2021 New York Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife
Title 21 - Conservation Areas and Facilities; Private Refuges and Posted Lands
11-2111 - Posting; Service of Notice.

§ 11-2111. Posting; service of notice.
1. An area protected pursuant to this title and title nineteen of this
  article shall be posted with signs not less than eleven inches by eleven
  inches, bearing a conspicuous statement as described in subdivision 2 of
  this  section  which  shall cover a space of not less than eighty square
  inches. Such signs shall be posted not more than six hundred sixty  feet
  apart, close to and along the boundaries of the area protected. At least
  one  sign shall be posted on each side of the protected area and on each
  side of each corner of the protected area, provided the  corner  can  be
  reasonably  ascertained.  Illegible or torn-down signs shall be replaced
  at least once a year. Replacement of notices on state game refuges shall
  be made in March, July, August or September.
2. Signs shall  bear  the  name  and  address  of  the  owner,  lawful
  occupant,  or  other  person  or  organization  authorized  to  post the
  protected area.  Signs shall bear a conspicuous  statement  which  shall
  either  (a)  consist of the word "posted", or (b) warn against entry for
  specified purposes or all purposes without the consent of the person  or
  organization   authorized  to  post  the  protected  area.  A  statement
  consisting of the word "Posted" shall  have  the  effect  of  a  warning
  against  all  such  acts.    The  department may by regulation authorize
  additional contents of such signs, including but not limited to  symbols
  indicating the acts which are prohibited.
3.  Signs  to  prohibit  the  taking  of  fish  may  be  posted by the
  department up to one thousand feet from a fishway or dam erected by  the
  state  in  public waters, and shall read substantially: "All persons are
  prohibited by law from fishing in this stream between this point and the
  fishway (or dam)."
4. Personal service upon any person, in the name of the owner,  lawful
  occupant,  or  other  person or organization authorized to post signs as
  provided  in  this  section,  of  a  notice  in  writing  containing   a
  description of the premises and a warning provided by this section for a
  posted sign, shall, after the service, have the same effect with respect
  to  the  person  served  as if the premises described in the notice were
  posted with such warning as provided in this section.
5. Private lands constituting the bed,  banks  and  shores  of  waters
  stocked  with  fish  by the department, with the consent of the owner of
  such lands, shall not be posted against public fishing within five years
  from the date of such stocking, except where  an  alternate  arrangement
  has  been  agreed to in writing by the department. Owner shall mean, for
  purposes of this subdivision,  the  owner,  lawful  occupant,  or  other
  person or organization having authority to post such lands.
6.  The  provisions  of this section shall not apply to the posting or
  erection of notices identifying a restricted area  pursuant  to  section
  11-0321.