New York Navigation Law Section 181-C - Filing of notice of environmental lien; filing of release.

181-c. Filing of notice of environmental lien; filing of release. 1. A notice of environmental lien shall be filed within six years from the time a disbursement is made by the fund for cleanup and removal costs and damage costs incurred by the fund in the clerk's office of the county where the property is situated. If such property is situated in two or more counties, the notice of environmental lien shall be filed in the office of the clerk of each of such counties. The notice of lien shall be indexed by the county clerk in accordance with the provisions of section ten of the lien law.

2. A release of an environmental lien shall be filed in the clerk's office of each county where the notice of environmental lien was filed and shall be indexed in the manner prescribed for indexing environmental liens.


Last modified: February 3, 2019