2006 New York Code - Duty To Pay Judgments.



 
  § 1813-A. Duty to pay judgments.
    (a)  Any  person,  partnership, firm or corporation which is sued in a
  commercial claims part for any  cause  of  action  arising  out  of  its
  business  activities,  shall pay any judgment rendered against it in its
  true name or in any name in which  it  conducts  business.  "True  name"
  includes  the  legal name of a natural person and the name under which a
  partnership, firm or corporation is licensed,  registered,  incorporated
  or  otherwise  authorized to do business.  "Conducting business" as used
  in this section shall include, but not be limited to, maintaining  signs
  at business premises or on business vehicles; advertising; entering into
  contracts;  and  printing  or  using  sales  slips,  checks, invoices or
  receipts.   Whenever a judgment has  been  rendered  against  a  person,
  partnership,  firm  or  corporation  in other than its true name and the
  judgment has remained unpaid for thirty-five days after receipt  by  the
  judgment  debtor of notice of its entry, the aggrieved judgment creditor
  shall be entitled to  commence  an  action  in  commercial  claims  part
  against  such  judgment debtor, notwithstanding the jurisdictional limit
  of the court, for the sum of the original  judgment,  costs,  reasonable
  attorney's fees, and one hundred dollars.
    (b)  Whenever  a  judgment  which  relates  to  activities for which a
  license is required has  been  rendered  against  a  business  which  is
  licensed  by  a  state  or  local  licensing authority and which remains
  unpaid for thirty-five days after receipt  by  the  judgment  debtor  of
  notice  of  its  entry and the judgment has not been stayed or appealed,
  the state or local licensing authority shall consider  such  failure  to
  pay,  if  deliberate  or part of a pattern of similar conduct indicating
  recklessness, as a basis for the revocation, suspension, conditioning or
  refusal to  grant  or  renew  such  license.  Nothing  herein  shall  be
  construed  to  preempt  an  authority's  existing  policy  if it is more
  restrictive.
    (c) The clerk shall attach to the notice of suit required  under  this
  article a notice of the duty imposed by this section.

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