2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PEP - Personal Property
Article 3-A - (46 - 49-A) ASSIGNMENT OF EARNINGS
46-C - Formal requisites of assignments of less than one thousand dollars and of assignments securing certain guarantees amounting to fifteen hundred dollars

 
    §  46-c.  Formal  requisites  of assignments of less than one thousand
  dollars and of assignments  securing  certain  guarantees  amounting  to
  fifteen  hundred  dollars  or  less.  No  assignment of future earnings,
  securing or relating to  any  indebtedness  aggregating  less  than  one
  thousand dollars, shall be valid for any purpose whatsoever unless:
    (a)   such  assignment  shall  be  contained  in  a  separate  written
  instrument in which all printed matter is in at least eight  point  type
  and  which  shall  have written or printed thereon in a size equal to at
  least ten point bold type the following  title:  "Assignment  of  Wages,
  Salary,  Commissions or other Compensation for Services," and shall have
  written or printed at the bottom thereof just above the  place  reserved
  for  the signature of the assignor in a size equal to at least ten point
  bold type the following:  "This  is  an  Assignment  of  Wages,  Salary,
  Commissions or Other Compensation for Services";
    (b)  such  assignment  shall,  either  in  its  text  or  in a writing
  permanently attached thereto, identify specifically and  describe  fully
  the  transaction  to  which  it relates, said description to include the
  name and address of the assignee, the identity of the  merchandise  sold
  or  services  rendered or other basis of the indebtedness secured by, or
  consideration given for the assignment, and the date  on  and  place  at
  which payments are to be made; and on the face or back of the instrument
  there   shall   be  a  summary  of  sections  forty-six-c,  forty-six-e,
  forty-six-f, forty-seven-e, forty-eight,  forty-eight-a,  forty-eight-b,
  forty-eight-c and forty-nine of the personal property law;
    (c)  such  assignment,  if given as security, is security only for the
  transaction  or  series  of  transactions  identified  specifically  and
  described  therein, or a renewal thereof, and no other valid and legally
  enforceable assignment exists in connection with the same transaction or
  series  of  transactions;  provided,  however,  that  nothing  in   this
  paragraph  shall  invalidate  an  assignment securing a guarantee of the
  payment of the purchase price of goods, wares or  merchandise  amounting
  to  fifteen  hundred  dollars  or  less  sold  for  a  use  other than a
  commercial  or  business  use,  notwithstanding  the  fact   that   such
  assignment   secures   subsequent   transactions  in  addition  to  that
  originally secured, where the liability of the guarantor is limited to a
  period of two years from the date  of  the  assignment,  and  where  the
  assignment  sets  forth the maximum amount for which the guarantor shall
  be liable; provided further that no assignment of future earnings  shall
  be  valid  with respect to any transaction or series of transactions for
  the purchase of goods, wares or  merchandise  for  a  price  of  fifteen
  hundred  dollars  or  less  sold  for  a  use other than a commercial or
  business use, when such assignment is executed by a guarantor or by  one
  of  two  or  more  purchasers,  unless  such goods are purchased for the
  common use of the assignor and the purchaser or co-purchaser.