New York Debtor & Creditor Law Section 138 - Debtors to state or United States not to be discharged.

138. Debtors to state or United States not to be discharged. Neither of the following named persons shall be discharged from imprisonment, under the provisions of this article:

1. A person owing a debt or duty to the United States.

2. A person owing a debt or duty to the state, for taxes or for money received or collected by any person, as a public officer or in a fiduciary capacity, or a cause of action specified in section sixty-three-c of the executive law or a judgment recovered upon such a cause of action.


Last modified: February 3, 2019