New York County Law Article 8 - OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS

• 400 - Officers; Manner of Selection; Term; Vacancies.
  1. Elective. There shall be elected a sheriff, county clerk, district attorney and county treasurer. Except in the county of Lewis, coroners shall continue to...
• 401 - Deputies.
  1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the board of supervisors may authorize any officer of the county paid from county funds or the...
• 402 - Oath of Office.
  Every officer paid his compensation from county funds shall take and file an official oath in the manner prescribed in section ten of the public...
• 403 - Official Undertakings.
  The county clerk, the county treasurer, the district attorney, the sheriff, such county officers as shall be specially required by law, and such other county...
• 404 - Official Seals.
  The official seals of boards of supervisors of the several counties, county seal, county treasurer's seal and the seal of the register of deeds shall...
• 405 - Procedure When New Officer Assumes Duties of Office.
  1. When a newly elected or appointed county officer has qualified by taking and filing the official oath and undertaking required of him by law,...
• 406 - Reports of Officers.
  1. The county officer, who shall receive, or is authorized by law to receive any fines, penalties, fees, or other moneys belonging to the county...
• 407 - Accounts of Fees.
  The county officer authorized to receive fees or other form of compensation belonging to the county shall keep a record showing the nature thereof, from...
• 408 - Supplies and Equipment.
  1. Except as otherwise provided by law and when the office of county purchasing agent has not been created, each officer paid compensation from county...
• 408-a - Advertising for Bids; Letting of Contracts.
  1. Every officer, board or agency of the county shall let all contracts for public work and all purchase contracts to the lowest responsible bidder...
• 409 - Actions and Proceedings in Official Capacity.
  1. No officer whose compensation is paid from county funds shall employ an attorney-at-law to appear and prosecute or defend any civil action or proceeding...
• 410 - Cost of Removal Proceedings Before the Governor.
  The reasonable costs and expenses in proceedings before the governor for the removal of any county judge, surrogate, family court judge, district attorney, sheriff, county...
• 411 - Holding More Than One Elective Office.
  No county judge, family court judge, surrogate, district attorney, sheriff, county clerk or any elective county officer shall be eligible to hold at the same...

Last modified: February 3, 2019