New York § 6618 - 6618Suits to recover assessments
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§ 6618. 6618Suits to recover assessments
§ 6618. Suits to recover assessments. (a) An assessment corporation may maintain a civil action against any member or former member of such corporation for the unpaid amount of any extraordinary or post assessment lawfully levied against him, or against any former member of such corporation for the earned portion of any advance assessment which he has failed to pay. (b) In any such action the corporation may recover, in addition to such sum or sums, legal interest thereon and the amount of any penalty imposed by such corporation's by-laws for failure to pay such assessments; but no such corporation shall provide in its by-laws for such a penalty in excess of fifty percent of such an assessment.
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Section 6618 ("6618Suits to recover assessments") 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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