New York § 123 - 123Contents of petition; schedule
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 123 — 123Contents of petition; schedule, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 123. 123Contents of petition; schedule
§ 123. Contents of petition; schedule. The petition must be in writing; it must be signed by the petitioner; and it must state the cause of his imprisonment, by setting forth a copy, or the substance of the execution, or, if there are two or more executions, of each of them. The petitioner must annex thereto, and present therewith, a schedule, containing a just and true account of all his property, and of all charges affecting the same; as the property and charges existed at the time when he was first imprisoned, and also as they exist at the time when the petition is prepared; together with a just and true account of all deeds, securities, books, vouchers, and papers, relating to the property, and to the charges thereupon.
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