N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 212: Actions to be commenced within ten or fifteen years

§ 212. Actions to be commenced within ten or fifteen years. (a)

Possession necessary to recover real property. An action to recover real

property or its possession cannot be commenced unless the plaintiff, or

his predecessor in interest, was seized or possessed of the premises

within ten years before the commencement of the action.

(b) Annulment of letters patent. Where letters patent or a grant of

real property, issued or made by the state, are declared void on the

ground of fraudulent suggestion or concealment, forfeiture, mistake or

ignorance of a material fact, wrongful detaining or defective title, an

action to recover the premises may be commenced by the state or by a

subsequent patentee or grantee, or his successor in interest, within ten

years after the determination is made.

(c) To redeem from a mortgage. An action to redeem real property from

a mortgage with or without an account of rents and profits may be

commenced by the mortgagor or his successors in interest, against the

mortgagee in possession, or against the purchaser of the mortgaged

premises at a foreclosure sale in an action in which the mortgagor or

his successors in interest were not excluded from their interest in the

mortgaged premises, or against a successor in interest of either, unless

the mortgagee, purchaser or successor was continuously possessed of the

premises for ten years after the breach or non-fulfillment of a

condition or covenant of the mortgage, or the date of recording of the

deed of the premises to the purchaser.

(d) To recover under an affidavit of support of a noncitizen. An

action under section one hundred twenty-two of the social services law

to recover amounts paid to or on behalf of a noncitizen for whom an

affidavit of support pursuant to section 213A of the immigration and

naturalization act has been signed.

(e) By a victim of sex trafficking, compelling prostitution, or labor

trafficking. An action by a victim of sex trafficking, compelling

prostitution, labor trafficking or aggravated labor trafficking, brought

pursuant to subdivision (c) of section four hundred eighty-three-bb of

the social services law, may be commenced within fifteen years after

such victimization occurs provided, however, that such fifteen year

period shall not begin to run and shall be tolled during any period in

which the victim is or remains subject to such conduct.