New York § 5237 - 5237Failure of title to property sold
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 5237 — 5237Failure of title to property sold, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5237. 5237Failure of title to property sold
§ 5237. Failure of title to property sold. The purchaser of property sold by a sheriff pursuant to execution or order may recover the purchase money from the judgment creditors who received the proceeds if the property is recovered from such purchaser in consequence of an irregularity in the sale or a vacatur, reversal or setting aside of the judgment upon which the execution or order was based. If a judgment for the purchase money is so recovered against a judgment creditor in consequence of an irregularity in the sale, such judgment creditor may enforce his judgment as if no levy or sale had been made, and, for that purpose, he may move without notice for an order restoring any lien or priority or amending any docket entry affected by the sale.
Source: official New York text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 5237 ("5237Failure of title to property sold") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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