N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 19.26 – Limitations on actions against the office
§ 19.26 Limitations on actions against the office. Notwithstanding the provisions of the civil practice law and rules or any other law, except for laws governing actions to recover stolen property:
Terms Used In N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 19.26
- Claimant: means a person who asserts ownership or some other legal right to undocumented property held by the office. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 19.13
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Lender: means a person whose name appears on the records of the office as the person legally entitled to, or claiming to be legally entitled to, property held by the office or, if deceased, the legal heirs of such person. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 19.13
- Loan: means a deposit of property with the office not accompanied by a transfer to the office of title to the property. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 19.13
- Office: means the state office of parks, recreation and historic preservation and those facilities including historic sites as defined in section 1. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 19.13
- Property: means any inanimate object, document or tangible object under the office's care which has intrinsic historic, artistic, scientific, or cultural value. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 19.13
- Undocumented property: means property in the possession of the office for which the office cannot determine the owner by reference to its records. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 19.13
1. No action against the office for damages arising out of injury to or loss of property loaned to the office shall be commenced more than three years from the date the office gives the lender or claimant notice of the injury or loss under section 19.22 of this article.
2. No action against the office to recover property shall be commenced more than three years from the date the office gives notice of its intent to terminate the loan under section 19.17 of this article or notice of intent to acquire title to undocumented property under section 19.18 of this article.