
257
Payment of taxes
257‑A
Refund of mortgage taxes after rescission of certain credit transactions
258
Effect of nonpayment of taxes
258‑A
Payment of tax on instruments not recorded
259
Trust mortgages
260
Determination and apportionment by the state tax commission
261
Payment over and distribution of taxes
262
Expenses of officers
263
Supervisory power of commissioner of taxation and finance and comptroller
264
Tax on prior advance mortgages
265
Tax a lien
266
Enforcement
267
Idem

Accessed:
Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 265’s source at nysenate​.gov

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