New York Public Officers Law Article 2-A - ACTIONS ON OFFICIAL BONDS OR UNDERTAKINGS

• 20 - Action Upon Official Bond or Undertaking.
  Where a public officer is required to give an official bond or undertaking, and special provision is not made by law for the prosecution of...
• 21 - Application May Be Made Ex Parte.
  Such application may be made without notice; but in that case the officer, or either of his sureties, may apply upon notice, to vacate an...
• 22 - Proof to Accompany Application.
  The application must be accompanied with 1. A certified copy of the official bond or undertaking; 2. Proof by affidavit of the default or misconduct...
• 23 - Order Granting Leave; Action Thereupon.
  Upon such an application, the court must grant an order, permitting the applicant to maintain an action upon the bond or undertaking. The action must...
• 24 - Successive Actions.
  The same, or any other applicant, may, in like manner, either before or after judgment in the first action, obtain an order, permitting him to...
• 25 - Indorsement Upon Execution.
  Where an execution is issued upon a judgment, recovered against the public officer and any of his sureties, in an action, brought pursuant to this...
• 26 - Collection of Execution; When a Defence to Subsequent Action.
  It is a defence by a surety, against whom an action is brought upon an official bond or undertaking, that he, or any other surety...
• 27 - When Claimants Entitled to Ratable Distribution.
  If the aggregate amount of the liabilities, which might be recovered by actions upon an official bond or undertaking, as prescribed in this article, exceeds...
• 28 - Receivers, Assignees and Trustees Deemed Public Officers.
  A receiver, an assignee of an insolvent debtor, or a trustee or other officer, appointed by a court or a judge, is a public officer,...

Last modified: February 3, 2019