New York A 8222: Relates to the statute of limitations for certain deed theft actions, revives such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations, and grants trial preference to such actions

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A08222 Summary:

BILL NOA08222B

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SAME ASSAME AS S07491-B

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSRForrest, Shimsky, Reyes, Glick, Colton, Santabarbara, De Los Santos, Steck, Brabenec, DeStefano,
 Brown K, Gallagher, Shrestha, Moreno

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §214-k, amd R3403, CPLR; add §219-f, Judy L

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Relates to the statute of limitations for certain deed theft actions; revives such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations and states who may bring such actions; grants trial preference to such actions; directs the chief administrator of the courts to promulgate rules for the timely adjudication of certain revived actions.

Go to top A08222 Actions:

BILL NOA08222B

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05/05/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

02/27/2026amend and recommit to judiciary

02/27/2026print number 8222a

05/13/2026amend and recommit to judiciary

05/13/2026print number 8222b

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8222--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, FORREST, SHIMSKY, REYES, GLICK, COLTON,
 SANTABARBARA, DE LOS SANTOS, STECK, BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO, K. BROWN,
 GALLAGHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary --
 recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary in accordance with Assembly
 Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again
 reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the
 statute of limitations for civil actions related to certain deed theft
 actions, reviving such actions otherwise barred by the existing stat-
 ute of limitations and granting trial preference to such actions; and
 to amend the judiciary law, in relation to directing the chief admin-
 istrator of the courts to promulgate rules for the timely adjudication
 of certain revived actions

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new
 2 section 214-k to read as follows:
 3 § 214-k. Certain deed theft actions. 1. Notwithstanding any provision
 4 of law which imposes a period of limitation to the contrary, every civil
 5 claim or cause of action brought against any party alleging fraud, frau-
 6 dulent inducement, or fraudulent misrepresentation in obtaining the
 7 title to a residential dwelling, every civil claim or cause of action
 8 alleging a violation of section three hundred forty-nine of the general
 9 business law or section two hundred sixty-five-a of the real property
 10 law that arise from fraud, fraudulent inducement, or fraudulent misrep-
 11 resentation in obtaining the title to a residential dwelling, and every
 12 civil claim or cause of action for legal malpractice related to such
 13 allegations, accruing on or after January first, two thousand, which is
 14 barred as of the effective date of this section because the applicable

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11599-07-6

 A. 8222--B 2

 1 period of limitation has expired, is hereby revived, and action thereon
 2 may be commenced not earlier than six months after, and not later than
 3 one year and six months after the effective date of this section. In any
 4 such claim or action, dismissal of a previous action ordered before the
 5 effective date of this section on grounds that such previous action was
 6 time barred, or dismissal of such previous action pursuant to rule thir-
 7 ty-two hundred sixteen of this chapter for failure to prosecute, shall
 8 not be grounds for dismissal of a revival action pursuant to this
 9 section.
 10 2. Claims that are revived pursuant to this section shall be limited
 11 to those asserted by: (a) natural persons who resided at the property at
 12 issue as their primary residence for at least two consecutive years
 13 immediately prior to the