Research Guides: Real Property: New York Materials

Relevant NY Laws

In New York State, there are three main "titles" in the statutory code relating to real property:

These laws, with added annotations (references to additional resources, including the names of cases that have interpreted each section of the law) can be located (and searched) in the database Campus Research: News & Law (a version of Westlaw available to all at UB).

These laws can also be found in paper (book) format in the Law Library:

KFN5030 1939 .A234 (NY Core)
McKinney's Consolidated laws of New York Annotated
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Located on the main floor (2nd) of the Law Library.
KFN5030 1976 .A23 (NY Core)
New York Consolidated Laws Service (CLS) Statutes with Forms
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Located on the main floor (2nd) of the Law Library.
KFN5029 .N47 (NY Core)
Gould's Consolidated Laws of New York (unannotated)
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Located on the main floor (2nd) of the Law Library.
Status of Pending NYS Property Legislation
from NYS Bar Association

Handbooks - NY Property Law

KFN 5169 H56 1995 (NY Alcove)
Practical Real Estate Law: New York Version, 2d ed. (Hinkel)
KFN 5881.5 L4 1988
Review and Reduction of Real Property Assessments in New York 3rd ed. (Lee)
KFN 5171 A16 S73 1984 (Reserve)
Standards for Title Examination (Erie County Bar Association)
KFN 5169 Z9 I57 1990
Introduction to New York Real Estate Practice (Berman) (PLI)
KFN 5882 T73 (NY Alcove)
Transfer and Mortgage Recording Taxes in New York Title Closings (Goldberg)

NY Practice Guides & Treatises - Real Property

If no location is indicated (e.g., NY Alcove), then the title is located in the "General Collection."

KFN 6065 E54 1996 ( NY Alcove)
Enforcing Judgments and Collecting Debts in New York (Borges)
(with CD-Rom in Koren AV Center) Also Westlaw (law students only)
KFN5145 F56 1997(NY Alcove)
Landlord and Tenant Practice in New York (Finkelstein)
(with CD-Rom in Koren AV Center) Also Westlaw (law students only)
KFN5268 B69 2005 ( NY Alcove)
Lien Priorities in New York (Bowmar) Also Westlaw (law students only)
KFN5177 F6 M673 1996
Mortgage Foreclosures in New York (Bergman) Also LEXIS (law students only)
KFN5175 B69 1990 (NY Alcove )
Mortgage Liens in New York (Bowmar) Also Westlaw (law students only)
KFN5175 M3 1982 (NY Alcove )
Mortgages & Mortgage Foreclosure in New York, Rev. ed. (Kirk) Also Westlaw (law students only)
KFN5140 N48 1986 ( NY Alcove )
New York Practice Guide: Real Estate (Includes forms) (Morris) Also LEXIS (law students only)
KFN5140 A6 N49 ( NY Alcove)
New York Real Property Service, 14 vols.
KFN 5145 R3 1998 ( NY Alcove)
Rasch’s Landlord & Tenant, 4th (Dolan), 3 vols. Also Westlaw (law students only)
KFN 5170 R4 2007 (NY Alcove)
Real Estate Titles, 3d (2 vols.) (Pedowitz, NYSBA)
KFN 5145 .R476
Residential Landlord-Tenant Law in New York (Scherer) Also Westlaw (law students only)
KFN 5140 W4 2004 (NY Alcove)
Warren's Weed on the New York Law of Real Property, 4th ed., 15 vols. Also LEXIS (law students only)

Form Books - NY Property Law

KFN 5068 N4 (NY Alcove)
New York Forms: Legal & Business (Real Property vols. 1-3). Also Westlaw (law students only)
KFN 5140 A65 E75 1998/1999 (NY Alcove & Gen. Coll.)
Residential Real Estate Contracts (Forms)  (Erie County Bar Assoc./Greater Buffalo Assoc. of Realtors)

NY Web Links - Property Law

Real Property Law Section Blog
NYS Bar Association
NYS Bar Association, Real Property Law Section
Standards for Title Examination
(pdf) as prepared by the Committee on Title and Transfer of the Real Property Law Section, were approved by the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association on June 23, 2006.

NY Landlord & Tenant Law- Quick Books

Tenant's Rights in New York by Brette McWhorter Sember
Call Number: KFN 5145 Z9 S455 2000 (NY Alcove)
Landlord's Legal Guide in New York by Brette McWhorter Sember and Mark Warda
Call Number: KFN 5145 Z9 S45 2007 (NY Alcove)
This book is also available as an e-book (via EBL)
The New York Landlord's Law Book by Mary Ann Hallenborg
Call Number: KFN 5145 Z9 H35 2003 (NY Alcove)
Accompanying CD-ROM contains forms.
New York Residential Landlord-Tenant Law and Procedure by Gerald Lebovits et. al.
Call Number: KFN 5145 R475 2010/2011 (NY Alcove)
Tenants' rights guide (on the web) by New York State Attorney General’s Office [2008]
Also available at: http://www.oag.state.ny.us/bureaus/real_estate_finance/pdfs/tenants_rights_guide.pdf